HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky University baseball team travels to Xavier on Tuesday. First pitch is now scheduled for 1 p.m., and live stats will be available.  
 
Northern Kentucky Norse vs. Xavier Musketeers
Tuesday, May 15 – 1 p.m. – Cincinnati, Ohio
 
LAST TIME OUT
NKU faced Youngstown State this past weekend and went 1-2. The Norse won the first game of the series by a score of 16-13. Griffin Doersching went 4-for-5 with three home runs, four runs scored, and nine RBIs. He tied the NKU record for most RBIs in a game with former Norse player Matt Mason, who accomplished the feat in 2001. It was also the first time an NKU player hit three home runs in a game since April 9, 2017, when Trey Ganns hit three homers against Valparaiso. 
 
Doersching earned Horizon League Co-Batter of the Week honors for his efforts.
 
SCOUTING XAVIER
Xavier enters the contest at 17-34 overall. The Musketeers most recently went 1-2 against Penn State in a nonconference series. At the plate, Xavier is led by Chris Givin and Conor Grammes, who each have a .323 batting average. Givin has 39 RBIs, 32 runs scored, 11 doubles, six triples and three home runs. Grammes has added 22 runs, 21 RBIs, eight home runs and seven doubles.
 
LAST MEETING
The Musketeers defeated NKU on Tuesday, April 24 by a final score of 7-5.

BIG WIN IN MARCH
The Norse defeated No. 6 Kentucky earlier this season on March 7 by a final score of 8-6. It was NKU's second win over a ranked program since its move to Division I. The Norse also defeated UK on March 29, 2016. The Wildcats were ranked No. 12 in that matchup.
 
BOBBY FONG AWARD
The NKU baseball team was named the recipient of the Horizon League's Bobby Fong Award. The award encompasses the league's values of integrity, respect and stewardship and is presented to one current Horizon League student-athlete or team. The award is named for the late Dr. Bobby Fong, a former Butler University president who served on the Horizon League Board of Directors from 2001-2011. The NKU baseball team has historically been the leader of the athletic department in the area of community service and impact. The team participates in a number of volunteer opportunities throughout the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati areas. This is the second consecutive year that NKU has received the award, as former NKU women's soccer student-athlete Sami Rutowski was named the recipient of the award last year. The Bobby Fong Award will be presented before the team's game against Youngstown State on Saturday, May 12.
 
GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
Will Haueter was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He earned the honor in District 2, which is comprised of NCAA Division I institutions in Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and West Virginia.
 
Haueter has a 4.0 GPA as a Finance major at NKU. He was recently named the Most Outstanding Student in Finance by the U.S. Bank/Haile College of Business, and he was also the recipient of NKU's prestigious Regents Award.
  
TAKING A LOOK AT THE STATS
Will Haueter leads the team in batting average (.346), slugging percentage (.582), on-base percentage (.442), and doubles (17). He also has 44 doubles in his career, which puts him in a tie for sixth all-time in the NKU record books.

Chad Roberts is hitting .289 on the year. He ranks first on the team in RBIs (48) and second in home runs (12). Doersching leads NKU with 13 home runs. As a team, the Norse rank first in the Horizon League and 22^nd nationally with 59 home runs.