The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team fell to Oklahoma Christian, 3-1, on Friday afternoon at Dobson Field in Oklahoma City, Okla.

The Bearcats are now 3-4 on the year while the Eagles improved to 5-4 on the year.

Nikko Pablo pitched 4.0 innings of relief, allowing just one hit and one walk with a strikeout.

Nick Gotta was 2-for-5 with a double and a stolen base, Kevin Handzlik was 1-for-3 with an RBI,

Anthony Caenepeel started for Northwest, going 4.0 innings. He allowed two earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts. He began the game by retiring the first seven batters.

James Holler and Handzlik came up with big two-out singles to put Northwest on the board in the second inning. Hrdlicka led off the inning with a walk but OCU got the next two batters out. Holler singled to right, advancing Hrdlicka to second. Handzlik came up with the RBI single to center, scoring Hrdlicka to give the Bearcats a 1-0 lead.

Northwest continues its three-game series at Oklahoma Christian on Saturday with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —