Bolivar, Mo. - The continued hot hitting of Drew Miller helped propel the Bearcat offense to a season sweep of Lincoln with an 8-3 and 12-6 victory over the Blue Tigers. For the series, the Bearcats scored an impressive 38 runs and had 11 extra base hits.

The Bearcats bats were on fire again, as they jumped all over the Blue Tigers early in game one, going up 4-0 after the first inning. After Tyler Christophel led the game off with a single and stole second base, Drew Miller blasted a ground-rule double down the left field line to put SBU up 1-0. The Bearcats then score on a error and a wild pitch, going up 3-0, before Ross Wolfe singled to centerfield bringing home Kyle Jochems to give SBU a 4-0 lead. Lincoln would get one back in the top of the second, but the Bearcats quickly recovered that run in the bottom of the third when Miller scored off of a double play. The Bearcats added another run in the fifth when Spencer Blacksher tripled, once again scoring Miller. Lincoln responded with two in the sixth, but SBU added two of their own in the bottom half of the inning. With runners on second and third, Tyler Christophel hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Wolfe, followed by an rbi double by Jeremiah Bryan. The Bearcats would go on take game one 8-3.

Mike Nielebeck pitched well from the mound for the Bearcats, going 6.0 innings, allowing three runs on only 4 hits while striking out six.

In game two it was the Blue Tigers who jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first before SBU quickly regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning. With runners on second and third Blacksher singled through the left side, bringing home both runners, and tying the game up a 2-2. Later in the inning Wolfe also singled to the left side scoring Blacksher and giving SBU a 3-2 lead. The Bearcats added two more in the second and another in the third off of rbi singles from Landon Young and Cody Crutcher to put SBU up 6-3. Lincoln added two more in the fourth, but Drew Miller blasted a homerun in the bottom half of the inning to increase the Bearcats lead to 7-5. However the Blue Tigers continued to battle, getting another run in the sixth to pull within one. The Bearcats buckled down, scoring three in the bottom of the sixth and two more in the seventh to go on to the 12-6 victory.

The Bearcats had a handful of solid hitting performances on the day, including Drew Miller (6-7, 6 runs, 3 rbi, 1 homerun), Tyler Christophel (5-6, 4 runs, 2 rbi, 4 stolen bases), Spencer Blacksher (4-7, 2 runs, 4 rbi), as almost every Bearcat hitter produced a hit in the wins. With the victories, SBU moves to 11-3-1 (6-2 MIAA) on the season.

"I am really proud of our guys," head coach Chris Martin stated. "They kept playing hard all weekend. We'll get back to work next week to continue to try and get better."

The Bearcats will be at home next weekend when they host future MIAA opponent Central Oklahoma on Friday, March 16. Opening pitch for the single game is set for 2:00 p.m. from Dodson Field in Bolivar.