After the weekend forecast canceled the Ravens baseball team's schedule series with Mount Mercy, Benedictine added a Friday afternoon doubleheader agianst Kansas Wesleyan University and earned a split for the second straight appearance at the Ballpark at Benedictine.

Benedictine (2-5) earned their first shutout of the season in the opening, downing Kansas Wesleyan (4-7) 3-0 before the Coyotes held off a late-inning rally by the Ravens to take the night cap, 4-3.

Eli Egger got the call to start game one on the hill and scattered two hits over four innings of work to earn his first win as a Raven. Adam Burns took the ball in the fifth and pitched three innings of no-hit ball to close out the game and earn his first save of the season.

At the plate, the Ravens roughed up Kansas Wesleyan starting pitcher Michael Ebersole for three runs off seven hits over his five innings of work.

All three Ravens runs crossed in the third inning against Ebersole.

Paul Heit doubled to score the Ravens first run of the game before a sac-fly by Christian Patterson and a single by Jacob Franney capped off the inning. Hunter McDaniel, Josh Kagarise and Heit scored the Ravens three runs which proved to be enough for Egger and Burns.

Heit finished with two hits while Franney and Patrick Walseth added two hits each.

In game two, the Ravens went the bullpen early and often as seven pitchers combined to throw the seven-inning game.

Austin Harrison threw an inning, giving up two runs off three hits against six batters to suffer the loss.

The Ravens scored runs in the first, fifth and seventh innings to keep within arm's lenght of Kansas Wesleyan after the Coyotes took the lead with two runs in the fifth.

Benedictine loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh and pulled within a run after Jacob Kirmer doubled to right-center to score Chris Johnson.

The Ravens recorded six hits in the loss with Jacob Leathers accounting for two. CJ Kinney and Austin Windsor accounted for the Ravens remaining two RBIs.

Benedictine is scheduled to travel to Liberty, Mo., on Tuesday to take on former HAAC opponent and current NCAA Div. II opponent William Jewell College but that game could be postponed or canceled depending on the weekend Winter storm that is expected to hit the region.

Check www.ravenathletics.com for schedule updates on Monday.