Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Sioux City, Iowa. --- No. 14 Minnesota State allowed only three runs in 16 innings of play as it swept Southwest Minnesota State in a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference affairs Sunday afternoon at Sioux City North High School.
 
The Mavericks tied a season-high for runs scored with a 15-3 victory in game one before claiming a 2-0 win in the second contest as sophomore third baseman Connor McCallum pushed his hitting streak to 12 straight games.
 
Junior shortstop Todd Standish gave MSU an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third in game one with an inside-the-park homerun, his second of the year, but the Mustangs would take a one-run lead in the fifth when sophomore Jon Ellis connected on a two-run single off senior righthander Harvey Martin.
 
Minnesota State responded with nine runs in the bottom half of the inning ignited by a one-run double from senior Lucas Skjefte. After adding another run on an SMSU error, McCallum plated two with a single and sophomore catcher Nolan Johnson roped an RBI single before junior Mike Andries belted a two-run double.
 
Senior Kyle Young hit a solo homerun for the Mustangs in the sixth, but the Purple and Gold would add five more in their half to complete the 15-3 final as junior Stetson Olson ripped a two RBI single and senior Cory Glieden and Skjefte both connected on a one-run doubles. Martin (5-0) fanned five batters while allowing three earned runs, six hits and no walks in six innings of work.
 
In game two, junior righthander Jason Hoppe (5-1) registered seven strikeouts and scattered six hits and a pair of walks in a complete-game shutout victory as MSU claimed the pitching duel, 2-0.
 
The Mavericks tallied the first run in the bottom of the first after junior centerfielder Parker Sullivan - who reached on a leadoff walk - was driven in on a double by McCallum. That score held until the sixth inning when Skjefte and senior Jon Flattery hit back-to-back doubles make it a two-run lead that Hoppe would lock down for the win.
 
SMSU freshman Travis McGlauflin also tossed a complete game surrendering two earned runs, four hits and one walk while striking out four. McCallum end the day four-of-five with a double, two runs and three RBI, while Skjefte was also four-of-five but added three doubles, two RBI and a pair of runs scored. Flattery went two-for-three with a double and an RBI in the second contest.
 
The Mavericks (24-7, 13-3 NSIC) and the Mustangs (6-17-1, 4-8 NSIC) wrap-up the four-game series tomorrow afternoon with a doubleheader at 1:30 p.m. in Fort Dodge, Iowa on the campus of Iowa Central Community College.