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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team dropped an 11-8 non-conference game to Quincy University on Tuesday at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo.
- Northwest falls to 24-23 overall while Quincy improves to 34-11 on the year.
- Jake Lewis hit a three-run home run in the first inning to right field.
- Kevin Handzlik drove in three runs on the day. He had a sacrifice fly in the first and a two-RBI single in the seventh.

Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest scored four runs in the first and four in the seventh. The Bearcats had eight runs on seven hits with no errors.
- The Hawks scored tow in the first, two in the sixth and seven in the seventh. Quincy finished with 11 runs on 12 hits with no errors.
- James Holler was 1-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. He also had a stolen base and was hit by a pitch.
- Ozzie Adams was 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored.
- Nick Gotta drew a pair of walks and came around to score both times. He also had a stolen base on the day.
- Garrett Fort went 1-for-4 with a double.
- Jay Hrdlicka was 1-for-5 on the day with a run scored and a stolen base.
- Austin Wulff was 1-for-2 on the day. He also ended the top of the ninth by throwing a runner out at the plate from right field.
- Nikko Pablo started and went 3.0 innings. He allowed two runs on two hits. He walked one and struck out five. Pablo worked a perfect second inning, striking out two.
- Jimmy McElwain pitched 1.2 innings of scoreless relief. He allowed just one hit while striking out two. He did not isue a walk.
- Carson Smith worked a scoreless ninth inning. He allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out two.
- Northwest pitchers tallied 13 strikeouts on the day between five different pitchers.

Key Northwest Innings
- Gotta led off the first with a walk and after an out, Adams singled up the middle to put two runners on. Holler was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Handzlik. Handzlik got a hold of a ball to deep center, allowing all three runners to tag up and advance with Gotta scoring to make it 2-1 Quincy. Down 0-2 in the count, Lewis launched a line drive over the right field fence for a three-run homerun to put Northwest, 4-2.

- With two out in the seventh, Gotta walked and went to second on a Hrdlicka single to left. Adams walked to load the bases to bring up Holler. Holler got down in the count but battled back to hit a two-RBI single to center, scoring Gotta and Hrdlicka. After Holler stole second, Handzlik looped a single to short center to score Adams and Holler.

Up Next
- Northwest will conclude the 2016 regular season with a three-game series at Fort Hays State in Hays, Kan., starting on Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m.