WEST BURLINGTON - The Kirkwood Eagles needed to win their weekend series against Southeastern to win the conference baseball title, but their hopes were dashed Friday in West Burlington.
The fourth-ranked Southeastern Blackhawks swept the 11th-ranked Eagles, 9-1 and 3-2, to clinch the conference title.
Kirkwood hosts Southeastern in another doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m., but the Eagles have been eliminated from title contention and have fallen into third place.
Southeastern tops the ICCAC standings at 22-4. NIACC has jumped into second place at 19-6-1, with Kirkwood now third at 17-6-1.
Kirkwood got only five hits in the 9-1 loss in the opener and had only four hits in the 3-2 loss in the nightcap. Kal Youngquist hit a home run for the Eagles in Game 2.
Cameron Leff (7-2) allowed five runs in five innings and took the loss in the opener. Peyton Long (2-2) allowed only two earned runs in eight innings in the nightcap, but absorbed the loss despite having 12 strikeouts.
Kirkwood fell to 35-13-1 overall. Southeastern raised its overall mark to 44-10.
GAME 1
Kirkwood 001 000 0 - 1 5 1
Southeastern 000 324 x - 9 8 1
L - Leff (7-2).
GAME 2
Kirkwood 001 100 000 - 2 4 0
Southeastern 100 110 00x - 3 7 0
L - Long (2-2).
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