INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Lewis University's baseball team clinched a berth to the 2021 GLVC Baseball Tournament sweeping a doubleheader at Indianapolis on Saturday afternoon winning 2-0 and 13-1 in seven innings. UIndy won the completion of Friday's suspended game 3-2 to begin the day.

Game 2 – UIndy 3 Lewis 2
The Greyhounds (21-19, 19-13 GLVC) jumped out to an early lead in the second game of Friday's doubleheader on Isaac Blair's solo home run to left field.

The Flyers (23-16, 18-14 GLVC) took the lead scoring twice in the fourth inning. Austin Tittle (Lemont, Ill./Lemont) drove in Anthony Rios (Lemont, Ill./St. Laurence) with a single to center and later in the inning Kevin Barry (Bartlett, Ill./South Elgin) singled home Tittle.

UIndy tied the game in the fifth on Alex Vela's single through the left side of the infield scoring Caleb Vaughn.

The Hounds won it with their second straight walkoff as Smith singled through the left side of the infield scoring Brian Keeney with the winning run in the seventh.

Lewis had six hits in the contest with Joe Preusser (Orland Park, Ill./Brother Rice), Michael O'Brien (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic), Rios, Tittle, Barry and Max Warren (Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville) having a hit apiece. Michael Sclafani (Oak Brook, Ill./Montini Catholic) got the start allowing two runs on four hits with three strikeouts and three walks in five innings pitched. Matt Verdun (Homer Glen, Ill./St. Rita) suffered the loss to fall to 0-2 allowing a run on two hits with a walk and a strikeout in one-plus innings pitched.

Game 3 – Lewis 2 UIndy 0
The Flyers jumped on top in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader with a run in the first inning. Preusser led off the game with a single, stole second and scored on Jackson Dvorak's (New Lenox, Ill./Providence Catholic) two-out single to left field.

Lewis added an insurance run in the third inning as Max Warren (Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville) led off the inning with a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Anthony Cavalieri's (Western Springs, Ill./Fenwick) ground out to short.

That was all the run support that Jake Karaba (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) needed as he shut down the UIndy offense facing the minimum while striking out six hitters and allowing just a lead-off single in the fourth which was erased on a caught stealing of second. Karaba went the distance to improve to 7-1 on the season.

The Flyers had eight hits in the contest with Rios and Warren leading the way with two each while Preusser, Dvorak, Julian Everett (Frankfort, Ill/Lincoln Way East) and Tittle had one hit each.

Game 4 – Lewis 13 UIndy 1 7 innings
Lewis took the early lead in the finale with a run in the second inning. Dvorak and Barry led off the inning with back-to-back doubles to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead.

The Hounds tied the game in the third on back-to-back doubles from Jacob Christie and Trey Smith to open the inning. Jonathon Hanscom (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) retired the final three hitters to keep the game tied at 1-1.

It didn't stay tied for long though as the Flyers busted it open scoring six runs on four hits and an error as they batted around in the inning sending 10 to the plate. Angelo Cantelo (Blue Island, Ill./Marian Catholic) broke the tie hitting a two-run homer to left center to bring home Warren. Michael O'Brien (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic) drove in Troy Hajdukovic (Palatine, Ill./Fremd) with the third run of the inning with a sacrifice fly to right with the bases loaded. Dvorak capped the scoring in the inning hitting a three-run homer to left to bring home Everett and Michael Alt (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly).

Lewis batted around again in the seventh sending 10 batters to the plate scoring six runs on six hits. Dalton Crowder (Romeoville, Ill./Plainfield East) drove in the first run of the inning on a hit by pitch with the bases loaded. O'Brien followed with a double down the left field line to score Alt and Patrick Keaty (South Elgin, Ill./South Elgin). Dvorak grounded out to second scoring Crowder to make it 11-1. Barry doubled to left to drive in Nick Serr (Minooka, Ill./Minooka), running for O'Brien, and Warren capped the inning with a single to right scoring Barry.

The Flyers had 14 hits in the contest and were led by Dvorak and Barry with three apiece while Cantelo had two hits. Dvorak drove in four runs while O'Brien had three RBI and Barry and Cantelo drove in two runs apiece.

Hanscom picked up the win to improve to 5-3 allowing a run on four hits with a pair of strikeouts in four innings pitched.

Lewis will find out its opponent for next weekend's GLVC Tournament at the Lou Brock Sports Complex on the campus of Lindenwood University on Sunday evening.