Elkhorn, Neb. - Mayville State Comets Baseball was originally set to take on Mount Marty in a 4 game series starting on Saturday, March 8th. Instead, things would get pushed back on multiple occasions and the location would change to Elkhorn, Nebraska but not until Monday. The Comets were only able to get in a DH, where they fell by one run both games.

'Nothing about this trip turned out to be ideal. We departed Mayville Friday afternoon in hopes to play Saturday & Sunday, but we didn't see a live pitch until Monday Afternoon," said head coach Billy Tomblin. "Frost kept coming up on the field in Yankton and it just wouldn't cooperate to allow us to play. Sunday was about as far from ideal as it gets. We had a start time of 1pm, which got pushed 5 more times throughout the day until we finally officially canceled around 5pm."

Tomblin also added, "That was a tough one for the guys, you get dressed and ready to leave at 11am and then you keep getting the message 'games bumped back another hour' text from me. Thankfully Josh [Mount Marty's head coach] was about to work something out with Southeast CC down in Norfolk, Nebraska to allow us to get a double header in on Monday."

Game 1: L 6-7

- Comets get on the board first after a solo home run from Cam Goff in the first inning
- The Lancers immediately respond in the the bottom of the first with a 2 run home run
- In the top of the 3rd, Chris Shopbell went deep with a 2 run home run to give the Comets a 3-2 lead
- Riley Rankin extends the Comets' lead in the fourth with an RBI single to score Jack McQueen; 4-2 Mayville State
- In the 5th, Mayville State plates another run off of a fielder's choice from Kevin Conway; good guys up 5-2 heading into the bottom of the 5th 
- The Lancers use the 5th & 6th inning to plate 4 runs and take the lead 7-5 heading into the 7th
- Shopbell smokes his 2nd home run of the day to get the Comets within one, but the Lancers would hold them off and get the 7-6 win

Game 2: L 3-4

- Comets would find their defense with bases loaded in the bottom of the 1st & walk in a run to get the Lancers on the board first 
- Mount Marty plated another run with a 1 out ground ball to 3rd base to extend their early lead 2-0
- In the 3rd, Rankin & Jalen Denton lead it off with back to back singles & Rankin was able to cross the plate after a Lancers wild pitch; 1-2 Lancers
- In the 4th, Rankin would come up to bat with 2 outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd and he was able to give the Comets a 3-2 lead with a 2 RBI single
- A hit by pitch, a walk and a passed ball allowed the Lancers to tie it up in the bottom of the 5th
- 3-3 in the 7th inning, Shopbell and and Carson Lundmark both record doubles in the inning but can't plate a run 
- Bottom of the 7th, tie game, Mount Marty led the inning off with a single and used small ball to get their guy in scoring position
- The Lancers were able to hit a 1 out single to right field to plate that runner
- Despite out hitting the Lancers 8-4, the Comets fell 3-4

" Monday was a frustrating day. We ust didn't look like ourselves. Not sure if it was the uncertainty of the entire weekend, sitting around for two days, if we didn't prepare properly or all of the above but nonetheless we just didn't get it done. Mount Marty did a better job than us and found a way to take both games," commented Tomblin.

Team Leaders: 
Riley Rankin - went 4-6 on the day, recorded 3 RBI's 
Chris Shopbell - went 3-7 on the day, recorded 3 RBI's & 2 home runs

On the Mound:
Derek Palmiere - 5 IP, 1 hit, 3 runs, 2ks, 6 BB, 1 HBP
Jake Hutter - 1.1 IP, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 BB
Garret Lundmark - 5 IP, 5 hits, 5 runs, 3ks, 4 BB, 1 HBP
Jaxon Parker - 1 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs, 1k

For full schedule details visit: https://msucomets.com/sports/baseball/schedule