Baseball Drops Two Games to Olivet Nazarene  (4/14/05)
The Trolls struggled to get the hits they needed against the top CCAC school of Olivet Nazarene University (IL). As a result they dropped two games, 9-2 and 5-0 and fell to 3-6 in the conference standings. The Trolls connected on only four hits in the first game and three in the second game while giving up a total of 19 hits. The losses make the team 11-14 overall. 

In game one the Trolls trailed 3-0 after the first two innings. The third inning was trouble for the team as Olivet capitalized on a few hits and base runners to score six more runs. The only runs the Trolls scored came in the bottom of that inning when Mike Mercier and Aaron Werkman got on base with singles. By the end of the inning the score was 9-2 and it stayed there until the final out. 

The Trolls held Olivet scoreless through the first three innings of game two. That all changed in the fourth inning when Olivet took advantage at the plate and scored four runs. The Trolls could not get the ball out of the infield to advance their runners to scoring position. They were able to hold Olivet until the seventh inning when they picked up one more run for the 5-0 final.

The team will play again on Saturday, April 16, in a conference double header at the University of St. Francis (IL) at 1:30 pm. 
 

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