Nicolette Hayes and Zahrya McFarland each collected three hits for the Northern Kentucky University softball team on Tuesday afternoon as the Norse dropped a pair of games against Morehead State.
The Norse (8-25) pounded out eight hits but couldn’t scratch across a run in the opener, falling 5-0. Hayes and McFarland each had three of NKU’s eight hits, while Dani Devlin and Alina Maher added hits as well. McFarland stole a pair of bases as well.
Morehead scored a run in the fourth inning and added three more in the fifth. An insurance run in the sixth inning led to the final score.
Jordan Harbacek (5-7) took the loss, giving up just one earned run on six hits while striking out four in 4.2 innings.
Harbacek and Maher each drove in runs in the nightcap, but Morehead State (19-16) scored five runs in the final two innings to take a 6-2 win to close out the twin bill.
McFarland scored the game’s first run in the first inning when Harbacek went the other way for an RBI single. Morehead State leveled the score on a Robyn Leighton solo home run before Sydney Ferrante, who reached on an infield triple, scored on a Maher single to make it a 2-1 lead.
Alyssa Enrique picked up her first collegiate hit with a leadoff single in the fifth inning, one of NKU’s five hits on the game. The sophomore took the hard-luck loss, giving up five unearned runs in 2.2 innings of relief work.
Northern Kentucky returns to action this weekend for a three-game series against Horizon League foe Detroit. Friday’s single game gets started at 4 p.m., with the series closing out with a noon doubleheader on Saturday.
From NKU Athletics