WILMINGTON, Ohio -- Freshman Taylor Futterknecht belted two home runs and along with Colin Zwiebel's timely hitting the University of Saint Francis defeated Wilmington College 8-4 in Game 1 on Sunday afternoon.

  Wilmington bounced back to edge the Cougars 2-1 in eight innings in Game 2.

  Futterknecht knocked in four runs with his two homers and Zwiebel knocked in three runs to help USF win its 20th game, the second time in three seasons USF has won 20 or more games under head coach Greg Roberts. The Cougars are 13-6 since slipping to 7-18 in a doubleheader loss at Huntington on March 29.

  Jon Saporsantos started the Cougars home run binge when he led off the third with his second 4-bagger of the season. After Jarrod Wehri singled, Futterknecht connected increasing the USF lead to 5-1. Starting pitcher Kevin Merz yielded a pair of runs in the Wilmington third, but Futterknecht went back-to-back jacks blasting a 400-foot plus drive to dead center with two outs for a 7-3 USF lead.

  Merz only surrendered a single run in the seventh the rest of the way to secure his third win in four chances. He struck out six.

  Ben Dunlap knocked in the only run in Game 2 for USF in the top of the fourth. Futterknecht doubled and Travis Potchka tripled, but Wilmington pushed across a run against tough-luck loser Greg Kerro in the eighth to earn the split.

  The Cougars (20-24) resume Mid-Central Conference play on Tuesday with a doubleheader at Cougar Field starting at 1 p.m.

-- GO USF --