VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds baseball team (19-7, 5-1) dropped both halves of their Sunday doubleheader against the Corban Warriors (5-10, 2-4) at Thunderbird Park, falling 1-0 in the first game and 9-3 in the second.
 
Obviously, it's disappointing when you lose two games," assessed UBC head coach Chris Pritchett following the doubleheader. "We have a team that's maybe not swinging the bat as well as we'd like to right now, but we just didn't find a way to come out and find little ways to beat them. I thought we pitched well enough for the most part, but we just didn't get it done. We're all fairly disappointed, but we're going to learn from it, we're going to come back and work hard, and we're going to play well the next time we're out here."?
 
The first contest saw Connor Noble (Vancouver) pitch a terrific eight innings for the 'Birds, allowing just three hits and the one earned run – in the third inning, a double from Corban designated hitter Landon Frost drove in shortstop Ryan Rosas from second.
 
Griff Goyer (Burnaby, B.C.) had two of UBC's hits in the first contest, while rookie right fielder Lucas Soper (Vancouver) had the other.
 
The second game started off well for the hosts, as Anthony Cusati (Burnaby, B.C.), opened the scoring by bringing home Bruce Yari (Waterloo, Ont.) from third with a single.
 
The Warriors responded in a big way in the third frame, starting with Kyle Kilian cracking a double to left, allowing second baseman Daniel Freiburger to score. The next batter up, right fielder Hayden Calvert, picked up a single to drive in Kilian, Braden Wolgamott capped the scoring in the inning soon after, as his double gave Calvert time cross home plate.
 
After the Warriors added another run in the fifth, UBC got a couple back in the sixth stanza. After John Whaley (Oakville, Ont.) got himself in scoring position with a double, Cusati did the rest, picking up a two-base shot of his own to get Whaley home.
 
Cusati made it home next, as Brendan Rose (Calgary) drove the third baseman in with a single, bringing the score to 4-3.
 
That's as close the 'Birds would come, though, as a five-run, six-hit seventh inning for the Warriors put the game out of reach.
 
UBC will need to put Sunday's results behind them quickly, as they prepare to host the Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) Warriors (14-1, 5-1), the top-ranked team in the NAIA, next week.
 
"We're looking forward to it," noted Pritchett of his team's impending date with Lewis-Clark State. "We want to come out and challenge ourselves, compete, and have fun. So, bringing them in – we love it. We know they're a good team, and we'll have to play well, but we also know that we can match and we can be successful."
 
 The two sides are set to square off daily from Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 13 at Thunderbird Park. Friday's contest will get underway at 2 p.m. (PT), Saturday's showdown will start at 1 p.m. (PT), and Sunday's first pitch will be thrown out at 11 a.m. (PT).