WICHITA, Kan. – After a late evening on Saturday, the Newman baseball team came back out to the diamond to complete its four-game series against Upper Iowa, splitting the doubleheader Sunday afternoon to win the series 3-1.
 
Joe Cannady was the starting pitcher for the Jets (5-6) in Game 1, going 5 1/3 innings. The Peacocks (1-3) got on the scoreboard first in the top of the second, going up 1-0 after two innings. Newman rallied in the third inning, scoring three runs to go out in front 3-1.
 
Jacob Hamerle singled up the middle to bring home Ked Bailey from second, which was the first Jet run of Game 1. Two at-bats later Hamerle would score on a Peacock fielder error, while Nick Griffin had an RBI single to bring in Channing Wiliams for the last Newman run of the third inning.
 
The Jets tacked on another run in the bottom of the fourth, when Easton Herring doubled to right center that scored Daniel Jahnke to put Newman up 4-1. Upper Iowa would put another run on the board in the top of fifth, but the Jets would answer with a run of their own in the bottom of the fifth to extend its lead out to 5-2 after five complete innings.
 
The Peacocks scored four runs in the top of the sixth to go up 6-5 and would hold Newman scoreless in the bottom of the sixth and seventh to take Game 1.
 
Newman controlled all of Game 2 from start to finish with Samuel Hersh as the starting pitcher. The Jets broke through first in the bottom of the second, when Hamerle singled to left field to score Aaron Mack and Jahnke.
 
Neither team would score in the third inning but Upper Iowa evened the score up in the top of the fourth with two runs. That did not deter the Jets batters in the bottom of the fourth by scoring eight runs to go up 10-2 after four complete innings.
 
Paul Rupnik led the way in bottom of the fourth with two RBIs, while Koby Nguyen, Canfield, Griffin, Jahnke, Hamerle and Williams each had one RBI for the big Jet inning. Jahnke would have another RBI in the bottom of the fifth to extend the Newman lead out to 11-2.
 
The Jets put two more runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth inning, which put them up 13-2 after six complete innings. Jacob Gibbs came into the game in the top of the seventh inning and held the Peacocks scoreless, which completed the 13-2 run-rule for Newman in Game 2.
 
Rupnik had another fine performance today going 6-of-9 from the plate, with three RBIs, one run and one double. He was 9-of-14 from the plate for the entire weekend with six RBIs, five runs and one double. Hamerle went 7-of-14 for the weekend with eight RBIs and five runs.
 
Newman will host Emporia State Wednesday at 3 p.m. for a single nonconference game.