GOODWELL, Okla. – In its final series of the season, the Rogers State baseball team opened the three-game road trip with a doubleheader sweep at Oklahoma Panhandle State on Friday afternoon.
 
The Hillcats took game-one, 7-6, over the Aggies as south paw senior Mason Marquette ended his RSU career with a win on the mound. In the nightcap, senior Andrew Vanisi led the charge going 2-for-4 at the plate with four RBI as the Hillcats registered the 11-3 win.
 
GAME ONE
The Hillcats jumped out to an early lead and held on for the victory in game-one.
 
In the top of the first, Kohlmeyer reached base on an error and scored on a one-out triple ripped down the left field line by Cesar Rodriguez. Andrew Vanisi followed with a walk and Trae BoBo reached on an error the brought Rodriguez in to score, giving RSU the 2-0 advantage.  
 
In the third, RSU extended its lead with a three-run home run by BoBo and a Garett Hall RBI ground out that drove in Blake Gipson who doubled earlier in the inning.
 
The Aggies cut the Hillcat lead to one run in the bottom of the frame, stringing together five hits to score five runs with the help of an RSU error.
 
RSU added a much needed insurance run in the sixth. Hall led off with a walk and moved into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt by Zack Ashford. A passed ball put the freshman catcher on third base and an OPSU miscue allowed him to score.
 
The Aggies battled in the bottom of the seventh with a RBI single by Collin Smith to cut the RSU advantage to one run but Marquette was able to get out of the jam, securing his sixth win of the season. The Broken Arrow, Okla. native tossed seven innings, allowing six runs, three earned, on eight hits while fanning seven in the contest.
 
Walker Rainwater was charged with the complete game loss, allowing seven runs, five earned, on five hits with two strikeouts.
 
BoBo led the RSU offense going 2-for-4 with three RBI.
 
GAME TWO
The Hillcats dented the scoreboard first in game two with three hits and the help of a pair of Aggie errors. Kohlmeyer led off the frame and reached on an error. Rodriquez followed with a single that allowed Kohlmeyer to score, putting RSU on the board. BoBo made it a 2-0 game later in the inning with a sacrifice fly and Gipson rounded out the scoring with a RBI single up the middle.
 
RSU doubled the lead in the fifth with a sacrifice fly by Rodriguez and a two-run home run by Vinisi, it was the San Mateo, Calif. native's 12th homer of the season.   
 
The Aggies chipped away at the deficit with one run in the sixth as Lucas Ogaz led off the inning with a double and scored on a Nicolas Zieniuk RBI groundout.
 
RSU answered in the eighth with a two-RBI single up the middle by senior Johan Ochoa. 
 
OPSU added one run in the bottom of the eighth but the Hillcats added three insurance runs in the top of the ninth. Vanisi belted a two RBI single and BoBo drove in a run, reaching base on a fielder's choice.
 
The Aggies strung together a trio of one-out hits to tally a run in the bottom of the ninth to score a run but senior Travis Teague closed out the game and squashed the OPSU rally.  
 
Michael Fusselman (5-5) registered the win on the mound for RSU, tossing eight innings, allowing two runs on eight hits with three strikeouts.
 
Samuel Beattie was tagged with the loss, allowing six runs, five earned, on five hits with two strikeouts.
 
Rogers State (18-27, 8-18) will complete the season on Saturday with the series finale at Aggie Field. First pitch scheduled for noon.