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DUE WEST, S.C. – The Clarion University baseball team is 4-0 in PSAC West play after beating Lock Haven twice Saturday in Due West, S.C.
 
Clarion, which won by scores of 11-9 and 8-5 in nine innings, is 4-0 in the West for the first time in at least 35 years, has swept a PSAC West opponent in a season series for the first time since 1987 and has a four-game conference win streak for the first time since winning five in a row in 2000. It is the first time Clarion has won four straight in the PSAC West since the conference changed it scheduling format in 2003 from two games on the weekend and two games during the middle of the week to four games on the weekend on back-to-back days.
 
In Game One, Clarion erased an early 5-0 deficit with a seven-run second and then took the lead for good, 8-7, with a run in the third before adding single runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh. Lock Haven scored twice in the second and twice in the fifth and left the tying run on second in the seventh.
 
Jerico Weitzel and Jon Kemmer both had big games at the plate for the Golden Eagles.
 
Weitzel was 3-for-4 with a run scored and three RBIs. His three-run double was one of two big hits in the second inning. Kemmer was also 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs. He had a double and a triple in the game and also had a two-run single in the second inning.
 
Jon Roncolato (2-for-3, 1 run), Josh Beimel (2-for-4, 2 run, 1 2B), Ken Morgan (2-for-5, 1 run, 2 RBIs) and Scott Berkes (2-for-4, 1 run) also had multiple-hit games for Clarion.
 
Cameron Damski got the win for Clarion going four inning in relief of starter Mark White and allowing two runs, both earned, on five hits and a walk while striking out two. T.J. Anderson got a hold throwing a scoreless and hitless inning of relief, and Sam Skraba picked up the save going one inning and allowing two hits but no runs. White had a tough outing allowing seven runs, six earned, on six hits and two walks while striking out one in an inning plus of work.
 
In Game Two, Clarion scored twice in the fourth and twice in the fifth and took a 4-0 lead into the seventh before Lock Haven rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings.
 
In the eighth, Clarion answered right back when Mark White, pinch running for Morgan who had singled leading off the inning, scored the go-ahead run when Weitzel reached on an error.
 
But Lock Haven answered back with a run in the bottom of the eighth forcing continuation of the game.
 
In the ninth, Kemmer led off with a double and Kasey Clinton single him to third. Matt Rossi then belted a two-run double before scoring later in the inning when Bill Hasson reached on an error.
 
Kemmer and Rossi led the offense in Game Two.
 
Kemmer was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and three runs scored, while Rossi was 3-for-5 with three RBIs, two runs scored and two doubles.
 
Beimel (2-for-4, 2 RBIs) and Berkes (2-for-5) each collected two hits for the second straight game, while Clinton was 2-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI.
 
Skraba picked up the win after blowing a save in the eighth allowing one earned run on one hit and one walk. Brett Whitman got the save throwing a scoreless ninth allowing two hits but also striking out two.
 
Roncolato started and pitched well giving up four runs, all earned, on five hits and five walks while striking out three in six-plus innings of work. Seth Peterson tried to save it in the seventh but allowed two hits while striking out one.
 
Clarion returns to action Friday with a PSAC West doubleheader against Gannon before returning home for the home-opening doubleheader vs. Gannon Saturday.
 
NOTES – Current baseball records for season results go back to 1977 … Clarion won the PSAC West title in 2005 and was PSAC Champion in 1984 … The last time the Golden Eagles swept a season series from a PSAC West opponent was in 1987 when they beat Edinboro three times … Clarion's five straight PSAC West wins to close out the 2000 season came against Lock Haven (one), IUP (two) and Edinboro (two) … The last time Clarion had a four-game win streak was in 2008 when it beat Lock Haven twice and Penn State-Beaver twice between April 19 and April 22 … The Golden Eagles also won six straight at the start of the 2008 season … Clarion had a five-game win streak in 2003 and a six-game streak in 2000 (which was part of the five-game PSAC West win streak).