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Game 1 box score | Game 2 box score HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University’s April Ehlers hurled a four-hit shutout Sunday as the Norse softball team posted a 3-0 win against Kentucky Wesleyan in the first game of a doubleheader. Ehlers struck out 10 batters and allowed just one walk en route to the victory. Cara Parker went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles for the Norse. The previous day against Southern Indiana, Parker collected five hits and seven runs batted in during a sweep of the Screaming Eagles. On Sunday, NKU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning behind run-scoring hits from both Shatona Campbell and Ehlers. Campbell singled up the middle to drive in Parker with the first run, and Ehlers later doubled to center field to plate Sam Del Vecchio. The Norse closed out the scoring in the fifth inning when Parker drove in Rose Broderick with an RBI single to left. In the nightcap, Kentucky Wesleyan rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull out a 5-4 decision against NKU. The Panthers collected five hits in the seventh, capped by a two-run double from Mariel Hamer that gave the visitors a 5-4 lead. Broderick had a one-out single in the bottom of the seventh, but Kentucky Wesleyan pitcher Haleigh Ashworth recorded back-to-back strikeouts to end the game. Broderick hit her fifth home run of the season in the second game for NKU, which is 16-16 overall, 6-6 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Kentucky Wesleyan is 16-16 overall, 4-6 in the GLVC. NKU is currently in a five-way tie for fifth place in the GLVC standings. The top eight teams qualify for the GLVC Tournament in May. NKU hits the road next weekend for doubleheaders at Missouri-St. Louis (Friday) and Missouri S&T (Saturday). |
