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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – In a doubleheader sweep of the Carthage baseball team, the Illinois Wesleyan Titans clinched a share of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin title Saturday afternoon at Jack Horenberger Field, celebrating "Seniors' Day" in style.
 
It is Illinois Wesleyan's 24th conference championship and seventh since 2001.

The No. 18-ranked Titans are 16-2 in the CCIW and 26-7 overall, while the Red Men are 8-10 in the conference and 15-18 overall. With a three-game lead in the standings, IWU needs just one conference win in next weekend's three-game series at North Park to secure the outright league title.

Second-place Augustana is 12-5 in the CCIW after splitting a pair of games with Wheaton on Saturday, losing 4-1 before winning 8-7.

Game One
♦  In a 3-2 victory, Titan starting pitcher Jeff Johnson (6-0) was credited with the complete-game win as he allowed six hits and only one earned run while striking out nine and walking just one.
♦  Senior Matt Workman reached base on a wild pitch after striking out and went to second on a sacrifice by sophomore rightfielder Tim Coonan. Senior Zach Scott singled to right field to put runners at the corners and senior first baseman Kevin Callahan singled through the right side to bring in Workman. Sophomore Nick Hahn then provided a sacrifice fly to score Scott.
Junior Johnathan Erickson singled up the middle and he and Callahan went to second and third on a wild pitch. An error on the first baseman allowed Callahan to score.
 
Game Two
♦  In the second game of the day, fighting off some light rain near the end, the Titans got two runs in the eighth to rally for the 4-3 win.
♦  Carthage led 2-0 in the second before the Titans scored  a run. With one out, Erickson doubled to right center and came home on a single by junior Bobby Czarnowski.
♦  The Titans tied the game with a run in the fifth on hits by junior Jon Frericks, Coonan and Scott.
♦  IWU rallied in the last of the eighth to score the tying and winning runs. Callahan led off with a single to right and was run for by Adam Seifert. Senior catcher A.J. Nathan walked and the runners advanced to second and third on a sacrifice by Erickson. Czarnowski and senior Anthony Lopez hit back-to-back singles to score Seifert and Nathan.
♦  Senior lefty Nick Mehn (4-1) was the winning pitcher, striking out four and allowing 10 hits in eight innings of work. Sophomore John Munyon earned his fourth save of the year in going a 1-2-3 ninth. The four saves is tied for fourth most in an IWU season.
 
What's Next?
The Titans will travel the short distance north to Normal, Ill., to face Illinois State in the annual Horenberger/Bass Classic Tuesday (April 30) at 6 p.m. at Duffy Bass Field.