Golden Eagle Ball opened up their spring campaign on Sunday February 23^rd on the road against regional opponent in Triton College.  The Golden Eagles were slated for a double header.
Game 1 started with freshman Ethan Christians on the mound for his first career start here at RVC.  Rock Valley College struck 1^st in the top of the 2^nd for a run, and then held the lead until the bottom of the 7^th as the Trojans tied it up 5-5.  Going into the top of the 8^th, the Eagles tacked on two more runs going up 7-5 and the score remained as Zac Cummins picked up his first win of the season and Gage Stine picked up the save.  At the plate, Tegan Woods wend 2 for 5 with an RBI, Bill Blank went 2 for 3, David Mitchell went 2 for 4 with 1 RBI, and Zac Baden went 3 for 3 with 3 runs with 2 stolen bases.
 
Game 2 started out slow with no score until the 4^th inning where the Golden Eagles struck first and put up 4 runs in that inning behind the pitching of Chris Cuppini. The Trojans did not go quietly as they tacked on one run in the bottom of the 4^th.  RVC added 3 more runs in the top of 6^th and 1 more in the top of the 7^th to remain ahead and win the game 8-1 over a very solid Triton College Team.  Offensively again Zac Baden came up huge going 1 for 2 with 2 runs and a walk.  David Mitchell went 2 for 3 with 2 runs.  Masen Beatty came on strong going 2 for 4 with 5 RBI on the day. 
"The first game of the year is always exciting, they should be excited.  The great thing is they took care of business and played a team game throughout the day.  Triton is a tough game and well coached." Coach Herren comments.  "This should be a fun ride with this group of guys' going forward!"