Liberty, Missouri -- Indian Hills scored 45 runs, tallied 44 hits and blasted 10 homers in recording a series sweep against MCC-Maple Woods. The Falcons took both ends of Sunday's doubleheader by scores of 17-8 and 15-6, then got a shutout pitching performance from freshman Jared Spearing in a 13-0 whitewashing on Monday.

Sunday's twinbill featured a pair of early 8-run innings by the IHCC offense. In game one, eight runs came across in the top of the 2nd. The frame included a two-run double by Zachary Fascia, a two-run single by Will Zimmerman and RBI hits from Dillon Nelson and Lane Harvey. After Maple Woods climbed back to within 8-6, Enrique Veras and Nelson slammed solo homers. Fascia and Jacob Rhinesmith added two-run shots later. Rhinesmith went 4-for-5 with three runs and four RBIs, Harvey was 3-for-5, and Nelson and Fascia each had two hits, with Fascia matching Rhinesmith with four runs-batted-in. The Falcons got good work out of the bullpen from Ray Nolan and DJ Depiero, in relief of Jacob Thiessen. The freshmen combined for 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief with no walks and five Ks.

Rhinesmith started the game-two scoring with a homer in the 2nd and IHCC plated eight runs in the 4th. There were RBI hits by Fascia, Nelson, Luis Gimenez and Rhinesmith in the big inning. MCC-Maple Woods rallied to trail 9-6, before the Falcons put together a 6-run 7th, sparked by an RBI single by Max Sheldon and a two-run double by Gimenez. Nelson had four RBIs and Gimenez and Rhinesmith three apiece. Rhinesmith scored four times. Oracio DeLeon started and worked five innings for IHCC. Rodny Valdes threw two scoreless innings in relief.

Game three of the series saw Spearing fire a four-hit shutout with no walks and five strikeouts for his first win as a Falcon. He got plenty of offensive support, beginning with Nelson's two-run home run in the top of the 1st. Veras also went deep and those two each had three RBIs. Leadoff hitter Noah Renaud scored four runs and Colin Potrzeba supplied a three-run homer.