Winter Haven, Fla. - Junior Aidan Lucas (Evanston,
Ill.) went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI and scored
the game-winning run in the first game and earned a save on the
mound in each game, as the Denison University Big Red recorded a
4/10-2/7 doubleheader sweep against the Trinity College Bantams in
Russmatt Central Florida Invitational baseball action this
afternoon at Chain of Lakes Stadium.
Trinity, ranked No. 1 in the nation, falls to 7-2 and drops both
games of a twinbill for the first time in almost two years.
Denison improves to 8-4 and extends its winning streak to five
games. The losses snapped a 50-game regular season winning
streak by the Bantams that spanned over two years. Trinity went
45-1 last season en route to capturing the national title and
entered the day ranked first in the D3Baseball.com National
Poll. Trinity had not lost back-to-back games since the 2007
NCAA regional tournament (May 18) and were last swept in a
doubleheader on March 31, 2007 by Bowdoin College.
Trinity junior OF James Wood (Windham, N.H.)
finished the day 5-for-7 with two doubles, while senior co-captain
C Sean Killeen (Greenfield, Mass.) went 3-for-4
with two doubles and two runs scored in the nightcap.
