Carterville, Ill.--The ICC baseball team took two from Kankakee on Wednesday afternoon, defeating the Cavaliers 5-4 and 7-3 at Volunteer Field down in Carterville to pick up their first wins of the young season.  

Game 1 Recap:
KCC held a 4-3 lead heading into the top of the 6th inning when Ben Nofsinger hit a solo shot to tie the score at 4-4.  Josh Heyder and Coltin Quagliano each singled in the top of the 7th and Heyder scored on a single by Zach Otten for the go-ahead run.

Garrett Peterson got the win as he pitched scoreless 6th and 7th innings while striking out two.  Joe Nelan was the starting pitcher, going 4 innings with 5 strikeouts and 2 earned runs.  

Leaders:
Brody Reed | 2-5, 1 RBI
Max Jones | 2-4
Ben Nofsinger | 1-4, 1 RBI
Evan Pogioli | 2-4, 1 RBI
Zach Otten | 1 RBI

Game 2 Recap:
The Cougars trailed 1-0 until plating two runs in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Kaleb Gauf, scoring Quagliano (who had doubled) and Jackson Powell (who had singled).   In the 4th, Nofsinger belted a two run homer that also scored Quagliano.

Max Smyth got the win as he pitched 5 innings, giving up 4 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 9.  Bryce Brecklin came on in relief, pitching two scoreless innings.

Leaders:
Coltin Quagliano | 3-4, 1 RBI, double
Jackson Powell | 1-2, 1  RBI
Ben Nofsinger | 1-2, 2 RBI, home run
Kaleb Gauf 1-3, 2 RBI

Next up: 
The Cougars (2-2) will face off against Kankakee again tomorrow, March 10 in a 12pm game at Volunteer Field in Carterville.