March 29, 2000

NKU SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER AT BRESCIA

Norse now 17-11 after split on the road

OWENSBORO, Ky. - Lenny Bays and Chad Lubbe both hit two-run singles during a six-run sixth inning Wednesday as the Northern Kentucky University baseball team rallied to defeat Brescia University, 9-7, in the second game of a doubleheader.

NKU trailed 7-3 going into the sixth inning, but the two-run singles by Bays and Lubbe sparked the comeback. The Norse dropped the first game of the doubleheader by a score of 5-3. NKU managed just four hits in that game.

NKU is now 17-11 and will play host to Lewis University in a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader beginning at noon on Saturday.

GAME 1-BRESCIA 5, NKU 3

NKU 000/001/2 3 4 1

B.U. 011/021/x 5 10 2

WP-McConnell. LP-Whaley. HITTING LEADERS: NKU-Brake 2-3, 2 RBI. BU-Crick 2-3; Dennis 2-3, 2B; Hunt 2-3, 2 2B.

GAME 2-NKU 9, BRESCIA 7

NKU 111/006/0 9 10 3

B.U. 421/000/0 7 10 3

WP-Bays. LP-Chandler. SV: Fausz. HITTING LEADERS: NKU-Bays 1-3, 2 RBI; Lubbe 1-1, 2 RBI; Osterkamp 2-3, 2 RBI; Martin 3-3, 2B; McElfresh 2-4, 2 2B. BU-Crick 3-3; Dennis 2-4, 3 RBI; Collins 2-4.