FULTON, Mo. – William Woods University baseball captures their second and third home victories of the season Tuesday afternoon as the defeated Lincoln Christian College (Ill) in a doubleheader. The Owls defeated LCU 9-4 in the first game and 9-0 in the second game.
 
Tristian Steffens had an amazing second game. He threw a total of 10 strikeouts and held Lincoln Christian to only one hit.
 
Game One
The Owls opened the game swinging.  Trevor Garriott was able to cross home plate for WWU's first run of the contest thanks to an Isaiah Gibbs double down center field. Moments later Gibbs would score a run himself and put WWU ahead 2-0 when Tyler Bracht hit a deep single down right field,
 
Bracht would go on to score later in the inning and give William Woods an early 3-0 lead. Immediately following Bracht's run was Connor Poulson who reached home on a batted ball.
 
Tim Redford would round off Owls scoring in the first inning on a Brady Owen single.
 
Lincoln Christian attempted to put something on the board but would end the bottom of the second inning only recording one hit.
 
After a hot first inning start, WWU continued adding points to the board. Garriott would cross the plate once again on a Marquies Doherty triple down deep center field. Doherty went on to score himself and give the Owls a 7-0 lead.
 
Things started to slow down for William Woods in the later innings, but due to a struggling Lincoln Christian their lead was safe.
 
It wasn't until the bottom of the sixth inning that WWU increased their lead. Midway through the inning, Brian Granton scored on a Russell Strilchuk single and pushed their lead to 8-0. Minutes later Strilchuk scored the final run for the Owls on a E4 and put WWU up 9-0.
 
In the final inning, the bats started swinging for LCU as they were able to score four straight runs. They would get their final and any hopes of a comeback were ceased. William Woods went on to win the contest 9-4.
 
Game Two
In the first half of the contest, both teams had a hard time making anything happen. It wasn't until the bottom of the fourth inning that a run was scored. Late in the inning, Strilchuk was able to advance home thanks to a Granton sacrifice fly to left center. Up 1-0 the inning would retire before the Owls could score again.
 
Thanks to a hot Steffens hand, LCU was not able to record a hit until the seventh inning.
 
In the bottom of the fifth inning, WWU started to look how they did in game one. Douglas Martin, Garriott and Quincy Jones would all find home plate to push the Owls' lead to 4-0.
 
They would get hot again midway through the bottom of the sixth and score five runs. Adam Grunden, Garriott, Isaiah Gibbs and Jones would all reach home.
 
Lincoln Christian could not make anything happen, and the Owls went on to win the second game 9-0 and win the series 2-0.