WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - In game one of today's double header against Mayville State University, Lawrence Tech was held to three hits and shut out by Mayville State, falling 9-0 in a seven-inning in Winter Haven, Fla. Mayville scored in four different innings and rode a dominant complete-game performance.

Mayville State seized control early, pushing across two runs in the first inning. They opened scoring with an RBI single to center, followed with another run-scoring single to center to make it 2-0. They added to the pressure in the second with a sacrifice fly to right field, extending the advantage to 3-0 after two innings.

Defensively, Lawrence Tech could not quite escape a pair of run-scoring frames in the middle innings that broke the game open. In the fourth, Mayville plated three runs, aided by an error at third base and a subsequent sequence that turned the miscue into a 6-0 margin. Three more runs in the sixth, pushed the deficit to 9-0 and put the game out of reach.

The Blue Devils' offense never found consistent footing. Lawrence Tech struck out 11 times and drew just one walk. Lawrence Tech had three runners left on base and was unable to convert its limited traffic into a sustained rally.

On the mound, Lawrence Tech used multiple pitchers to navigate. Blue Devils pitching worked 6.0 combined innings, allowing nine hits and nine runs, seven of them earned, while walking six and striking out four.Mayville finished with nine hits and six walks. Mayville stranded nine runners but did enough damage with timely hits in the first, fourth and sixth innings to keep control throughout.

In game two of the double header, a pair of big innings from Mayville State proved decisive, as Lawrence Tech dropped a 7–3 decision despite a strong extra-base effort from outfielder Luke Weinberger.

The Blue Devils battled back from an early deficit to briefly pull even, but Mayville State used a three-run fourth inning and a two-run sixth to create separation and keep control the rest of the way. Both teams finished with seven hits, but Lawrence Tech stranded nine runners and could not overcome two defensive errors that helped extend Mayville State rallies.

Mayville State opened the scoring in the bottom of the third with a two-run triple to left, staking the hosts to a 2–0 lead. Lawrence Tech answered quickly in the top of the fourth, as Weinberger sparked the offense, ripping a two-run triple to right, tying the game at 2–2 and giving the Blue Devils a needed jolt in the middle innings.

The momentum swing was short-lived. In the bottom half of the fourth, Mayville State responded with a three-run frame to take control for good. An RBI single followed with a sacrifice fly as Mayville turned the 2–2 tie into a 5–2 advantage. Lawrence Tech continued to apply pressure offensively, loading base runners and forcing Mayville State's staff to work, but the Blue Devils were unable to produce the multi-run answer they needed.

Lawrence Tech chipped away again in the fifth. Justin Baird came around to score on a Brady Lee RBI single to second base, trimming the deficit to 5–3 and keeping the Blue Devils within striking distance. Weinberger helped drive the attack at the top of the order, finishing with two hits, including a triple and a double, and two RBI to account for most of Lawrence Tech's damage at the plate.Mayville State added key insurance in the bottom of the sixth. Delivered by a two-run double to left, stretching the lead to 7–3 and effectively putting the game out of reach. From there, the Mayville bullpen closed the door, holding Lawrence Tech scoreless over the final two innings and stranding multiple Blue Devils on base.

On the game, Lawrence Tech finished with three runs on seven hits, drawing four walks. Blue Devils pitchers allowed seven runs on seven hits over six innings, issuing six walks and recording seven strikeouts. The match up marked another early-season test for head coach Stan Eldridge's squad as the Blue Devils continue their road-heavy stretch, with more non-conference games on the schedule before returning to conference play. They will play a double header against Mount Marty University at Space Coast Complex in Viera, Fla. on March 7.