ST. PAUL – The University of Northwestern baseball team (7-14, 2-2) split its UMAC doubleheader with Bethany Lutheran (6-8, 1-1) Thursday at Reynolds Field. The Eagles – playing as the visiting team – won game one, 7-6, before falling in the nightcap, 9-5.

Freshman Caleb Piersma (Pella, Iowa/Pella) had a career day, going a combined 7-for-9 in the two games to lead the way.

Game One
The Eagles withstood a late rally from the Vikings, as Nathan Ehnstrom (Aitkin, Minn./Aitkin) entered to pitch the final 1.1 innings to earn his second save of the week. Andrew Simonson (Lakeland, Minn./Eastridge) (2-3) picked up the win after going the first five innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits. Simonson fanned four.

Aaron Krahn (Roseau, Minn./Roseau) and Carlton Lindow (Cannon Falls, Minn./Cannon Falls) both drilled two-run doubles, while Carter Michaelson (South St. Paul, Minn./South St. Paul) added a run-scoring two-bagger in the sixth. Piersma and Wyatt Morrell (Elk River, Minn./Homeschool) finished with three hits apiece and Morrell also came around to score twice.

Game Two
BLC jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two innings and never looked back, winning game two, 9-5.

Piersma tallied four hits in five trips to the plate and scored two runs, while Krahn posted his second multi-RBI game of the day to go along with a 3-for-6 performance at the dish.

Ehnstrom got the nod on the bump, and absorbed the loss after allowing five earned runs on nine hits in five innings of work.

The Eagles will be off until next Tuesday when they host UW-Superior. More information can be found at unweagles.com and by following @unwbaseball on Twitter.