JOLIET, Ill. --- Mount Mercy University came through with the two-out hit all afternoon, tallying 12 of its 15 runs in that situation to defeat the University of St. Francis baseball team 15-3 and take the rubber game of the three-game series Sunday (March 1) afternoon at DuPage Medical Group Field.
 

Nick Sueppel continued his offensive prowess with three more hits and three runs batted in to finish the weekend series going 9-for-12 with seven runs batted in. Cael Lambe was equally as hot, recording his second straight 2-for-4, three-run, one-RBI game to finish the three games with seven hits in 11 at bats, six runs scored and two runs batted in.
 

Mount Mercy's other top hitters on Sunday were Spencer Wiskus (3-for-5, 5 RBI, 2 runs) and Nick Traysman (2-4, 2 RBI).
 

Combined, the quartet got the Mustangs out to an 8-0 lead after their first three at bats. They added their second five-run inning of the contest in the fifth inning after the Saints had dented the scoreboard with a single run in the third inning and two more in the fourth inning.
 

Hunter Darnell (SO/Plainfield, Ill.) and Shawn Harper (SR/Plainfield, Ill.) drove in one run each for the Saints. For Harper, it was his third RBI in as many games. He completed the weekend series with seven hits in 11 at bats to pace the Saints.
 

Nick Villasenor (JR/Addison, Ill.) (0-2) was tagged with the loss despite only pitching one inning at the start. He yielded one of the two-out runs.
 

The Saints (2-8) open up another three-game series on Monday, this time facing Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference foe Olivet Nazarene University in a doubleheader beginning at 1 pm at DuPage Medical Group Field. The series concludes with a single game at 3 pm Tuesday, also in Joliet.