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Winner Colorado Mesa CMU 3-4
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Northwest Nazarene NNU-BB 9-6
Winner
Colorado Mesa CMU
3-4
6
Final
2
Northwest Nazarene NNU-BB
9-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Colorado Mesa CMU 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 6 12 0
Northwest Nazarene NNU-BB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 0

W: Ethan Voss (2-1) L: Saunders, Kailer (1-2)

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Winner Colorado Mesa CMU 4-4
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Northwest Nazarene NNU-BB 9-7
Winner
Colorado Mesa CMU
4-4
6
Final
5
Northwest Nazarene NNU-BB
9-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Colorado Mesa CMU 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 6 6 2
Northwest Nazarene NNU-BB 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 7 0

W: Gauge Lockhart (2-0) L: Duncan, Wade (3-1) S: Cayden Clark (2)

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Game Recap: Baseball | | Anna Carter

Nighthawks Struggle in Day One Double Header Against Colorado Mesa

NAMPA, Idaho – Nighthawks Baseball competed in a tough matchup for their home opening series on Friday the 21st. Going head to head with No. 24 Colorado Mesa in a four game series they started the competition off with a doubleheader, falling 6-2 in the first game and 6-5 in the second.  

The Nighthawks now sit at 9-7 overall for their 2025 season. 

Game One 

Colorado Mesa kicked off their offense in the second as Declan Wiesner singled through the left side advancing Stevenson Reynolds who got on base from a walk. Cameron Cartwright then walked in the following play, loading the bases for the Mavericks. Struggling to find the zone, Kailer Saunders also walked Kennedy Hara, scoring Reynolds. Saunders recovered and struck out the following batter. 

The Nighthawks responded in the bottom of the 2nd as Adrian Arechiga stepped up and singled to right field. He then stole second and scored off of a single from Gavin Brubaker. As the inning came to a close the teams were tied up at 1-1. 

After a slow two innings CMU made a move in the 5th scoring 2. The Mavericks opening batter, Paul Schoenfeld, singled to center and advanced to second off of a hit by Felix. Joey Blank then hit an RBI, scoring Schoenfeld. Later in the inning, Josh Bishop, who replaced Saunders, walked Reynolds. He then advanced to second off of a wild pitch and scored from an RBI, hit by Max Valdez. 

The CMU defense shutdown the Nighthawks offense in the bottom of the 5th and then had another explosive hitting outing in the 6th. Cartwright singled to shortstop and advanced to second off of a bunt from Hara. The Nighthawks center fielder Adrian Arechiga then tripped in the outfield stopping him from being able to catch the hit by Josh Romans. The play resulted in an inside the park home run scoring both Romans and Cartwright extending their lead to 5-1. 

The Nighthawks made a final push to contend the Maverick's lead in the bottom of the 8th. Nin Burns II was walked and advanced to second off of a wild pitch. Cole Calnon then reached on a fielder's choice, scoring Burns II to put the score at 5-2. However, in the top of the 9th the CMU squad answered with a solo homer from Felix. 

The game ended with the Mavericks on top 6-2 as the Nighthawks looked to turn it around for the second game. 

Game Two 

The Nighthawks got their offense going early in the second game scoring two runs in the 2nd inning. Adrian Arechiga advanced to first off of a hit by pitch and then made it to third on a single by Kaleb Karpstein. Gavin Brubaker then had an RBI bunt to bring Arechiga home and move Karpstein to second. In the following play Drew Deal reached on a fielder's choice and Karpstein scored off of an error by CMU's shortstop. The inning ended with the Nighthawks in the lead 2-0.    

NNU stretched their lead in the third scoring two. Bryan Rojas doubled down the left field line and advanced to third off of a single from Cole Calnon. Rojas then scored due to an error by the CMU pitcher, and Calnon moved to third. Arechiga sent a triple out to center and scored Calnon leaving the score at 4-0. 

The MSU team looked to turn it around in the middle innings with a run in the 4th and the 5th. The Mavericks made it on the scoreboard when Kolby Felix tripled to right field and then scored on a single by Christos Stefanos. In the following inning Stevenson Reynolds scored off of an RBI single from Ethan Ezor. 

In the top of the 6th the Mavericks were able to take over the lead when Reynolds stepped up to the plate and hit a home run to center field. He scored both Declan Wiesner and Max Valdez. They then extended their lead in the 7th when Felix hit a solo home run to left field. 

The Nighthawks responded in the bottom of the 7th when Noah Palomares scored off of a single from Calnon. However, a foul out in the following play ended the game with the victory going to CMU, 6-5.  

Up Next

The Nighthawks will continue the second leg of the series on Saturday the 22nd. The double header will start off at 12:00 pm at Elmore W. Vail Field. 
 
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