DUBUQUE -- Jefferson split a Mississippi Valley Conference baseball doubleheader against Dubuque Hempstead on Friday at Dick Core Field.

Hempstead won the opener, 5-3. Jefferson took the nightcap, 1-0. The second game was called after five innings because of lightning.

In the third inning of the nightcap, Dylan Jellison's one-out sinking liner eluded Hempstead right fielder David Fitzgerald and rolled past for a triple. Christian Knox followed with a grounder to short that drove home Jellison with the only run of the game.

Austin Goodell and Chance Tiedtke combined to throw a two-hitter for the J-Hawks. Goodell wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the Hempstead second inning, striking out Andrew Seymour to end the frame.

Jefferson (14-17, 12-10) trailed 3-0 heading into the sixth inning of the opener. With runners on first and third bases and two outs, the J-Hawks tried a balk steal. Tiedtke, running at first, was caught in a rundown, but Knox scored before he was tagged out.

Hempstead (12-21, 10-12) added two big runs in the bottom of the sixth when Kyle VanderLee launched a two-run home run over the right-field fence.

The J-Hawks plated two runs in the top of the seventh and had the tying runs on base when Knox flied out to end the game.

Jordan Dee pitched the first three innings and gave up three runs. He departed following the third inning with a tender elbow. Ben Koering pitched the final three innings.

Knox and Sam Techau had two hits apiece.

Jefferson's next game is Monday at Kennedy. The teams play sophomore/varsity doubleheaders Monday and Tuesday. The site switches to Jefferson on Tuesday. Sophomore games start at 5 p.m. both days.

GAME ONE

JEFFERSON (3)
Dylan Jellison, 2b, 4 0 0 0, Christian Knox, cf, 4 1 2 0, Jordan Dee, p, 2 0 0 0, Ben Koering, p, 1 0 0 0, Chance Tiedtke, lf, 2 0 1 0, Austin Goodell, rf, 3 1 1 0, Layne Sullivan, dh, 3 1 0 0, Ky Kramer, ss, 0 0 0 0, Colten Jourdan, c, 3 0 0 0, Koering, cr, 0 0 0 0, Sam Techau, 3b, 3 0 2 0, Dylan Wright, 1b, 2 0 0 1. Totals 27 3 6 1.

HEMPSTEAD (5)
Nick Stevenson, 2b, 3 1 1 0, Nick Johnson. lf, 3 1 1 1, Chris Tomkins, p, 2 0 1 1, Luke Ploessl, cr, 0 0 0 0, Jake Bortscheller, dh, 3 1 1 0, Andrew Seymour, cf, 0 0 0 0, Kyle VanderLee, 1b, 3 1 1 2, David Fitzgerald, rf, 3 1 0 0, Ben George, 3b, 1 0 0 0, Peter Keleher, c, 1 0 0 0, Graham Houselog, cr, 0 0 0 0, Travis Boleyn, ss, 1 0 1 1. Totals 20 5 6 5.

Jefferson      000 001 2 --  3  6  2
Hempstead   210 002 x --  5  6  3

Dee, Koering (4) and Jourdan. Tomkins and Keleher. W - Tomkins. L - Dee. 2B - Goodell. HR - VanderLee.

GAME TWO

JEFFERSON (1)
Jellison, 2b, 3 1 1 0, Knox, cf, 2 0 0 1, Tiedtke, lf-p, 2 0 0 0, Goodell, p-rf, 1 0 0 0, Aaron Gruwell, cr, 0 0 0 0, Sullivan, rf-lf, 2 0 0 0, Jourdan, c, 2 0 1 0, Koering, cr, 0 0 0 0, Wright, 1b, 2 0 1 0, Techau, 3b, 2 0 1 0, Kramer, ss, 2 0 0 0. Totals 18 1 4 1.

HEMPSTEAD (0)
Stevenson, ss, 3 0 0 0, Steven Coohey, dh, 2 0 0 0, Boleyn, p, 0 0 0 0, Tomkins, 2b, 2 0 1 0, Ben Wilgenbusch, c, 1 0 0 0, Keleher, cr, 0 0 0 0, VanderLee, 1b, 2 0 1 0, Fitzgerald, rf, 1 0 0 0, Johnson, rf, 0 0 0 0, Ploessl, 3b, 2 0 0 0, Houselog, lf, 0 0 0 0, Seymour, cf, 2 0 0 0. Totals 15 0 2 0.

Jefferson     001 00 --  1  4  0
Hempstead  000 00 --  0  2  0

Goodell, Tiedtke (4) and Jourdan. Boleyn and Wilgenbusch. W - Tiedtke. L - Boleyn. 2B - Jourdan. 3B - Jellison. SB - Tiedtke.