Dodge City baseball traveled to Edmond, Oklahoma and played at the University of Central Oklahoma in a JUCO showcase facing off with three different JUCO programs over the weekend. 
 
The Conquistadors opened the weekend with a tough 1-0 win over Rose State but would fall on Sunday to Seminole State 11-2 in five innings and 4-2 in eight innings versus Coffeyville. The 1-2 weekend moves the Conqs to 3-7 on the season. 
 
Next up for the Conqs is a four-game series with Iowa Western at home on Saturday and Sunday, February 25^th-26^th at 1:00 and 3:00 pm each day. 
 
Game 1 – Won 1-0 vs Rose State
Opening the weekend in Edmond, Oklahoma the Conqs found themselves in their first low scoring pitcher's duel of the season facing off with Rose State. Both team's bats would be stymied throughout the course of the contest as the game featured only six hits. In the bottom of the sixth the Conqs broke through as Nick Mesquita belted a solo home run which would be all the Conqs needed. After six stellar innings Tristan Wolf handed the ball to Ashton Jenkins who helped shut the door on Rose State as the Conqs won 1-0. 
 
Wolf was spectacular on the mound going six scoreless innings giving up just two hits and one walk, while striking out six. Jenkins earned the save tossing the seventh inning. Mesquita finished 1-3 with a solo home run, while Zandt Payne, Caden Matlon, Andrew Detlefsen each tallied a hit for the Conqs also. 
 
Game 2 – Lost 12-2 vs Seminole State (5 innings)
The second game of the weekend early looked a lot like the first looking like a low scoring battle but it was a big inning by Seminole State that lifted them to the win over the Conqs. After stranding base runs in the first and second innings the Conqs broke through in the top of the third after working the bases loaded and Alex Galyean was hit by a pitch to bring in a run tying the game at 1-1. In the bottom of the fourth Seminole State piled up plenty of offense and took advantage of some Conq miscues scoring 10 runs. Both teams plated a run in the fifth inning and with Seminole State's run the game was called via run-rule at 12-2 in the fifth inning. 
 
Andrew Detlefsen went 1-3 with two runs scored, while Zandt Payne was 1-3 with a double. Galyean and Brian Hallum each drew a pair of walks and Galyean was also hit by a pitch. Justus Revill started the contest but only tossed 2.1 inning giving up just one run on two hits and one walk with four strikeouts but left the game early. 
 
Game 3 – Lost 4-2 vs Coffeyville (8 innings)
Conqs capped the action in Edmond, Oklahoma against a KJCCC East team in the Coffeyville Red Ravens. The contest remained scoreless through the first three innings of action with both teams stranding runners in scoring position. Red Ravens struck first on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth with a pair of runs and it was 2-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh as the Conqs needed to score to remain alive in the game. In the seventh the Conqs opened the frame with a Donnie Rhyne single followed by a Carson Wright single and then an Alex Galyean sac-fly to score a run. Later in the seventh Jordan Rodriguez would notch an RBI single to bring the tying run in and the Conqs knotted the game at 2-2. The contest moved into extra innings and in the top of the eighth Coffeyville would get a pair of runs to regain the lead and the Conqs would go down in order falling 4-2 to Coffeyville. 
 
Rhyne led the Conqs offense going 3-4 with a run scored and double, while Rodriguez was 2-3 with an RBI. On the mound Michael DeBattista got the start and went three scoreless innings giving up just three hits and one walk, while striking out five.