Brad Clement had five hits against Missouri-St. Louis on Friday.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. –
Brad Clement tied a Northern Kentucky University single-game record with five hits as the Norse posted a 7-3 win over Missouri-St. Louis in the second round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament on Friday.
Clement also knocked in a pair of runs and scored three times for NKU, which improved to 34-18 overall. The Norse built a 5-0 lead after seven innings and coasted into Saturday's winner's round at 3:30 p.m. at Bosse Field.
Clement became the sixth player in Norse history to collect five hits in a game. He is now batting .372 this season with a team-leading 74 hits.
NKU starter
Mike Nastold pitched seven innings and struck out five batters to pick up the win. Nastold scattered six hits before giving way to
Jim Ryan.
Brett Loeding worked the final two innings for the Norse.
Max Colaner and
Pat Williams added a pair of hits for the Norse.
Zac Asman stole a pair of bases and scored twice.
After Missouri-St. Louis rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth to slice the NKU lead to 5-3, Clement and
Jake Morris responded with run-scoring singles in the top of the ninth to extend the Norse advantage to 7-3.
NKU, playing in its final year of Division II, has won GLVC Tournament championships in 2002, '04, '06, '08 and '09.
