BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The Northern Kentucky University baseball team fell at Campbell, 12-5, to open a three-game series and the 2017 campaign on Friday at Jim Perry Stadium.
 
The loss moves NKU to 0-1 to start the season while the Camels improve to 1-0.
 
At the Plate

• Sophomore catcher Will Haueter clubbed a single in his first two at-bats of the season as he led the Norse with a 2-for-4 showing with an RBI and a walk.
• Six players clubbed a hit as the Norse posted seven total as a team.
• Designated hitter/starting pitcher Trey Ganns and rightfielder TJ Alas each posted a hit and an RBI.
• Brad Bohlen crossed the plate twice for NKU and knocked a single.

On the Mound

• Five Norse relievers saw action on Friday.
• In his first appearance as a Norse, sophomore reliever Kyle Arganbright tossed a pair of shutout innings with two strikeouts.
• Seth Rosenberg relieved Arganbright to start the sixth inning and kept the Camels scoreless for a third-straight frame. Rosenberg allowed a pair of hits but escaped a bases-loaded jam.
• Ganns, NKU's starter, absorbed the loss after throwing 2.1 innings.
• CU's Allan Winans got the win after throwing 5.0 innings with four hits and two runs, one earned.

Key Moments

• The Camels got out to a scoring start, pulling ahead 9-0 through three innings.
• Campbell plated three runs in the first frame on a three-run double from Cole Hallum, who posted five RBI on the day. Kyle Colletta and Haueter turned an inning-ending double-play to end the scoring threat.
• The Camels then scored four runs on three hits in the second and added two more runs in the third before Arganbright and Rosenberg held CU scoreless for the next three frames.
• While the pitching duo kept the Camels quiet, NKU scored in four of the next five innings.
• An RBI single from Haueter in the fourth and a sacrifice fly from Ganns in the sixth cut the Camels' lead to 9-2.
• NKU capitalized on Campbell's sixth-inning pitching woes, plating runs on a balk and a wild pitch, which brought the score to 9-4.
• Campbell scored in both the seventh and eighth innings to ice the game as NKU's final run crossed on an eighth-inning RBI single from Alas.

Norse Notes

• Seven newcomers made their first appearance for NKU on Friday. Alas, a graduate transfer from Eastern Kentucky, started in right field. Junior transfers Chad Roberts and Jake Richmond started in the infield while true freshman Preston Pilat earned the starting nod in left field. On the mound, Arganbright made his first appearance as a Norse along with relievers Brody Basilone and Cameron Ross who each threw one inning.
• Northern Kentucky was errorless while Campbell posted one miscue.

Up Next

• The three-game set continues on Saturday with a 3 p.m. first pitch. The finale is set for 1 p.m. on Sunday.