WAUKESHA, Wis. - Following its statement-making extra-inning upset of top-seeded three-time defending conference champion and No. 9-ranked North Central College in the memorable second round of the CCIW Tournament on Thursday, the fourth-seeded Carroll University baseball team plans to feed off the momentum heading into today's third-round showdown with third-seeded Millikin University.

Carroll, 22-20 overall, is scheduled to face the Big Blue in the third-round matchup at Wheaton College's Lee Pfund Stadium in Carol Stream, Ill. at 3 p.m.
The Pioneers are coming off a momentum-building 11-6 victory over North Central.
As the game remained tied 6-6 after nine innings, Carroll answered the pressure-packed challenge by responding with five runs on five hits in what proved to be a decisive top of the 10th inning, highlighted by what became a game-winning one-out RBI single by Benton Holly, a two-run single to right field by Nick Angus and a gritty two-run single to center field by Alec Honickel.
Honickel went 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and a run scored to lead an aggressive 15-hit offensive attack for Carroll (including three home runs, a triple and a double). Dylan Callahan and Benton Holly each contributed three hits with Justin Baker and Nick Angus following with two hits apiece.
The Pioneers utilized five pitchers with Jake Nitch eventually earning the victory and Josh Nitch picking up a save.

Millikin, 29-13 overall, defeated second-seeded Augustana College 5-3 in its second-round game Thursday afternoon. Frank Bryan went 2-for-4 with two homers, three RBIs and two runs scored to fuel a 12-hit attack for the Big Blue, who scored what became the winning runs on Bryan's second homer of the contest (a two-run shot in the top of the fifth to extend the lead to 4-2). Caleb Buehrle was the winning pitcher, allowing three runs on 10 hits with 10 strikeouts and one walk to earn a complete-game victory.

Carroll was swept by Millikin in the regular-season series 4-0 (including back-to-back one-run losses 7-6 and 3-2 in a conference road doubleheader at Workman Family Field on April 17). The Pioneers fell twice at at Frame Park to the Big Blue on May 5, dropping the opener of the doubleheader 6-1 and the series finale 12-8.
In the series finale with Millikin, TJ Pfaffle went 2-for-5 with a double and four RBIs to fuel an 11-hit offensive attack for the Pioneers.
Brad Vosters contributed two hits with two runs scored and drove in a run for Carroll, which finished with three doubles but stranded nine runners on base. Nick Angus had two hits with a double, a run scored and drove in a run. Trevor Benz and Benton Holly each added two hits and scored a run for the Pioneers.

Carroll has a .255 batting average with one home run, 10 doubles and a triple versus Millikin pitching this season. Mitchell Massino is a combined 5-for-17 (.294) with a homer, three doubles and four RBIs and Pfaffle is 4-for-18 (.222) with one double and four RBIs against the Big Blue.
Brett Buzzelli, Curtis Sheahan, Drew McDermid and Scotty Starovich were the starting pitchers against the Big Blue.

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