Greg Moss threw five innings of no-hit baseball

FLORENCE, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University’s senior class made the 2006 home finale a winning occasion with a 6-4 victory over Indianapolis in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday.

The Norse jumped out to a 6-0 lead and earned a split of the doubleheader by holding off Indianapolis on Senior Day. NKU won three of four weekend games against the Greyhounds and upped its record to 32-15-1 overall, 30-9-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Matt Wagers drove in two runs with a third-inning double to spark the NKU offense. The junior right fielder from Hamilton, Ohio, went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles in the second game to cap an impressive offensive week.

For the week, Wagers was 9-for-18 (.500) with five doubles, a home run and 12 RBI. He also scored seven runs and finished with a .944 slugging percentage as NKU won five of six games.

Senior catcher Conor McGeehan went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the nightcap. Kory Lonergan was 2-for-4 and scored twice, while teammate Jon Back scored two runs.

Greg Moss started the second game Sunday and held Indianapolis hitless for his five innings of work. Moss walked four and struck out two batters to get his fourth win of the season.

NKU’s six seniors - McGeehan, Steve Thomas, Paul David Patterson, Joe Kendall, Matt Jones and Chris Wilson - were recognized during Senior Day festivities before the opener, but Indianapolis survived a late rally and posted a 4-3 win over the Norse.

Jon Back (right) after scoring a run

Chris Nann nearly tied the game in the sixth inning when he launched a deep drive off the right-center field fence. The ball missed going out by inches, and Nann settled for a double that put runners on second and third with one out.

Wagers followed with a sacrifice fly that drove in McGeehan to cut the Indianapolis lead to 4-3, but Jones grounded out to first to end the inning.

NKU, which remained atop the GLVC standings with the split, is ranked No. 2 in the latest NCAA II North Central Region poll. The top six teams in each region advance to the NCAA Division II Tournament May 18-21.

Quincy, the second-place team in the GLVC standings, was swept at home by Missouri-Rolla on Sunday. As a result, NKU now holds a 2 1/2 game lead over the Hawks (30-15 overall, 28-12 GLVC) as the two teams battle for the No. 1 seed in the upcoming GLVC Tournament.

NKU will begin a four-game series at Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday. Those two teams will wrap up that series with another doubleheader on Sunday.

NKU will close the regular season with a four-game series at Missouri-Rolla on May 6-7. The GLVC Tournament begins at Sauget, Ill., May 11, with the top six teams in the league standings qualifying for the double-elimination event.

NKU won GLVC Tournament championships in both 2002 and ’04. The Norse also advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament in both of those seasons.

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