JASPER, Ga. – Macomb Baseball dropped the first two of a four-game set at NJCAA Division I No. 10 Georgia Highlands College Friday (March 10) in Jasper, Ga. The losses drop the Monarchs to 1-5 on the season with four of the five setbacks coming to NJCAA D1 programs, two coming to one of the best program's junior college baseball has to offer in the 10^th ranked Chargers.

In game one, Alex Mendes (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) hit his first home run at the collegiate level, a 375-foot shot over the left field wall. Game two was highlighted by a 3-for-3 performance at the plate by recent Indiana Tech commit, Logan Rybarczyk (Chesterfield, Mich./Anchor Bay). Rybarczyk also drove in the Monarchs lone run of game two on a fifth inning single to left field that brought Andrew Sleiman (Leamington, Ontario/Cardinal Carter) around to score.

The Monarchs will wrap up their eight-game spring trip tomorrow (March 11) with a doubleheader against the 10^th ranked Charger beginning at 11 a.m.