HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky's softball team won the first game of Sunday's doubleheader against Robert Morris in dramatic fashion behind Arrington Walker's walk-off RBI, which ensured a 1-0 victory in the bottom of the seventh inning.
 
The Colonials answered with a 5-3 defeat of the Norse to round out the afternoon at Frank Ignatius Grein Softball Field.
 
Robert Morris took the overall series 2-1 including Saturday's nine-inning outing and NKU fell to 15-22 (5-10 Horizon League) at the weekend's end.
 
Game One: NKU 1, Robert Morris 0
At the Plate

• Pinch hitter Arrington Walker went 1-for-1 with the game-winning RBI.
• Maddie Lacer went 1-for-3 and scored the game-winning run.
• Pinch hitter Trinity Robertson went 1-for-1 in the top of the seventh.
• Jordan Jenkins went 2-for-2 with a sacrifice hit.
• Sydni Barnes had two sacrifice hits and Sophie Margelot added another.
• Kendyl McKeough singled in the bottom of the sixth. She went 1-for-2 with a walk.

In the Circle

• Alicia Flores (4-7) had a masterful day in the circle, tossing a full-game two-hitter. She struck out 11 and walked just one in the shutout.

At a Glance

• The most dramatic inning was the last. Maddie Lacer started things off with a single to left field. Pinch hitter Trinity Robertson singled to third base, advancing Lacer to second. Two batters later, with two outs, Arrington Walker came in to pinch hit. She singled down the right side and plated Lacer for the walk-off win.

 
Game Two: Robert Morris 5, NKU 3
At the Plate

• Kendyl McKeough went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored.
• Olivia Pastin went 1-for-2 with a RBI single.
• Sydni Barnes and Jenna O'Hair each hit a double. O'Hair was 2-for-2 for the game.
• Tatum Biddle went 1-for-3 and scored a run. Ella LeMonier also scored a run.

In the Circle

• Madisyn Eads (8-9) started the game and, in one inning pitched, surrendered three hits and three earned runs. She struck out one and walked one.
• Lauryn Hicks pitched six innings. She allowed four hits and two runs, both earned, while walking three and striking out eight.

At a Glance

• The Colonials scored first with an Erika Bell RBI double in the top of the inning but the Norse overtook the lead in the bottom of the inning. Ella LeMonier, who'd reached via a Robert Morris error, stole second and Kendyl McKeough hit a two-run home run to right center for the 2-1 edge.
• Robert Morris amassed three runs and two hits in the second inning and another in the fourth.
• Olivia Pastin's RBI single in the bottom of the fourth inning scored Tatum Biddle but the Norse came no closer the rest of the way. 

Next Up
NKU continues a five-game home stand when it hosts Marshall on Tuesday, April 12 in a doubleheader at Frank Ignatius Grein Field. First pitch is at 2:30 p.m.