College of DuPage closed the door on the regular season Saturday on Sophomore Day, taking a pair from Sauk Valley and extending its season-best winning streak to 10 games.
 
The Chaps defeated the Skyhawks 11-1 in six innings, and then came-from-behind in a 7-6 win in the nightcap.
 
COD (26-16, 23-13 Region 4), which has won 19 of its last 22 games, awaits the Region 4 Tourney pairings with games to begin Thursday.
 
Game 1: Chaparrals 11, Sauk Valley 1 6 innings

• Vinny Spotofora's two-run homer capped COD's three-run, two-hit first
• Back-to-back RBI singles from Spotofora and Aden Aukland padded COD's lead to 5-1 in the fifth
• The Chaps put away the Skyhawks in the sixth, scoring six runs on three hits
• Michael Morgan's one-out RBI-single scored Spotofora for the walk-off 10-run rule victory
• Spotofora led, going 3-for-4 with four RBI
• Filip Milatovic was 2-for-4 with three RBI
• Mark Mennecke, Milatovic and Aukland each had doubles
• RHP Eddie Scaccia improved to 5-2 overall with eight strikeouts, two walks and scattering five hits, allowing one run (earned)

Game 2: Chaparrals 9, Sauk Valley 8

• Trailing 4-0 entering its half of the first, COD grabbed a 7-6 lead, thanks to its four-run, five-hit fourth inning
• Michael Morgan and A.J. Fulscher each had RBI-singles in the second
• Spotofora's two-out, RBI-double cut SVCC's lead to 4-3 in the third
• Milatovic launched a three-run HR that capped the four-run fourth
• Quinn Flanagan set up Milatovic's launch with an RBI-single
• Tied at 7-7 in the sixth, COD scored two runs on two hits and benefitted from two Sauk Valley errors
• Milatovic tied the game on a single that scored Matt McBrien
• Two batters later, Spotofora put COD with the eventual game-winner on one-out single, scoring Milatovic
• RHP Connor Chapulis earned the win in relief, throwing three innings and striking out three without a walk
• Ryne Willard settled down after giving up a lead-off home run that cut the lead to 9-8
• The left-hander faced just four more hitters and threw a game-ending strikeout
• COD honored its sophomores before Game 1 — Quinn Flanagan, Filip Milatovic, Josh Culbertson, Ryne Willard, Jake Pauley, Connor Chapulis, Nick Gniedziejko, Aden Aukland, Lance Rewerts, Jason Kosloski, Josh Schuberth, and Drake Richardson