WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (March 6) – The Waynesburg University baseball team continued its week-long run at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational with a doubleheader against Concordia (Minn.) on Tuesday. Unfortunately, the Yellow Jackets tasted defeat for the first time this spring as they were swept by the Cobbers 4-0 and 6-3.
 
The opener was a tightly played affair as Concordia (5-6) and Waynesburg (4-2) combined for just 10 hits, seven of which were singles. The Cobbers scored the eventual game-winning run in the top of the third inning. They added an insurance run in the fifth and two more in the seventh.
 
Junior Ty Wickline was solid on the mound for the Jackets, as he worked six innings of six-hit ball. Only three of his four runs allowed were earned. He walked just one batter and struck out two others.
 
Junior Mitch Nordstrom had two of Waynesburg's four hits in the loss, while sophomore catcher John Przybylinski laced a double.
 
Game two again saw Concordia score first, picking up a run in the bottom of the first inning. Waynesburg lit up the scoreboard for the first time on the day with a two-spot in the second to take a 2-1 edge. Sophomore Brenden Kohan did the honors by launching his first homerun as a Yellow Jacket, a two-run blast that also scored sophomore catcher Tyler Reyes.
 
Unfortunately, the Cobbers put up two runs in the fourth and pushed the eventual game-winning score across home plate during a two-run fifth. Waynesburg picked up its final run of the day thanks to an RBI single by sophomore first baseman Justin Buberl in the top of the sixth.
 
Freshman Zach Straub made his first collegiate start on the bump and despite allowing eight hits over four innings, gave up just three runs. He took the no-decision before sophomore Colton Uzzell suffered the loss out of the bullpen.
 
The Jackets will look to enjoy a day off in Florida tomorrow before getting back to the diamond on Thursday. Waynesburg will play two against Mitchell at 5 p.m.