The Misericordia University baseball team sent its seniors off in style, sweeping Freedom Conference and local rival Wilkes 14-0 and 5-1 to earn their third consecutive regular season conference title at Tambur Field on Saturday afternoon.
 
Andrew Tressa went 5-8 on the day to lead the Cougar offense while Evan Robaczewski and Will Minderjahn earned victories on the mound.
 
In the opener, Joe Tagliarini went 3-3 and drove in four runs while Tressa and Julian Faria both added three hits. Kyle Lindsay, Kenny Durling and Ryan Cacchioli all added two hits as part of MU's 18-hit attack.
 
Lindsay fisted a leadoff single to center field to lead off the bottom of the first for the Cougars and moved to third on a stolen base and an error by the pitcher attempting a pickoff. Sulcoski reached on an error, allowing Lindsay to score to put the Cougars up 1-0. A Durling double to the wall in left center sent Sulcoski home to extend MU's lead to 2-0 through one.
 
MU doubled it's lead to 4-0 in the second when Tagliarini scored on a passed ball and Impellittiere came home on a Lindsay sacrifice groundout.
 
A five-run third inning broke things open for the Cougars. Faria and Cacchioli hit consecutive one out singles to set up Tagliarini's two-run double down the left field line that pushed the lead to 6-0. After an Impellittiere groundout moved Tagliarini to third, Jasinski singled up the middle to send Tagliarini home. A Lindsay single gave Tressa a pair of baserunners, and he sent them both home with a triple down the right field line that made it a 9-0 game through three.
 
Durling led the bottom of the fourth with a single to keep the Cougar attack going and then scored on a Faria double to left center. A Cacchioli single and Tagliarini hit-by-pitch loaded the bases for Jasinski, who reached on a fielder's choice to score Faria and give MU an 11-0 lead.
 
The Cougars added three more runs in the bottom of the fifth. Tressa and Sulcoski opened the inning with singles, and Andy Gonzalez was hit by a pitch to load the bases. A Cacchioli fielder's choice scored Tressa, and Tagliarini hit his second double of the game to score Sulcoski and Cacchioli and close the scoring at 14-0.
 
Robaczewski tossed six innings of one-hit ball to earn the win and become MU's career leader in victories with 18.  He also had four strikeouts to establish a new school single-season record with 62.
 
Seniors Max Weintraub and Pete Doggett combined to get the final three outs in the game one victory.
 
In game two, Tressa and Dylan Mazzo each had a pair of hits to lead MU while Will Minderjahn settled in after a rocky start to earn the win, allowing just four hits and one run while striking out seven in six and one-third innings. Matt Karabin threw the final two outs for MU.
 
Bobby Schappel hit a bunt single to start the second game for the Colonels and moved to second on a Carmen LoPresto groundout. A Stephen Ruch double to right field would score Schappel to give Wilkes an early 1-0 lead.
 
The Cougar answered quickly, as Lindsay and Tressa both single to start the Cougar first, and a double steal gave MU a pair of runners in scoring position with no outs. A Sulcoski hard lineout to the centerfielder allowed Lindsay to score, and Tressa scored just a moment later on a wild pitch to give the Cougars a 2-1 advantage.
 
MU added two more in the bottom of the third. Boroch was hit by a pitch to start the ining and moved to second on a Lindsay sacrifice bunt. Tressa reached on an error that allowed Boroch to move to third and both runners advance on another wild pitch, scoring Boroch to make it 3-1 in MU's favor. A Durling single through the left side would send Tressa home, and Durling would advance all the way to third on a wild pitch. The Cougars tried to add another run with Durling attempted to steal home, but he was thrown out at the plate to end the inning.
 
The Cougars got an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when a Mazzo two-out triple sent Cacchioli home to make it a 5-1 game.
 
Between today's contests, the Cougars honored their 11 seniors- Pete Doggett, Kenny Durling, Ron Guido, Mike Impellittiere, Matt Karabin, Dylan Mazzo, Will Minderjahn, Evan Robaczewski, Justin Shuleski, Steve Sulcoski, and Andrew Tressa- for leading the team to an 118-52 record and two Freedom Conference titles over the last two seasons.
 
With the victories and a King's win over DeSales, the Cougars became the #1-seed in the upcoming Freedom Conference tournament, to be held May 3-5 in Quakertown, PA.
 
The Cougars will conclude their regular season with a non-conference game at Arcadia on Tuesday at 3:30 PM.