The Northwest Missouri State baseball team scored a combine 44 runs in two games but ended up splitting the double-header with Southwest Baptist losing game one 14-13 and winning game two 31-7.

Northwest scored first putting up two runs in the third inning. SBU took the lead with a three run fourth inning going up 3-2.

The Bearcats added six runs in the top of the fifth inning while SBU answered with four runs of their own in the bottom half.

Both team’s put up four runs in the sixth inning leaving Northwest up 12-11 heading to the final inning of game one.

Brandon Huske plated Ryan Abernathy to give the Bearcats an insurance run and putting them up 13-11. SBU was able to battle back and score three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to take game one 14-13.

Marcus Garrett got the start for Northwest but got the no decision after pitching 4.2 innings. Tyler Barth was tagged with the loss.

Game two saw the Bearcat offense do things it had never done before in the history of the program.

Northwest scored in every inning except the seventh putting up five runs in the first, nine runs in the second, eight runs in the third and nine total runs in the fourth through the sixth innings.

Southwest Baptist put up seven runs of their own but could not keep up with the Bearcat offense.

Abernathy went 4 for 5 in the game with a double, a home run and five runs scored. Cam Bedard and Charlie Krueger combined to go 9 for 12 while hitting four home runs and bringing in nine RBIs.

Northwest broke the previous record of 28 runs scored in a game by plating 31 over seven innings. The offense hit nine doubles breaking the old record of seven set 24 years ago in 1989. The team also set a new mark in home runs hit in a game hitting seven long balls in the contest.

The Bearcats improve their record to 12-23, 10-20 on the season. Northwest will host William Jewell in a nine inning affair Wednesday with first pitch scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

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The Northwest Missouri State softball team found out why Fort Hays State in currently the number one team in the conference and No. 18 in the NCAA Saturday as the Bearcats were no-hit in game one losing 1-0 and then falling 4-3 in extra innings in game two.

The pitching matchup between Jenna Creger and Maddie Holub was everything it was expected to be and more. The two pitchers came into the weekend ranking first and second in earned run average in the conference with Holub in first (0.84) and Creger right behind her (1.33).

Both team’s offenses were shut down through the first three innings. Creger gave up her first hit in the bottom of the fourth inning. FHSU later scored in the inning when Holub helped herself out with an RBI double to go up 1-0.

Holub never gave up a hit in the game or allowed anyone to reach base. Holub threw the first perfect game in Fort Hays State history on her way to the victory.

Creger went the distance for the complete game loss giving up only one earned run on two hits while not allowing any walks and collecting three strikeouts.

Northwest scored first in game two when Kristen Uthe hit a solo home run to left field to put her team up 1-0 early.

The Bearcats plated another run in the fifth inning as Labertew led off with a triple and was driven in by Rachel Schmitz. FHSU tied it up in the bottom half of the inning at 2-2.

The offenses exchanged runs again in the sixth inning as Stephanie Price was knocked in by Labertew who doubled down the left field line. In the bottom half of the inning the Tigers strung together a couple hits and scored a run to tie it back up at 3-3.

The game remained tied through the seventh sending the game into extra innings. Northwest left Price stranded on the base in the top half of the inning. FHSU was able to come through with a run to win the game 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth.

The Bearcats move their record to 19-11, 7-7 on the season. After playing their last eight games on the road, Head Coach Ryan Anderson’s team will be back in action at Bearcat Field this week. Northwest will host Lincoln Thursday for a double-header scheduled to start at 2 p.m.

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Sixteen runs on 15 hits led to the Northwest Missouri State baseball team taking game one of the three game series from Southwest Baptist 16-3 on Friday.

Northwest did not waste anytime scoring as they plated a run in the top of the first when Brandon Huske stole home to put his team up 1-0.

SBU scored two in the bottom half of the inning to go up 2-1. The Bearcats tied it up in the second inning off the bat of Eric Swain who doubled down the right field line scoring Cam Bedard from second.

The game remained knotted up at 2-2 until the sixth inning when the Bearcats offense began to open up. Swain hit his second double of the game collecting two more RBIs scoring Bedard and Eric McGlauflin to go up 4-2.

