WESTFIELD, Ind. -- Jacob Gividen (SO/Portage, Mich.) pitched a 3-hit complete game as Indiana Wesleyan University baseball collected a 3-1 win in the nightcap to take a doubleheader split with IU Southeast. Indiana Wesleyan lost their first game of the season 6-3 in the opener and now stand 7-1 on the year.

Game Vitals

• Score Game 1:  Indiana Wesleyan - 3   |   Indiana Southeast - 6
• Score Game 2:  Indiana Wesleyan - 3   |   Indiana Southeast - 1
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 7-1   |   Indiana Southeast 2-4
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - Not ranked   |   Indiana Southeast - Not ranked
• Location:   Grand Park   |   Westfield, Indiana
• Brief:  Jacob Gividen pitched a 3-hit complete game as Indiana Wesleyan University baseball collected a 3-1 win in the nightcap to take a doubleheader split with IU Southeast. Indiana Wesleyan lost their first game of the season 6-3 in the opener and now stand 7-1 on the year.
   

What Went Down (Game 1)

• The Grenadiers handed the Wildcats their first loss of the season. The loss ends the IWU six-game win streak to open the 2016 season.
• IU Southeast quickly nabbed a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
• Craig Nesselhuf (SR/Littleton, Colo.) ripped a 2-run double in the bottom of the first inning to cut the deficit to 3-2. IWU would get no closer the rest of the way.
• The Wildcats had six hits in the losing effort. Craig Nesselhuf and Andrew Breytenbach (FR/Palatine, Ill.) each finished with a double.
• Alexander Breytenbach (FR/Palatine, Ill.) suffered the loss on the mound.
  
   

What Went Down (Game 2)

• Indiana Wesleyan earned the doubleheader split with a 3-1 win in game two.
• All three Wildcat runs came in the second inning.
• Thomas Sautel (FR/Littleton, Colo.) had an RBI groundout for the first run and Caleb Birkey (SR/Granger, Ind.) followed with an RBI triple for the game-winning hit. Taylor Staff (JR/Springfield, Ill.) completed the IWU scoring with an RBI groundout.
• Jacob Gividen pitched a complete game for the victory. He allowed just three hits and struck out four Grenadiers on just 86 pitches.
• Andrew Breytenbach had a 2-for-3 performance with a walk and a double.
  
   

Next Time Out

• The weekend series at Pikeville (Ky.) has been canceled due to impending weather. The next scheduled game for Indiana Wesleyan is at Toccoa Falls (Ga.) on March 5 as the Wildcats begin a Spring Break trip to the southeast.