SHAKESPEARE SHINES AS HAWKS SPLIT SUNDAY

ENID, Okla. – The Northeast Community College baseball team was back in action Sunday in Enid, Oklahoma to wrap their series with Northern Oklahoma College-Enid. The Hawks took Game 3 of the series by a final score of 14-3 before dropping Game 4 to the Jets by a final score of 11-10.

The Hawks (3-1) continued where they left off on Saturday as Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo.) launched his second homer in as many days. Tom Shaespeare (Canberra, Australia) continued to cement his place in the Northeast lineup during his first year in a Northeast uniform with three RBI's during the contest. Gage Ingram (LaVista, Neb.) and Clay Beaumont (Tekamah, Neb.) got their first action of the year on the mound as the Hawks cruised to their third victory of the season.

Things didn't go quite as well for Northeast in Game 2 as they held a 10-5 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh inning before the Jets strung together a late-inning rally to secure the win. Shakespeare was again dominant at the plate as he notched his fourth and fifth hits of the young season in the matchup.

STAT SHEET GAME 1:

Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo.): 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R

Tom Shakespeare (Canberra, Australia): 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI, R, BB

Taylor Gill (Orem, Utah): 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB

STAT SHEET GAME 2:

Tom Shakespeare: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI

Taylor Gill: 3-5, 2 RBI, 2 R

Christian Carew (Parker, Colo.): 4 IP, 5 H, 5 K

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head baseball coach Marcus Clapp's thoughts on how today and the series overall played out:

"Well, anytime you win a series, especially on the road, you're going to be happy," Clapp said. "I thought we handled ourselves very well overall. We have to be better in closing out games, and we will, but overall it was a successful weekend! Back to work tomorrow."

UP NEXT:

It will be another weekend on the road for the Hawks as they will battle Allen County Community College in a four-game set that will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday in Iola, Kansas.

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