PELLA, Iowa (Duhawks.com) - The Loras baseball team finished the final weekend of the regular season on a high note, completing the weekend sweep of Central, winning both ends of Saturday's doubleheader, 13-3 and 2-1. In game two, Loras combined for 13 hits and five extra-base hits, including a triple by Danny Weis.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Game One
- Cole Thompson kickstarted the offense early for the Duhawks with an RBI double to left-center followed by an RBI single from Ryan Koester which gave Loras a 2-0 lead
- The Duhawks added five runs in the second with the help from a bases clearing double from Danny Weis as well as a second RBI single from Koester
- Central earned two runs back before the Duhawks added six runs in the top half of the ninth off three consecutive extra-base hits with doubles from Austin Konagel and Koester and a triple from Weis

Game Two
- Silent until the top of the ninth, Loras scored the first run of the game from a Luke Fennelly RBI double scoring Richard Bryza
- Central added one of their own in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game and bring it to extras off an RBI single
- With two outs in the top of the 10th, Koester reached on an error and advanced to second on a wild pitch … After advancing to third on a single by Oglesby, a balk by the Central pitcher scored Koester
- Head coach Carl Tebon turned to his lockdown arm in the pen and Tyler Tomaka shut the door for his seventh save of the season, breaking the school record previously held by Jeremy Gerardy

NOTABLES
- Fennelly turned in a three-hit performance for the third time this season
- Koester enters the postseason with his best batting average to date at .321
- Game one of Saturday's doubleheader marked the 100th career start for Danny Paluch and Weis
- Brad Schwind cracked the 200-strikeout barrier in the series finale, bringing his season total to 76
- Weis finishes the regular season with season-bests in average (.377), runs scored (32), hits (55), doubles (13), triples (8), home runs (2), RBIs (35) and walks (19)

FRIEDMAN GROUP PLAYER OF THE GAME - Danny Weis
- Four hits and five RBIs for the Joliet Catholic prep brought his regular season to a close, finishing with 35 RBIs, a tie for the team lead with Ryan Koester … Weis' eight triples rank first in Division III, tied with three others … With a minimum of two games remaining this season, Weis needs one triple to tie the single-season record, set by Adam Gross in 2007

UP NEXT
Loras turns its attention to the 2018 Iowa Conference Tournament, which begins on Thursday, May 10. As the No. 4 seed, the Duhawks' tournament begins at Quimby Field against fifth-seeded Luther. First pitch scheduled for 11 a.m.