CRESTWOOD, Ill. – The Roosevelt University baseball team capped its three-game Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference weekend series against the University of St. Francis (Ill.) at Ozinga Field on Sunday, April 18, snapping the Fighting Saints' 11-game winning streak with an impressive a 7-1 victory that saw the Lakers firing on all cylinders.

Jordan Mikolajewski (SR/Plainfield, Ill.) tossed nine innings of five-hit ball for his first complete game as a Laker, and the offense started early and piled on the runs late to leave no doubt.

Andrew Olszewski (JR/Beecher, Ill.) drove in the game's first run on an RBI double in the first and eventually scored later in the frame on Joshua Stivers (JR/Long Grove, Iowa)' RBI groundout.

While Mikolajewski kept the red-hot Saints off the scoreboard with the aid of some great defensive plays, the Lakers eventually broke through for more runs thanks to a power surge in the sixth. Chris Broccolino (SR/Schaumburg, Ill.) and Andrew Rodriguez (SR/Oak Forest, Ill.) hit back-to-back home runs to post a three-spot, and two more runs crossed the plate for the Lakers in the next inning on a wild pitch and another run driven in by Stivers.

Mikolajewski was one out away from the complete-game shutout when the Saints scored on an RBI double in the ninth to finally get a run across against the senior right-hander, who got a popout in oful territory to cap a dominant performance in his best start as a Laker.

GAME DETAILS

Score: St. Francis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1

Roosevelt 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 X 7 11 0

W: Mikolajewski L: Villasenor

Records: Roosevelt 12-14, 11-13 CCAC // St. Francis 17-12, 15-8 CCAC

Location: Ozinga Field | Crestwood, Ill.

THE NUMBERS

• Jordan Mikolajewski tossed a complete game, fanning five in nine innings for the win and keeping the Saints scoreless for 8.2 frames
• Andrew Olszewski went 3-for-4 with an RBI double and two runs scored
• Chris Broccolino launched a two-run home run during his 2-for-4 afternoon
• Andrew Rodriguez also homered
• Joshua Stivers drove in two runs
• Daniel Gutierrez (SO/New Lenox, Ill.) went 2-for-3, reaching base three times and scoring twice
• Kerry Zeese (SO/Granger, Ind.) went 2-for-4 with a run scored

NEWS & NOTES

• Mikolajewski pitched his first career complete game for the Lakers
• Mikolajewski never pitched more than 6.1 innings in his Roosevelt career dating back to 2019 prior to Sunday's complete game of nine frames
• Mikolajewski is now 3-2 on the season
• Roosevelt bounced back from a three-error game on Saturday with a mistake-free contest on Sunday
• The Lakers snapped a three-game skid while ending USF's conference-long win streak
• Roosevelt ended a four-game skid against St. Francis that dated back to 2019

NEXT UP

Roosevelt wraps up its season series against Trinity Christian with CCAC game in Palos Heights, Ill. this Tuesday, April 20 at 3:30 p.m.