• Northern scored first on a 2-out single in the bottom of the first by Kyra Knudtson, scoring Claire Zbylut who reached base on an infield single
• Black Hills State tied the game in the top of the third and the Wolves answered in the bottom of the fourth with four go-ahead runs
• Avarie Eagle grabbed the lead for NSU with her first homerun of the season, followed up by a 2-run Ashley Fauske single and 1-run Knudtson single; both up the middle
• The Yellow Jackets added a run in the sixth, however it wasn’t enough to seal to contest or force extras
• Northern scored their five runs on eight hits with one error defensively, earning Lexi Chase her first win of 2024
• Chase threw seven complete, giving up just five hits and two earned runs, while striking out 11
• Eagle notched the team’s lone extra base hit and went 2-for-3, while Knudtson led the Wolves going a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate

• Kyra Knudtson: 3-for-3, 2 RBI
• Avarie Eagle: 2-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, homerun
• Ashley Fauske: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 run
• Lexi Chase: 7.0 innings pitched, 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 11 strikeouts

• Northern State jumped on the board first again in game two with two runs in the first, three in the second, and another two in the sixth
• The Wolves racked up their seven runs on ten hits and played perfect defense
• Avaria Eagle belted her second long ball in as many games, this time a 2-run shot, in the top of the first
• Emma Owens and Kamdyn Barrientos scored on a Lexi Chase single and Ashley Fauske scored on a bases loaded walk to Eagle in the second
• Chase and Fauske added the sixth inning insurance runs on back-to-back singles by Fauske and Claire Zbylut
• Abby Rux took the circle for NSU, tossing her first win of the year with just one earned run and three strikeouts
• Fauske, Zbylut, and Chase each tallied two hits in the victory

• Ashley Fauske: 2-for-5, 2 runs
• Claire Zbylut: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 stolen base
• Lexi Chase: 2-for-3, 1 run, 2 RBI
• Avarie Eagle: 1-for-3, 1 run, 3 RBI, walk, homerun
• Abby Rux: 7.0 innings pitched, 4 hits, 1 earned run, 3 strikeouts

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• Claire Zbylut kicked off day two for the Wolves with a homerun in the top of the first
• Northern extended their lead with three runs in the fourth on a bases loaded walk by Ashley Fauske, scoring Madi Jones, single up the middle by Zbylut, scoring Alysa Lowe, and single to center by Kyra Knudtson scoring Lexi Chase
• The Yellow Jackets rallied back in the bottom of the frame, coming within one of the Wolves
• Brooke Wolf scored the final run of the win for NSU in the top of the fifth, as a pinch runner for Kamdyn Barrientos who singled with one out
• NSU recorded their five runs on 11 hits and did not give up an error defensively
• Three Wolves tallied multiple hits in the win, led by Zbylut going 3-for-4 with two RBI
• Mckenzie Wanner made the first start of her Northern State career, earning a complete game win with six strikeouts

• Claire Zbylut: 3-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 run, homerun
• Alysa Lowe: 2-for-3, 1 run
• Lexi Chase: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 run
• Mckenzie Wanner: 7.0 innings pitched, 9 hits, 3 earned runs, 6 strikeouts

• The night cap was a high scoring affair for the Wolves who notched 18 runs on 15 hits
• Northern kicked off the contest with six runs in the first and added two in the second, one in the third, three in the fifth, and six in the seventh
• Scoring for the Wolves in the first was Ashley Fauske, Claire Zbylut, Kyra Knudtson, Avarie Eagle, Emma Owens, and Eden Ford
• Knudtson added her second run of the contest in the second on a single by Elly Smith and Smith followed suit scoring on a double by Owens
• Alexandria Arndt crossed the plate in the third on a double to center by Fauske, after leading off the inning with a single up the middle
• All three runs in the fifth inning came off the bat of Zbylut who blasted her second homerun of the day, scoring Fauske and Chase on the play
• Run scorers in the seventh included Chase, Fauske, Zbylut, Owens, Lowe, and Eagle; the final three coming off the bat of Grace Humann with her first career hit, a double to left center
• Taylor Coleman got the start, tossing 1.2 innings with three strikeouts before Abby Rux entered in relief
• Rux secured her second win of the season in 5.1 innings of work with six hits, three earned runs, and two strikeouts
• The Wolves offense recorded nine extra base hits in the game and four stolen bases with Knudtson notching a pair of doubles and Chase recording a pair of triples
• Owens led six players with multiple hits going 3-for-4 with 3 RBI, two runs scored, and a double

• Emma Owens: 3-4, 3 RBI, 2 runs, 1 double, walk
• Ashley Fauske: 2-for-3, 3 runs, 2 RBI, 2 walks, 1 double, 1 stolen base
• Lexi Chase: 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 triples, 1 walk, 1 stolen base
• Kyra Knudtson: 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 1 walk
• Alexandria Arndt: 2-for-4, 1 run
• Claire Zbylut: 2-for-5, 4 RBI, 3 runs, 1 double, 1 homerun
• Abby Rux: 5.1 innings pitched, 6 hits, 3 earned runs, 2 strikeouts

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• Northern solidified the adage of “you score first and you win” notching one run in the bottom of the first inning on a single to right by Emma Owens scoring Ashley Fauske
• The Wolves extended their lead in the third with a run scored by Lexi Chase on an infield ground ball by Claire Zbylut
• The Cougars cut the lead in half in the fourth scoring on a wild pitch
• NSU added their final run of insurance in the sixth as Owens scored on a Madi Jones pinch hit-single to right center
• NSU scored their three runs on five hits and gave up two defensive errors
• Taylor Coleman led the offense as the lone multiple hit player, going 2-for-3
• Mckenzie Wanner threw her second win as a true freshman, giving up just one earned run on four hits with four strikeouts
• Abby Rux entered, throwing the final two innings of the contest in her first save of 2024

• Emma Owens: 1-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI
• Madi Jones: 1-for-1, 1 RBI
• Ashley Fauske: 1-for-1, 1 run, 2 walks, stolen base
• Mckenzie Wanner: 5.0 innings pitched, 4 hits, 1 earned run, 4 strikeouts

• The Wolves jumped out to an early lead in the top of the second as Alexandria Arndt and Avarie Eagle scored on a single to center by Lexi Chase
• Eagle led off the inning with a double to center and Arndt tallied a 1-out infield single
• The Huskies scored all three of their runs in the bottom of the third and the Wolves were unable to respond offensively
• Northern left three runners on base in their final four plate appearances, scoring their two runs on seven hits
• NSU played perfect defense without giving up an error
• Arndt and Chase led the team with two hits, while Eagle notched the lone extra base hit, a double
• Chase kept the Wolves in the contest in her second pitching start of the season, giving up six hits and three earned runs with five strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work; she ultimately suffered the loss

• Alexandria Arndt: 2-for-3, 1 run
• Lexi Chase: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, 5 strikeouts
• Avarie Eagle: 1-for-3, 1 run, double