No. 12 NIACC baseball team takes pair from Iowa Lakes
By The Globe Gazette staff
MASON CITY — No. 12 NIACC blasted six home runs and received solid outings from Dan Loats and Derek Lieurance in a doubleheader sweep of Iowa Lakes Friday.
Malique Ziegler, Spencer Halloran, Robbie Glendinning and Austin LaDoux all had homers in the Trojans 11-1 win in Game 1 and Blake Whitecotton and Brandon Michie went deep in the second game, a 9-3 win.
"I liked our approach at the plate from the get-go," NIACC coach Travis Herget said. "It was kind of business like."
Halloran and LaDoux drove in four runs apiece in Game 1 with all of LaDoux's coming on a grand slam in the first inning.
Loats fanned seven and allowed one hit to nab the win in the opener and after allowing three runs in the first inning, Lieurance settled in to strike out nine over seven innings.
NIACC (32-12, 17-5) will go for the series sweep vs. Iowa Lakes Sunday at 1 p.m.
NIACC 11, IOWA LAKES 1 (6)
Iowa Lakes 100 000 – 1 1 3
NIACC 610 103 – 11 11 0
Dan Loats (7K, 4BB) and Blake Whitecotton. HR – Malique Ziegler (N), Spencer Halloran (N), Robbie Glendinning (N), Austin LaDoux (N). Multiple hits – Glendinning 4, Ziegler 2, Halloran 2. Multiple RBIs – Halloran 4, LaDoux 4.
NIACC 9, IOWA LAKES 3
Iowa Lakes 300 000 000 – 3 6 1
NIACC 020 310 21x – 9 9 3
Derek Lieurance (9K, 2BB), Danny Beizer (8) (0K, 1BB) and Whitecotton. HR – Whitecotton, Brandon Michie (N). 2B – Miche. Multiple hits – Whitecotton 3, Michie 2. Multiple RBIs – Michie 2, Whitecotton 2.
