HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky University baseball team treks to Milwaukee this weekend for a series against the Panthers. The series begins on Friday with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. ET/12 p.m. CT. Live stats and live audio will be available. Game three of the series is to be announced due to the weather forecast.
 
Northern Kentucky vs. Milwaukee
Friday, April 26 – Milwaukee, Wis. - 1 p.m. ET/12 p.m. CT
Friday, April 26 – Milwaukee, Wis. – 4:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. CT
Saturday, April 27 – Milwaukee Wis. - TBA
 
 
TAKING A LOOK AT THE NORSE
NKU is 10-29 on the year and 8-10 in the Horizon League. The team is most recently coming off a midweek nonconference loss to Butler. Will Haueter leads the team with a .310 batting average. He has nine doubles, five homers, 23 runs and 22 RBI on the season. Haueter also has 55 career doubles, which is second all-time in the NKU record books. Additionally, Haueter has 230 hits, which ranks sixth in the NKU record books. Jake Murray is hitting .281 with two doubles, two triples, three home runs, nine RBI and 11 runs scored. Griffin Doersching has added eight doubles, nine home runs, 30 RBI and 15 runs. As just a sophomore, Doersching has recorded 22 career home runs, which ranks eighth all-time at NKU. In Horizon League play, Doersching is batting at a .328 clip.
 
SENIOR CLASS AWARD
Will Haueter was named one of 10 finalists for the 2019 baseball Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
During his time at NKU, Haueter has volunteered his time with a number of organizations including the Children's Hospital, Down Syndrome Association, American Cancer Society, Team Impact, Read Across America, and the Disabled American Veterans.


Haueter graduated last spring with a degree in finance, maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA in the process. He was selected as the U.S. Bank/Haile School of Business Most Outstanding Student in Finance. In addition, he was named the recipient of NKU's prestigious Regents Award, which is given to one senior student from the university who has demonstrated professionalism and leadership within the university's community and who has an emphasis on continuation of graduate-level work. The award is sponsored by the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents.
 
Haueter was named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team, as selected by CoSIDA. He also earned Horizon League All-Academic Team honors and was named the 2018 Horizon League Male Spring Scholar-Athlete. Currently, Haueter is currently working on his master's degree in integrative studies at NKU.
 
In addition to his success in the classroom, Haueter was named to the All-Horizon League First Team last season. He hit for a .360 average in 2018, which ranked first in the Horizon League. He was second in the league in doubles (19), on-base percentage (.451), and slugging percentage (.600).
 
HORIZON LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Bacon was named the Horizon League Batter of the Week, and Joe Martin earned Horizon League Pitcher of the week honors on Monday, March 18.
 
Bacon went 6-of-11 (.545) at the plate from March 15-17 with a home run, six RBI, and three runs scored. In the 13-5 victory over Youngstown State, Bacon batted 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs. One of his hits in the game was a home run in the bottom of the eighth inning.
 
He followed that performance with another 3-for-4 outing in the 7-6 win over the Penguins on Saturday, March 16. Bacon scored a run and had two RBI in the contest to help NKU get the victory. Bacon leads the team with a .315 average this season.
 
Joe Martin helped the Norse get two out of their three wins against Youngstown State. In the 13-5 win on March 15, Martin pitched 3.0 scoreless innings and picked up a save. He didn't allow a hit or walk to the 10 batters he faced, and he also struck out four hitters.
 
On Saturday, March 16, Martin earned the win on the mound in NKU's 7-6 victory. He threw 2.0 innings, giving up an unearned run and two hits. He also struck out three batters.
 
SCOUTING MILWAUKEE
The Panthers enter the series at 22-15 overall and 10-7 in the Horizon League. Milwaukee swept NKU earlier this season in a series from March 22-24. The team has four qualified hitters batting over .300. Trevor Schwecke leads the team with a .381 batting average. He has added 12 doubles, two triples and three home runs to go along with 40 runs and 35 RBI. Tyler Bordner is hitting at a .350 clip with 13 doubles, a homer, 21 RBI and 12 runs scored. On the mound, NKU is likely to see Mike Edwards, Jared Reklaitis and Elijah Goodman. Edwards is 2-3 on the year with a 3.57 ERA, Reklaitis is 4-4 with a 7.74 ERA, and Goodman is 0-2 with a 7.03 ERA.
 
 
BOBBY FONG AWARD
The NKU baseball team was named the recipient of the Horizon League's Bobby Fong Award in 2018. 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.
 
UP NEXT
The Norse will play Eastern Kentucky at the Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington, Ky. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.