Columbia, Mo. - The Columbia College Baseball team split their two game series with the College of the Ozarks today, winning game one 14-7 before dropping game two 3-5.

Records:
Columbia: 3-1
C of O: 1-3

Series Results:
Game 1: Columbia def. C of O, 11-3
Game 2: Columbia def. C of O, 14-4
Game 3: Columbia def. C of O, 14-7
Game 4: C of O def. Columbia, 5-3

Game 3: Columbia def. College of the Ozarks, 14-7 (7 innings)
The Scoring:

• B1 (CC): Tyler Renn homered, Tom McKenna scored; Brayden McGinnis singled, Cayden Nicoletto scored; Duffin Makings singled, Devyn Lopez scored (CC: 4, C of O: 0)
• B2 (CC): Tyler Renn tripled, Braden Desonia scored; Devyn Lopez singled, Tyler Renn scored; Brayden McGinnis doubled, Devyn Lopez scored; Brayden McGinnis scored on an error (CC: 8, C of O: 0)
• B3 (CC) Tom McKenna singled, David Dell scored; Braden Desonia scored on an error; Brayden McGinnis doubled, Devyn Lopez scored, Tom McKenna scored (CC: 12, C of O: 0)
• T4 (C of O): S. Greene homered; B. Baumann sac fly, T. Riley scored; B. Hultgren tripled, Z. Kelley scored, L. Daniels scored (CC: 12, C of O: 4)
• B6 (CC): Duffin Makings scored on an error; Myles Jasper scored on an error; Tom McKenna doubled, Braden Desonia scored, David Dell scored; Tom McKenna scored on a wild pitch (CC: 17, C of O: 4)

Inside the Box:

• Dan Fick was credited with the win on the mound as he pitched through four innings with two strikeouts, only allowing two earned runs
• Brayden McGinnis (2), Tom McKenna (1), Cayden Nicoletto (1), Duffin Makings (1), David Dell (1) each finished with doubles
• Tyler Renn finished with a triple and a home run

Game 4: College of the Ozarks def. Columbia, 5-3 (7 innings)
The Scoring:

• T1 (C of O): S. Green grounded out, C. Hill scored (CC: 0, C of O: 1)
• B1 (CC): Tyler Renn grounded out, Braden Desonia scored (CC: 1, C of O: 1)
• T3 (C of O): C. Johnson singled, S. Stamps scored; T. Riley singled, C. Johnson scored, L. Daniels scored (CC: 1, C of O: 4)
• B4 (CC): Tyler Renn doubled, Devyn Lopez scored (CC: 2, C of O: 4)
• T5 (C of O): R. Daggs homered (CC: 2, C of O: 5)
• B7 (CC): Riley Poulton RBI, Ian Nolph scored (CC: 3, C of O: 5)

Inside the Box:

• Pierce Hartmann got the start on the mound; through five innings he collected four strikeouts
• Tyler Renn finished with two doubles, while Devyn Lopez and Braden Desonia each finished with one

Up Next:
The Cougars return to play on Friday, February 10th with two games against IU-Southeast, ranked #18 in the NAIA poll. Game one is slated to start at 1:00PM with game two to follow. On Saturday, February 11th, the third and final game is set to be played at 1:00PM against IU-Southeast.