FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Bart Schnur and Chase Gaff pitched strong back-to-back games and combined with timely hitting, the University of Saint Francis swept Goshen College 6-2 and 8-3 on Friday afternoon at Cougar Field.

  The sweep stretched the USF winning streak to eight games and improved the Cougars' Mid-Central Conference record to 11-6. Game 2 was called after five complete innings when heavy rain raked the field and play was halted at 4:07 p.m. Taylor Futterknecht hammered his fourth home run of the season in Game 2 and pinch-hitter Tony Drysdale two-run double in the fifth was a key blow in a four-run inning for USF.

  In Game 1, Schnur pitched 5 1/3 innings of no-hit ball until Darren Tronovich broke up the no-hitter with one out in the sixth with a double to left-centerfield. Schnur fanned seven to even his record at 4-4. USF SS Ben Dunlap had 3 RBI to support Schnur, Berto Nunez went 2-for-2 and knocked in one run, and the Cougars added two unearned runs. Jarrod Wehri went 2-for-4 and scored twice.

  "I just kept the ball down and we played some pretty good defense," Schnur said.

  USF (6-19) scored three runs in the first inning, added two in the fifth and one in the sixth.

  Gaff, in his first start at Cougar Field, fanned two and didn't walk a batter to pick up his second straight win. He got offensive support from Travis Potchka, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI. Nunez, Ben Dunlap, Austin Leisure and Drew Linder also had RBI. Dunlap went 2-for-3.

  After USF scored in the first, GC bounced back with a run in the top of the second. USF took the lead for good when Linder grounded out scoring Jake Trahin. Potchka singled to score Nate Long for a 3-1 lead. Futterknecht made it 4-1 in the third with his leadoff home run.

  GC, which had lost 15 straight before edging St. Joseph's of Calumet on Wednesday 8-7, pulled within a run, 4-3, on Scott Szucs two-run double. USF scored four in the fifth on a Dunlap single, a Leisure sacrifice fly, and Drysdale's 2-run, 2-out double to right-centerfield.

  Rain continued to increase as play continued into the sixth and after Zach Reed lined out to Dunlap at short, a clap of thunder motivated umpires to halt play and tarp the field. After about 30 minutes, with rain getting heavier, it was called a complete game.

  "Bart and Chase both pitched well today," USF coach Greg Roberts said. "To win eight in a row, you've also got to have timely hitting. We got that again today."

  USF is scheduled to play host to Bethel College on Saturday and Purdue-North Central on Sunday.

Top photo: Bart Schnur delivers final pitch in
   Game 1 win.
Middle: Berto Nunez has just given USF 1-0 lead
   in Game 1.
Bottom: USF coach Greg Roberts gives Taylor
    Futterknecht a high 5 as the freshman rounds third and heads for home in the third
    inning of Game 2 for a 4-1 lead.

Game 1 Box

Game 2 Box

-- Go USF --