TAHLEQUAH, Okla. -- Freshman right-hander Logan Brasel turned in a career-best outing, fanning eight batters over seven scoreless innings to help guide the Northwest Missouri State baseball team to a 10-0 shutout victory and a series win over Northeastern State on Monday at Rousey Field.

In his first career start, Brasel (4-0) was lights out, tossing seven shutout innings while allowing just four hits and striking out a career-high eight batters. 

The Bearcats set the tone early with two runs in the first inning and poured on eight more over the final three frames to cruise to a 10-0 win. Northwest racked up 12 hits—five of them doubles—and impressively did not strike out once at the plate, despite facing eight different Northeastern State pitchers. 

Ashton Neuman, Ryan Williams, and Dylan Hufft each drove in three runs, while Kaehukai Young added a 2-for-4 effort to join the multi-hit barrage. 

Northwest put a pair of runs on the board in the opening frame. Ashton Neuman and Ryan Williams ripped back-to-back doubles to bring home the game's first run, making it 1-0. Dylan Hufft followed with an RBI single to score Williams, prompting a quick pitching change by the RiverHawks. With one out and a 2-0 lead, the Bearcats' momentum was halted by a sharp double play turned by the RiverHawks' third baseman to end the inning.

Dylan Hufft added to the Bearcats' cushion with a two-run single, extending the lead to 4-0. In the sixth, Ashton Neuman brought home Leonardo May—who had opened the inning with a double—to push the advantage to 5-0. On the mound, Logan Brasel kept cruising, aided by catcher Brady Miles, who cut down a baserunner at second to end the inning.

Northwest continued to apply pressure in the seventh, plating a run for the third straight inning. Sam Wornson notched his first hit and RBI of the game, making it 6-0 and prompting the RiverHawks to go to their bullpen for the seventh time. With one out in the inning, Neuman poked his second and third RBI of the afternoon with a single to bring it to 8-0, as Williams did the same to hold a ten-run advantage heading into the bottom half. Brasel recorded a quick groundout and strikeout before a single, eventually securing the final out of his dominant performance on a fly out to right. 

UP NEXT
Northwest (17-17, 11-10 MIAA) will welcome Missouri Western (8-23, 6-15 MIAA) for a midweek battle at 2 p.m., on Wednesday, April 9 at Bearcat Baseball Field. 
 
NOTES
Dylan Hufft has tallied 15 multi-hit games this season…Williams sits with 13 and Young at 12…Young is on a current six-game hitting streak…Miles has reached base safely in 15 consecutive games…Northwest has a 28-to-5 scoring advantage in the ninth inning this season…Northwest still left eight runners stranded on the basepaths…the Bearcats collected their sixth series win of the 2025 campaign.