NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College baseball team lost both games of its doubleheader against Crown College the scores of 11-0 and 11-0 on Tuesday.

The MLC defense struggled in the conditions, committing 13 errors in the two games (seven in Game 1, six in Game 2), and the Storm consistently made the Knights pay for their mistakes, scoring five unearned runs in each game (10 total).

Michael Fromm (0-3) started game one for MLC and took the loss, allowing nine runs (six earned) on eight hits in 5 innings. Micah Larsen (0-3) got the Game 2 start and allowed seven runs (three earned) on three hits and three walks in 3.1 innings.

Jackson Lindemann led the MLC hitters in Game 1 with two hits. Joey Behm went 3 for 3 in Game 2 with three singles.

MLC fell to 0-9 on the season and 0-4 in UMAC play following the two losses. Crown improved to 13-17 overall and 6-4 in league play following the sweep.

The Knights will return to action on Thursday, when they travel to Northwestern for a doubleheader. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Men’s golf

BECKER — The MLC men’s golf team took sixth place at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Preview tournament at Pebble Creek Golf Club, the site of this year’s UMAC Championships.

The Knights finished the one-day tournament with a team score of 341 total strokes, just two strokes shy of fifth-place Northwestern-St. Paul.

Stephen Biebert led the charge for MLC, shooting a stellar round of 76 to place him fifth among the 54 individual golfers at the event.

John Fix (85), Kyle Lindemann (90) and Micah Otto (91) rounded out the MLC line-up.

Women’s golf

BECKER — The MLC women’s golf team finished seventh at the UMAC Preview Tournament held at Pebble Creek Golf Club on Tuesday.

The Knights finished the one-day tournament (at the same site as the UMAC Championships later this month) with a total team score of 433 thanks to a consistent performance from top to bottom in the line-up.

Of the four MLC golfers who counted towards the team score, Lexi Fischer led the way with a round of 107. Allison Semenak and Sydney Peterson each shot 108, while Melina Satorius shot 110.

Those scores placed the four golfers between 28th (Fischer) and 32nd (Satorius) on the overall leaderboard featuring 42 different golfers.