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| March 23, 2005 |
| NKU PLAYS HOST TO SAINT JOSEPH’S ON SATURDAY |
Norse enter weekend
four-game series with a 2-2 record in the GLVC |
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University baseball team will play host to Saint Joseph’s this weekend in a four-game Great Lakes Valley Conference series at the Bill Aker Baseball Complex at Friendship Field. NKU and Saint Joseph’s will start the series at noon Saturday in a doubleheader. The teams will conclude the series with a noon doubleheader on Sunday. Saturday will mark the home opener for NKU. The Norse are also beginning a 14-game homestand against GLVC opponents. NKU is 7-7 overall, 2-2 in the GLVC. Saint Joseph’s is 7-6 overall, 4-0 in the GLVC. A year ago, NKU won three of four games against Saint Joseph’s at Rensselaer, Ind. NKU split its four-game series at Southern Illinois at Edwardsville last weekend. The Norse opened that series by dropping a doubleheader against the Cougars, but NKU bounced back on Sunday by sweeping two games from SIUE. Kory Lonergan tied an NKU record with five hits in the first game of the doubleheader against SIUE. Lonergan, a sophomore shortstop and a graduate of Dixie Heights High School, went 5-for-5 with two doubles and two runs batted in during the opener. His five hits tied the Norse single-game record, which was set by Steve Kellam in 1981. Lonergan is hitting .382 with four doubles. He has also walked 15 times this season and is 7-for-10 in stolen base attempts. Sophomore third baseman Matt Wagers was 3-for-3 with two RBI for NKU. The Norse jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, and NKU sealed the win with a seven-run outburst in the fourth. Matt Marksbury went six innings and scattered five hits to pick up the victory. Matt Jones added two hits and two RBI for the Norse. In the nightcap, senior right-hander Rick Wood combined with relievers Kevin Quick and Steve Thomas on a six-hit shutout as NKU completed the sweep with a 5-0 win. Wood allowed just three hits in seven innings to record the victory. Freshman second baseman Jon Back went 3-for-4 and had four stolen bases for NKU. Keith Jackson drove in two runs to lead the NKU attack.
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