Neither the Wolves nor the weather could get the better of the Marauders.
The University of Mary made its Municipal Ballpark debut on Wednesday and posted a doubleheader sweep of Northern State, winning 7-5 and 8-3.
On a cool, breezy day at the ballpark, the Marauders finished off the back-to-back wins with a cold rain shower descending on the park for the final outs.
Noah Hull hit a three-run homer to get things started for the Marauders in the opener and Ryan Chamberlain got the final three outs in a perfect, though soggy, ninth inning to close out the nightcap.
The Marauders (13-17, 9-11 NSIC) snapped a five-game losing streak and a four-game conference skid after getting swept in a four-game set at Augustana last week.
Hull hit a three-run homer to right in the bottom of the first in the opener and drove in another run with a fifth-inning single, going 2-for-4 with four RBIs.
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Josh Walker added a two-run double in the sixth to give the Marauders a 7-3 lead.
Nick Schommer (2-0) pitched four solid innings, allowing one run on two hits and walking one, to get the win.
Kayden Beauregard got the final four outs, allowing two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks but picking up the save.
The second game saw Hull spark the Marauders early again.
The senior from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada had an RBI single to start a four-run bottom of the first for U-Mary. Dylan Edmands followed by an RBI single and Ben Prediger’s single down the left-field line brought home two more runs for a 4-0 Maruaders lead.
Edmands added a solo homer in the third and Carter Beck crossed the plate on a double-steal to make it 6-2 in the fourth.
The Marauders added another run in the fifth when Michael Polson scored on a Northern State error and Prediger added a run-scoring single in the bottom of the eighth.
Paxton Miller went 3 2/3 innings to start, allowing two runs on seven hits. He walked two and struck out five.
Kevin Millar (2-0) got the win in relief, going 4 1/3 innings and limiting the Wolves to one run on one hits, striking out four.
The Marauders travel to St. Cloud State this weekend for three conference games, playing a noon doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday at noon.