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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team beat Central Oklahoma, 2-0, on Friday at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo.
- The Bearcats improve to 25-15 on the year with the win and 14-13 in MIAA play. The Bronchos fall to 22-16-1 overall and 12-15 in conference action.
- Anthony Caenepeel went 8.1 innings, allowing four hits and had six three-up-three-down innings. He struck out seven and walked one.

Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest scored two runs in the fourth.
- The Bearcats had two runs on five hits with no errors. UCO had no runs, with four hits and two errors.
- James Holler was 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs.
- Garrett Fort was 1-for-2 with one run scored.
- Kolby Greenslade went 1-for-3.
- Logan Rycraft and Ozzie Adams each went 1-for-4.
- Nikko Pablo picked up his sixth save of the year. He had two strikeouts while facing the last two batters.

Key Northwest Innings
- With one out in the fourth, Fort singled to center. After a strikeout, Fort advanced to second on an error. On the first pitch he saw, Holler hit a home run to right field, scoring Fort and making it Northwest 2-0.

Up Next
- Game two between the Bronchos and the Bearcats will start at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.