SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Six days after thumping South Carolina State in a 21-1, five-inning game in the Blue Hose Invitational, Northern Kentucky's softball team dealt the Bulldogs another loss. This time it was a 4-2 Norse victory in the Upstate Classic at Cyrill Stadium.
 
NKU improved to 5-1 with the triumph Friday while South Carolina State dropped to 0-5.
 
At the Plate

• Tatum Biddle went 1-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI. She accounted for one of two NKU home runs in the sixth inning.
• Jordan Jenkins hit the other home run in the ensuing at-bat. Jenkins went 1-for-1 with an RBI on the day. She started the game with a sac bunt that advanced Biddle to second, setting the stage for NKU's first run.

In the Circle

• Sydni Barnes (1-1) claimed her first win after facing eight batters in 1.1 innings. She allowed three hits and one run (earned) while striking out two in four innings. Neither Barnes nor Madisyn Eads walked a batter in the game. Eads came in in the top of the fifth and in three innings surrendered four hits, one run (earned) and struck out two.

At a Glance

• After a leadoff walk in the bottom of the second inning, Tatum Biddle advanced to second on a Jordan Jenkins' sac bunt and scored the first run via Trinity Robertson's double to right center.
•  The Norse tacked on a second run in the bottom of the third. Ella LeMonier reached on a fielder's choice, stole second and scored on Jenna O'Hair's single down the right field line.
• DeAs Lowther's home run to right center in the top of the fourth put the Bulldogs on the board but NKU responded with back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the sixth. Tatum Biddle and Jordan Jenkins both homered through the right side to make it 4-1.
• Although Lowther homered again in the top of the seventh, the Norse denied the team from inching closer.