The Marquette Crusaders (Ottawa, IL) baseball trounced the visiting Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs (Mackinaw, IL), 10-0 in Saturday's non-league challenge.

The Crusaders now own a 7-1 record. They take the field next when they host Woodland for a Tri-County challenge on Tuesday, April 1. Marquette will clash with a Warriors team coming off a 11-0 non-league loss to LeRoy (LeRoy, IL). The Warriors record now stands at 1-4.

With the defeat, Deer Creek-Mackinaw drops to 2-4 on the year. The Chiefs host Illini Bluffs (Glasford, IL) to clash with the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, April 1. The Tigers go into the challenge with a record of 2-1. Illini Bluffs lost 19-4 in their recent non-league challenge against Eureka (Eureka, IL)