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OFFICIAL HOME OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY BEARCAT ATHLETICS
Northwest vs. NSU (DH)
14
Winner Northwest Mo. State NWMSU 16-16, 10-9 MIAA
2
Northeastern St. NSU 10-23, 7-12 MIAA
Winner
Northwest Mo. State NWMSU
16-16, 10-9 MIAA
14
Final
2
Northeastern St. NSU
10-23, 7-12 MIAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northwest Mo. State NWMSU 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 14 10 1
Northeastern St. NSU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 1

W: Haug, Ben (3-3) L: Braxton Jones (4-4)

7
Northwest Mo. St. NWMSU 16-17, 10-10 MIAA
10
Winner Northeastern St. NSU 11-23, 8-12 MIAA
Northwest Mo. St. NWMSU
16-17, 10-10 MIAA
7
Final
10
Northeastern St. NSU
11-23, 8-12 MIAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northwest Mo. St. NWMSU 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 7 13 4
Northeastern St. NSU 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 X 10 13 1

W: T. Havens (1-0) L: Fritts, Jayme (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bearcats split Sunday doubleheader with RiverHawks

PRYOR, Okla. – The Northwest Missouri State baseball team split its Sunday evening doubleheader with Northeastern State. 

The Bearcats rolled to a 14-2 win in game one, but the RiverHawks responded with a 10-7 victory in game two to even the series.
 
GAME ONE – Northwest 14, Northeastern State 2
Northwest exploded for 11 runs in the ninth inning to cruise past Northeastern State, 14-2, in the opening game of Friday's doubleheader.

The Bearcats led from start to finish, despite collecting only three hits through the first eight frames. The offense broke out in the ninth, posting seven hits and capitalizing on RiverHawk miscues to put the game out of reach.

Right-hander Ben Haug (3-3) turned in a strong start, working seven full innings. He allowed six hits, gave up just one run, and struck out five. Kayden Cook, Brock Steggall, and Nick Brubeck combined for the final six outs out of the bullpen.
Ashton Neuman powered the Northwest offense, going 3-for-6 with a home run, a double, and a game-high five RBI. Alex Bowers crossed the plate three times and added a two-run blast, while Ryan Williams chipped in with a two-run homer. 

Bowers got the scoring started in the second, launching his first home run of the 2025 campaign to put Northwest up 2-0. Haug retired the first six batters he faced and worked around some trouble in the fourth when a bases-loaded walk trimmed the lead to 2-1. Haug limited the damage, retiring the next two batters to end the inning.

Neuman added a solo shot to lead off the eighth, pushing the Bearcat lead to 3-1. Cook entered in the bottom half and surrendered a solo home run, but Steggall came on to strike out the final batter of the frame and preserve the 3-2 lead.

The ninth inning was all Bearcats. Chester Brooks singled to lead things off, and Parker Griffith followed with a walk. After a wild pitch plated Brooks, another walk brought in Griffith to make it 5-2. Neuman drove in two more with a double, and Williams followed with a two-run homer to blow the game open at 9-2.

Northwest kept the pressure on as Kaehukai Young singled in a run, and pinch-hitter Sam Wornson doubled home two more to make it 12-2. Neuman capped his huge day with a two-run single, giving him five RBI on the afternoon and sealing the 14-2 victory.

GAME TWO – Northeastern State 10, Northwest 7
Northeastern State put up seven runs over the final three innings to rally past Northwest, 10-7, in game two and even the series. 

The Bearcats committed four errors that led to four unearned runs, allowing the RiverHawks to take advantage in the late frames.

Wornson led Northwest at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run, double, and three RBI. Selock and Young also homered, while the Bearcats collected 13 hits in the contest.

Wornson opened the scoring in the second with a two-run double to bring home Brooks and Young. A throwing error in the fourth allowed Northeastern State to cut the deficit to 2-1. In the fifth, Selock led off with a solo shot, Young drove in Neuman with a single, and Brooks reached on an error that scored Williams, pushing the Bearcat lead to 5-1.

The RiverHawks responded with two runs in the bottom half of the fifth to close the gap. Wornson answered again in the sixth, blasting his fourth career homer—and first of the season—to make it 6-3.

Guck started on the mound for Northwest, tossing five innings and allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits. May took over in the sixth, but Northeastern State continued to surge, scoring two runs in both the sixth and seventh innings before adding three more in the eighth to take a 10-6 lead.

Young hit his seventh home run of the season to lead off the ninth. Brooks and Griffith followed with singles, but the Bearcats couldn't complete the comeback, as the RiverHawks held on for a 10-7 win. 

Jayme Fritts (0-1) was charged with the loss after throwing one inning in relief.

UP NEXT
Northwest (16-17, 10-10 MIAA) will go for its sixth series win of the season in the rubber match against Northeastern State (11-23, 8-12 MIAA) at 2 p.m. Monday, April 7 at Rousey Field in Tahlequah, Okla. 
 
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