Rockhurst rallied in the final game of the day to complete a four-game sweep over Bemidji State at the Creighton Prep Baseball Field in Omaha, Nebraska. The Hawks opened the day with a 4-1 win and posted an 8-7 victory in the second game.

Game One: RU 4, Bemidji State 1
Michael Laudando held the Beavers to one run on three hits over seven innings. The freshman right-hander struck out 12 and walked one in his second start of the season.

• Sophomore catcher Hoyt Bennett doubled in the second and hit a solo home run in the sixth.
• Ethan Kleinheider and Tommy Kraus both singled home runs in the third inning.

Game Two: RU 8, Bemidji State 7
Rockhurst overcame a 6-2 deficit in the sixth inning, The Hawks scored two runs in each of their final three at-bats. Bennett broke a 6-6 tie with a two-run single in the eighth.

• Bennett and Patrick Wind drove in five of the Hawks' eight runs.
• Matt Fritton and Thomas Jones combined to hold the Beavers to two runs on three hits over the final five innings..

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The Hawks (4-3) host a four-game series with Upper Iowa on February 26-27.