{"id":280740,"date":"2024-03-18T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T22:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=280740"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:18:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T22:18:39","slug":"vikings-drop-saturday-doubleheader-at-bellevue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=280740","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Drop Saturday Doubleheader At Bellevue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BELLEVUE, NEB. \u2013 Nationally-ranked Bellevue University swept the Valley City State baseball team during a doubleheader Saturday in Nebraska.<br>&nbsp;<br>The No. 15-ranked Bruins pounded out 19 hits and three home runs in game one as they won 18-2. In game two, the Bruins hit three more home runs en route to a 9-2 victory.<br>&nbsp;<br>Valley City State drops to 8-17 overall and 0-4 to start conference play. The Bruins improve to 15-9 overall and 4-0 in the conference.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Up next:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Vikings are currently scheduled to host Viterbo University on Friday and Saturday. Those games are likely to be moved to a different location due to cold temperatures forecast in Valley City. A final announcement about the games will come early in the week.<br><strong>&nbsp;<br>Game 1: Bellevue 18, VCSU 2<\/strong><br>The Bruins scored their 18 runs on 19 total hits in Saturday&#8217;s opener. VCSU managed five hits and two runs in the loss.<br>&nbsp;<br>After a scoreless first inning, the Bruins broke the game open quickly with seven runs in the second inning and four more runs in the bottom of the third.<br>&nbsp;<br>The Vikings scored both of their runs in the fifth inning, getting an RBI double by&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/daegen-morcom\/3607\">Daegen Morcom<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;and a sacrifice fly from&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tory-nelson\/3381\">Tory Nelson<\/a><\/dfn>.<br>&nbsp;<br>Morcom had a 2-for-3 day to lead the Vikings.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jamel-chabot\/3677\">Jamel Chabot<\/a><\/dfn>,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/justin-rogers\/3609\">Justin Rogers<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cam-pero\/3382\">Cam Pero<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;each had a hit as well.<br>&nbsp;<br><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/christopher-dietrich\/3595\">Christopher Dietrich<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;took the loss, pitching into the third inning for VCSU and allowing 10 runs.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jay-mendez\/3606\">Jay Mendez<\/a><\/dfn>,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/brendan-berk\/3592\">Brendan Berk<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/keeton-clark\/3367\">Keeton Clark<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;all pitched in relief.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Game 2: Bellevue 9, VCSU 2<\/strong><br>Bellevue hit a pair of 2-run home runs in the bottom of the first inning, taking an early 4-0 lead en route to the series sweep.<br>&nbsp;<br>The Vikings pushed across single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, but were held to four hits in the loss \u2013 including one each by&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jamel-chabot\/3677\">Jamel Chabot<\/a><\/dfn>,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cam-pero\/3382\">Cam Pero<\/a><\/dfn>,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kellen-scruggs\/3690\">Kellen Scruggs<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/daegen-morcom\/3607\">Daegen Morcom<\/a><\/dfn>.<br>&nbsp;<br><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/takao-cookson\/3594\">Takao Cookson<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;took the loss for VCSU, giving up four hits and four runs on the mound.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/connor-nelson\/3380\">Connor Nelson<\/a><\/dfn>,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jacob-marx\/3605\">Jacob Marx<\/a><\/dfn>,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/riley-resnick\/3385\">Riley Resnick<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/eli-chabot\/3678\">Eli Chabot<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;all pitched in relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BELLEVUE, NEB. \u2013 Nationally-ranked Bellevue University swept the Valley City State baseball team during a doubleheader Saturday in Nebraska.&nbsp;The No. 15-ranked Bruins pounded out 19 hits and three home runs in game one as they won 18-2. 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