KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The 12th-ranked Kutztown University baseball team has won five in a row and 16 of its last 17 games as it takes on another top team in the division in Millersville University this weekend in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division matchup. Kutztown hosts the doubleheader on Saturday, April 13 at North Campus Field and will travel to Millersville on Sunday. Both days begin at 1 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT: After a blazing offensive start to its week, Kutztown turned to its arms Saturday at Bloomsburg to complete a four-game sweep of the Huskies. In Game 1, Jordan Gottshall (Birdsboro, PA/Exeter Township) struck out five in 3.1 innings while Billy Felo (Dauphin, PA/Central Dauphin/Chesapeake College) cruised in three relief innings, as the Golden Bears won 3-1. In Game 2, Brandon Shimo (Jermyn, PA/Lakeland (Lackawanna)) threw 5.2 shutout innings in a 2-0 win. The nightcap shutout marks for the fourth for KU this season. As a team, the Golden Bears are 15-0 when allowing three runs or fewer.
 
O-WHAT A WONDERFUL OFFENSE: In the first three games last week, Kutztown scored 38 runs. This marks the season high for runs scored over a three-game stretch, surpassing the 36 against Shaw (DH) and Barton on March 19 and 20, respectively. In fact, KU's six games with 10+ runs scored this year all came in these two stretches. The Golden Bears tallied 4+ runs in three frames Wednesday against Adelphi (6-R B4, 5-R B6, 4-R B8), as well as once in each game Friday against Bloom (5-R B3 in G1, 8-R B3 in G2). As a team, the Maroon and Gold hits .313 with 6.3 runs/gm.
 
THESE BEARS ARE GOLDEN: With Saturday's sweep, the Golden Bears now won 16 of their last 17 games. This includes an 11-game winning streak from March 19 to March 30, which marks the school's best streak is the school's best since 2009, when the Golden Bears also won 11 consecutive. The only loss came in Harrisburg against Shippensburg to close a four-game series. With this stretch, KU now ranks 12th in the Collegiate Baseball National Poll.
 
PLANNING FOR MORE TO COME: If the Golden Bears can earn a sweep this weekend, they will improve to 15-1 in the PSAC. That mark would be good enough to clinch a conference playoff berth if Shippensburg splits or loses its series to Bloomsburg over the weekend. The top four teams in the each division make it to the PSAC Championships on May 8-11, which takes place at Point Stadium in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.