April 21, 2023, GRAND RAPIDS Mich. – The Grand Rapids Community College baseball team continues its dominance, now winners of 15 in a row after a doubleheader sweep over conference rival Muskegon Community College on Friday.
Izzy Regner won her 14th game of the year as the softball team split its doubleheader.
The golf team also was in action, finishing in fourth place at the Jackson Invitational.
For the baseball team, 2022 All-American pitcher Jerad Berkenpas added another complete game shutout to his resume after his team won 8-0 in the opener.
Berkenpas, 5-1, allowed just three hits while striking out nine and walking just one.
Reigning Northern Conference player of the week Fernando Rivera-Calderon led the offense, going three-for-three with three runs scored. Seven other Raiders recorded a hit, including Jacob Gumieny, who launched a three-run home run in the GRCC’s six-run fourth inning.
Game two was a pitchers’ duel, with GRCC winning 2-1. The team scored on a suicide squeeze by Luke Huerta in the second and then on a defensive miscue by the Jayhawks in the fifth inning.
Luke Linder, who had two of the team's three hits, had the team’s lone run in the fourth inning.
Connor Foley stayed perfect on the year, bringing his record to 5-0 with a complete game.
In the softball game, Izzy Regner, 14-3, struck out 10 batters, including the final three, to give her team a 3-1 victory in its opener.
GRCC out-hit the Jayhawks eight to five with Jaye Guichelaar leading the way by going three-for-four.
Muskegon out-hit the Raiders 16-6 in the nightcap cruising to a 14-3 win in five innings. Regner and Madi Lemke (two doubles) each had two hits and Samara Kolehouse and Alyssa Wierenga (triple) had the other two.
Both teams will be playing Saturday in games three and four of the five-game series against the Jayhawks.
The men's golf team was also in action at the Jackson College Invitational with the team finishing in fourth with a team score of 311.
Drew Harrington had a great day on the course, finishing with a 74 and fourth-best on the day. Teammates Brad VandenHout, 78; Zach Basiaga, 79; and Conner Oman, 80; completed the teams scoring.
This story was reported by Ben Brown.