Junior Nick Daniels scattered five hits through 4 2/3rds innings and helped himself at the plate by doubling to drive in two runs in the 1st, and also walked and scored a run in the 5th to help the Cougar varsity win the first game in school history, 7-4 over Jefferson, on the road at Tony Oliva Field in Bloomington.

Daniels pitched well enough for the win, allowing only one hit and a walk through the first four innings, before Jefferson reached him for four hits in the 5th.

Sophomore Reed Bunnell came on in middle relief in the 5th and intentionally walked the Jaguars clean-up hitter before getting their number five hitter to pop up to freshman Joe Novak for the final out in the 5th. Bunnell pitched 1 1/3rd innings, allowing no hits and no runs.

Sophomore Blake Nicols came on in relief to pitch the 7th, allowing a triple, but getting a 6-3 groundout and two strike-outs, the last looking, to end the game.

The leading hitters for the Cougars were...

- Donnie Sullivan... 2 for 3, stolen base
- Joe Novak.......... 2 for 3
- Jose Martinez.... 2 for 4, OBE, with 2 RBIs
- Nick Daniels...... 1 for 3 with 2 RBIs
- Eric Watts......... 1 for 3 with 2 RBIs

Junior catcher Alex Messick reached on error in the 5th and also drove in a run.

The Cougars are now 1-3 on the season. Their next game is Thursday (4/20) at home against Eagan.