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4
Winner Cleveland St. CLEVELAN 11-14, 6-2 Horizon
1
Northern Ky. NORTHERN 16-15, 7-1 Horizon
Winner
Cleveland St. CLEVELAN
11-14, 6-2 Horizon
4
Final
1
Northern Ky. NORTHERN
16-15, 7-1 Horizon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Cleveland St. CLEVELAN 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 6 1
Northern Ky. NORTHERN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1

W: Holzopfel (6-5) L: Flores, Alicia (6-5)

6
Winner Cleveland St. CLEVELAN 12-14, 7-2 Horizon
3
Northern Ky. NORTHERN 16-16, 7-2 Horizon
Winner
Cleveland St. CLEVELAN
12-14, 7-2 Horizon
6
Final
3
Northern Ky. NORTHERN
16-16, 7-2 Horizon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Cleveland St. CLEVELAN 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 2
Northern Ky. NORTHERN 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 0

W: Holzopfel (7-5) L: Ford, Kyndall (3-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Norse Softball drops doubleheader vs. Cleveland State

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky University Norse Softball entered a Saturday doubleheader with Cleveland State on fire, having won nine of their last ten games and were perfect in Horizon League play with a 7-0 record. The Vikings shut down the Norse offense, allowing NKU to score just four runs across the two games on nine hits. 

THE BASICS (GAME ONE)
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 1, Cleveland State  – 4
LOCATION: Frank Ignatius Grein Field - Highland Heights, Ky. 
RECORDS: NKU 16-15 (7-1 HL), CSU 11-14 (6-2 HL)
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Trinity Robertson finished 1-2 with a walk and an RBI.
- Mack Brow finished 1-2 with a walk and scored a run.
- Alicia Flores allowed four runs in six innings, striking out four batters. 

NORSE NOTES
- The Vikings jumped NKU early for a first-inning run after loading the bases with just one out. Flores got out of the jam, coaxing a pair of pop-ups to limit the damage to one. 
- Flores went 1-2-3 in the second before allowing a solo homer in the third. 
- NKU got on the board in the fifth with a bases-loaded two-out walk from Trinity Robertson. Cleveland State responded in the sixth with a two-run home run, and NKU went down in order the rest of the way as the Vikings tied the series at one apiece. 

THE BASICS (GAME TWO)
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 3, Cleveland State  – 6
LOCATION: Frank Ignatius Grein Field - Highland Heights, Ky. 
RECORDS: NKU 16-16 (7-2 HL), CSU 12-14 (7-2 HL)
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Kyndall Ford started in the circle for the Norse, allowing six runs in three innings. Flores relieved Ford, as she threw two scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts. Brooklyn Ballis threw the final two frames for NKU and only allowed a walk and a hit. 
- Campbell Beatty batted 3-4 and scored a pair of runs. 
- Jena Rhoads went 1-4 with a double, scoring a run and driving in one. 
- Olivia Pastin went 1-4 with an RBI single.
- Trinity Robertson batted 1-2 with a walk. 
 
NORSE NOTES
- The Norse struck first with an RBI single from Pastin in the first inning. CSU responded in the second with a six-run, five-hit second inning. 
- NKU got a run back in the third as Rhoads scored on a pair of fielding errors. 
- Both teams went scoreless until the seventh, when Rhoads hit a two-RBI double with two outs. A lineout to center field from Pastin sealed the game for CSU. 

NEXT UP
Northern Kentucky University Norse Softball has the midweek off before heading to Moon Township, Pa. next weekend for a three-game series with Robert Morris. 

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