The University of Illinois Springfield baseball team won a tense game to open the series against Upper Iowa on Friday afternoon. The Prairie Stars improve to 21-17 overall with a 12-13 conference record. The Peacocks drop to 8-28 on the season with a 5-20 record in GLVC play.

GAME SUMMARY (W, 8-7)

• Ivan Dahlberg began the game with a two-run homer in the first

• Upper Iowa loaded the bases in the top of the second and proceeded to hit a grand slam and took a 4-2 lead

• Jacyk Uehling hit an RBI single in the bottom of the second to trim Upper Iowa's lead

• UIU pushed their lead to 7-3 in the third with an RBI double, RBI groundout, and a pop-out which brought home another run

• Ivan Dahlberg hit his second home run of the day in the third to start the comeback

• Jacyk Uehling brought home another run with an RBI double to left field

• Brant Vanaman tied the game in the third at 7 with a 2 RBI single 

• Neither team was able to threaten in the next four innings

• With the game still tied in the bottom of the eighth, Ivan Dahlberg stepped up and hit his third home run of the day to give UIS an 8-7 lead

• Kyle Tyler (2-0) shut the door on Upper Iowa as he earned the win in 2.0 innings pitched

The series continues tomorrow with a doubleheader. First pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 12:00 p.m.