CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - Grand Valley State flexed its collective baseball muscles Saturday afternoon and ended Northern Kentucky University's season with an 11-2 victory in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional.
Casey Robrahn was 5-for-6 and drove in two runs for Grand Valley State, which improved to 43-14-1. The Lakers used a 20-hit attack to eliminate Great Lakes Valley Conference champion NKU (41-22) from the NCAA Tournament.
Ryan Schmidt started on the mound for NKU and allowed four earned runs on nine hits. Schmidt also struck out four batters.
Leading 2-1 going into the fifth inning, Grand Valley State scored three times to build a 5-1 advantage. The Lakers sealed the win by scoring five times in the top of the ninth.
NKU scored a run in the seventh on an RBI double by
Jason Cisper that plated
Brian Erie. Cisper also extended his hitting streak to 24 games with that run-scoring double.
Grand Valley State will meet Indianapolis on Sunday. The Lakers, who won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title, are ranked 11th nationally in the NCAA Division II poll.
