Penn (18-7, 3-0 MCC), who won 5-2 and 5-1 yesterday, joins Iowa Wesleyan as the only teams to go undefeated in the first weekend of league play (Grand View did not play).

The Statesmen scored four runs right out of the gate in the first inning, beginning with an RBI single by Blake Willard (Jr., Tacoma, Wash., Green River CC) that brought home Alex Chavez (Sr., Culver City, Calif., LA Harbor CC).

Willard then scored two batters later on an RBI single by Ramon Cabral (Sr., Antioch, Calif., Laney CC). Eddie Sobczak (Jr., University Place, Wash., Skagit Valley CC) capped off the frame with a two-run home run over the left-center fence that scored pinchrunner Nick Golich (Jr., Aurora, Ill., Waubonsee CC). The roundtripper is the third of the year for Sobczak.

Penn made it 6-0 in the second on a two-run homer by Cabral (his fourth of 2009) that scored Willard, while a four-run third frame blew the game wide open at 10-0.

Matt Casey (Sr., Palmdale, Calif., Antelope Valley CC) began the fourth inning with an RBI double that scored Jaime Ayala (Sr., Modesto, Calif., Modesto CC), while Chavez then hit a sacrifice fly that brought in Casey.

Cabral drew a bases-loaded walk to tally Richie Hawley (Sr., Palmdale, Calif., Antelope Valley CC), while Cory Randall (So., What Cheer, Tri-County HS) crossed home plate on a passed ball in the next at-bat.

Viterbo finally got on the board in the fifth to cut the advantage to 10-1, but the Statesmen answered with two more runs in the bottom of the sixth as Golich singled home Hawley and Chavez also scored on a wild pitch.

Penn then needed just three outs to claim the win via the ten-run mercy rule, but the pesky V-Hawks would not go away and put two more on the board to cut the deficit to 12-3.

That just postponed the inevitable as the Statesmen still managed to close the contest out early when Ayala brought home Golich on a RBI groundout in the eighth inning.

Penn, who held a 15-10 edge in hits, was led by Willard with a 3-3 performance. Cabral also notched three hits in five at-bats. Chavez (2-5), Golich (2-3), and Casey (2-3) also had multiple base knocks in the win.

Cabral finished with a game-best four RBIs, while Sobczak recorded two RBIs. Chavez, Willard, Golich, and Hawley all crossed home plate a game-high two times.

Chris Wedel (Sr., Wasco, Calif., Taft CC) claimed the victory to move to 4-1 on the campaign. The senior started strong and trailed off a bit near the end of his six-inning outing, tossing just 21 pitches in the first three frames and 64 in the final three innings.

Wedel finished with a stat line of one run allowed (unearned) on five hits. He struck out three against three walks.

Tim Waters (Sr., Marysville, Wash., Everett CC) and Keith Rizor (Sr., Westminster, Calif., Orange Coast CC) both made relief appearances in the latter innings. Waters allowed two runs (earned) on three hits (one walk) in one inning, while Rizor fared better by keeping the V-Hawks scoreless on two hits in his one-inning outing. He struck out three with one walk.

Next: Penn travels to Des Moines Tuesday to face Grand View in an MCC doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m.