---Rose Broderick

By Mike Anderson, NKU Sports Information

Game 1 box score | Game 2 box score

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – There is a new home run queen at Northern Kentucky University, and her name is Rose Broderick.

Broderick hit a pair of long balls in each end of Saturday’s doubleheader against Indianapolis to push her career total to 14, surpassing Krista Eldridge’s 13 bombs over her four-year career.

The offense, however, was not enough to give the Norse victory, as the Greyhounds took the sweep, 9-3 and 6-1.

Broderick’s first home run came in the first at bat of the day’s action, but the lead didn’t last long, as Indianapolis got two runs in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI-double by Megan Russell followed by an RBI-triple by Jenny Swanson.

Carmen Martinez laced a solo home run to center field in the fourth inning to increase the lead to two before Amanda Smith brought the game back level in the top of the fifth with a two-run double to bring home Broderick and Jessica Farris.

The Greyhounds (15-11, 6-2 Great Lakes Valley Conference) got the lead back in the bottom of the fifth on an Ashley Boxley RBI-double before exploding for five runs in the sixth inning to get the final score.

Smith was 3-for-4 for the Norse while Sam Del Vecchio claimed a 2-for-2 performance. April Ehlers (7-9) took the loss in the circle for the Norse (13-15, 3-5 GLVC), striking out six batters.

In Game 2, the Greyhounds found success in capitalizing on Norse mistakes. After scoring a pair of runs on hard-hit balls in the third inning, an errant throw by Cara Parker extended the inning, allowing another run to come home.

The fifth inning saw miscues cost the Norse once again as the Greyhounds opened the frame with back-to-back singles before a misplayed ball by Chelsie Roy loaded the bases. Indianapolis pounced on the opportunity, plating three runs in the frame to stake a 6-0 lead.

NKU got a measure of revenge in the top of the sixth on Rose Broderick’s second home run of the day, but it was one of just two hits by the Norse on the game as Indianapolis cruised to the 6-1 victory.

Roy (6-6) gave up six runs, three of them earned, on 10 hits while striking out three.

Northern Kentucky closes out the road trip on Sunday with a doubleheader at Saint Joseph’s. First pitch is scheduled for noon.