COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College baseball team captured its third-straight conference sweep with a 12-2 victory over Ursinus College on Friday night.

Austin Burgess expanded his on-base streak to 22 games as he collected two hits and a game-high three RBI. Luke Mutz also continued to swing a hot bat as he tallied three hits and extended his on-base streak to 18 games. Paul Cooke and Sam Jacobson tallied a pair of RBI. 

On the mound, Matteo Sollecito set the tone with two shutout innings in a winning effort. Matthew Loomis and Liam Alpern also combined for two scoreless with two strikeouts, respectively. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Jacobson plated the first run with a sacrifice fly in the second inning. Burgess then added another run in the third on a sacrifice fly. Jacobson collected another RBI with a single to left-center field in the fourth, 3-0. 

- Swarthmore pulled away with four runs in the fifth inning. Cooke doubled in a pair of runs to open the scoring, before Matthew Silvestre plated Cooke with a single up the middle. Kirk Terada-Herzer then added another run with a sacrifice fly, 7-0.

- Ursinus got on the board with a run in the fifth inning, but the Garnet would respond two innings later with a five-run seventh inning. Terada-Herzer scored the first run on a wild pitch, while Mutz, Burgess and Max Roffwarg added runs on RBI hits. The Bears then got a run back in the bottom half, 12-2. 

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GARNET OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Burgess: 2-for-4, 3 RBI, 2B
Mutz: 3-for-4, RBI, 3 R, 2B, 3B, BB
Jacobson: 1-for-2, 2 RBI

GARNET PITCHING LEADERS
Sollecito (W, 2-1), 2.0 IP, 0 R, 3 SO, 1 H
Loomis: 1.0 IP, 0 R, 2 SO
Alpern: 1.0 IP, 0 R, 2 SO

UP NEXT
The Garnet (17-15, 10-2) play a doubleheader at McDaniel on Saturday.