Northwest added 12 more runs in the game, eight in the seventh inning and four in the eighth inning to take control of the game. SBU added one in the bottom half of the seventh inning, but that would be it as the Bearcats took game one of the series 16-3.

Brandon Huske and Eric Swain combined to go 8 for 10 in the game with 11 RBIs, four extra base hits and five runs scored. Huske hit his third home run of the year, a grand slam, in the seventh inning. The home run was Huske’s second hit in the inning.

Ryker Fox picked up his third win of the season going 7.0 strong innings giving up four hits, three runs and racking up three strike outs.

Northwest improves to 11-22, 9-19 on the season. The Bearcats will take on SBU in a double-header tomorrow with game one slated to start at 1 p.m. The first game will be a seven inning affair followed by game two which will be nine innings.

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The Northwest Missouri State softball team split the first two games of their four game weekend Friday as the Bearcats took game one 3-2 while Nebraska-Kearney was able to win game two 3-1.

Jenna Creger went the distance pitching all 10 innings for Northwest eventually securing her ninth victory of the season. Creger gave up six hits and allowed two earned runs while collecting seven strikeouts.

Northwest remained scoreless until the top of the fifth inning. Stephanie Price led off by getting hit with her conference leading 10th hit by pitch of the season and later scored on an error by the shortstop. Rachel Schmitz was able to knock in Kristine Labertew with a single up the middle to put her team up 2-0.

UNK did not plate a run until the bottom of the seventh inning as they managed to scratch two runs across to tie the game up and send it into extra innings.

In the 10th inning International tie-breaker rules were put in place and Jordan Ereth started the inning on second base. Hailee Hendricks hit a double to left center field that scored Ereth and put Northwest up 3-2.

The Bearcat defense turned a big double play in the bottom half of the inning, throwing out the potential tying run at the plate to retain the lead. Hendricks caught a line drive to end the ball game leaving a runner at second base for the 3-2 victory.

Abbie Vitosh took the circle for Northwest in game two. Vitosh was tagged with the loss moving her record to 6-3 on the season.

The Bearcats scored first in the second inning when Labertew scored from third off a Kylie Cantrell single to center field. UNK answered back with a run of their own in the bottom half of the inning knotting the game at 1-1.

Nebraska-Kearney added one run in the third inning and another in the sixth inning. Northwest was unable to get any more runs across as they stranded five base runners through seven innings dropping game two 3-1.

The Bearcats move to 19-9 on the season and 7-5 in conference play. Head Coach Ryan Anderson’s team will be back on the road again Saturday traveling to Hays, Kan. to take on Fort Hays State, who is currently the top team in the MIAA. First pitch in game one is scheduled for noon with game two set to follow.

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The Northwest Missouri State women’s tennis team blanked Maryville University 9-0 Wednesday in non-conference action at Grover Park.

Northwest improved to 6-5 on the season as the Bearcats did not allow a single point from the Saints.

The Bearcats picked up two perfect, 8-0 wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles while Gisela Font and Natalia Galindo won 8-1 at No. 2 doubles.

In singles play the Bearcats were near perfect. Galindo won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 singles while Font also won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.

Camila Quesada won 6-3, 7-6 at No. 1 singles, while the rest of the Bearcat singles were prefect 6-0, 6-0 winners.

Northwest returns to action Thursday against MIAA foe Lincoln before facing three regional opponents in Tulsa over the weekend. Action from Frank Grube Courts is scheduled for a 3 p.m. start against the Blue Tigers.

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The No. 22 Northwest Missouri State men’s tennis team rolled to a 9-0 win over Harding University Thursday.

The Bearcats (9-3) completed their third shutout of the season and won their second match in a row over in-region rival, Harding.

No. 1 singles player Sergio De Vilchez won 6-4, 6-3 to pace Northwest to its ninth win of the season.

Jason Harris stayed perfect on the season at No. 5 singles with a 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 win over Caleb McReynolds.

At No. 1 doubles De Vilchez and Lluis Altimires needed a tiebreaker to pick up a 9-8 (7-5) victory over their Arkansas rivals.

Northwest, who moved up to No. 22 in the latest ITA/NCAA-II rankings earlier in the week, will return home to face William Jewell April 1.

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