CASTLETON, Vt. – Castleton completed the season sweep over the Maine-Farmington Beavers this afternoon by capturing back-to-back, 6-2 victories in today's North Atlantic Conference doubleheader at Spartan Field. 

The Spartans have now won six of their last seven contests, including six straight in conference play, and stand at 12-9 (6-2 NAC) overall. The Beavers, meanwhile, drop to 8-8 on the year and are mired in a five-game losing streak.

Game One
Steven Jurkiewicz delivered one of his best outings of the season to lead the Spartans to a 6-2 victory in the opening contest of today's doubleheader with Maine-Farmington. 

The junior southpaw tossed a complete game, allowing just one walk with two runs from four hits to collect his second win of the season. Kyle Peterson, meanwhile, took the loss after giving up ten hits and six runs in 5.1 innings of work.

Zach Bahan and Dan Errico anchored the Castleton lineup with a combined five hits. Bahan reached base in all four of his at-bats and went 3-for-3 with one RBI, while Errico notched two hits with two runs scored. For UMF, Sean Cabaniss was the top producer, going 1-for-3 at the plate while driving in both of the Beaver runs with a two-run shot.

The Spartans got off to a quick start in the contest with a pair of runs in the first to take an early lead. Errico started the two-out rally with an RBI single into left-center. Bahan moved him into scoring position with a single down the leftfield line before Mitchell Caron brought the senior home to give the hosts a two-run advantage.

Castleton pushed its lead to four with a pair of runs in the bottom of the 2nd, but the Beavers responded with two of their own in the following frame to cut their deficit back to two. With one on and two out, Cabaniss notched his first home run of the season with a two-run shot over the left field fence to make it 4-2. 

The Spartans tacked on two more in the sixth, and that was more than enough, as Jurkiewicz closed out the contest by allowing just one runner to reach base over the final three innings of play to secure a 6-2 Spartan victory.

Game Two
In game two, the Beavers were pressing for an equalizer with runners in scoring position in the top of the sixth, but Sam Spencer got out of the jam and the Spartans went on to complete the season sweep with their second 6-2 victory of the day. 

The senior right-hander turned in a fantastic performance, giving up two runs (zero earned) with six strikeouts in seven innings of work for his third win of the year. His counterpart, Jory Humphrey, received the loss after going five innings with five runs (four earned) allowed and one strikeout. 

The Spartans had seven different players record a base hit in game two, led by Jim Buckley, who went 1-for-2 with two RBIs and one run scored. Nick Patierne was 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs, while Caron provided a double and one run scored. For UMF, Grayson Beressi and Tom Grady recorded a team-best two hits apiece, whereas Jimmy Neal went 1-for-3 with two runs scored.

Following a scoreless initial frame, Castleton took the lead with the first run of the game in the bottom of the second. With runners in scoring position and one out, Buckley hit a sacrifice fly to deep right that plated the opening run and gave the hosts a 1-0 lead. 

Grady's single in the top of the fourth brought home the game-tying run for UMF, but the Spartans responded in the bottom half of the frame with two runs from two hits to reclaim the lead, 3-1. Buckley began the scoring by driving home his second run of the day with a single down the leftfield line before Patierne followed with an RBI single to left-center.

The Beavers wouldn't quit, however, as they fought back two innings later to cut the deficit back to one. With the bases loaded and one out, one of Spencer's pitches slipped behind Patierne, allowing Grady to score. The away side seemed destined to, at the least, tie the game, if not take the lead, but Spencer got back-to-back groundouts to close out the frame and maintain a 3-2, Castleton lead.

The Spartans went on to add three more runs in the bottom of the sixth and Spencer tossed a near-perfect seventh to bring the game to its final score, 6-2.

Castleton is back in action on Tuesday when it hosts NAC rival Colby-Sawyer for a conference doubleheader at Spartan Field beginning at 2 pm.