Northwestern State’s baseball team received strong performances from all facets, as it rolled to an 11-1 run-rule victory over Grambling on Tuesday evening at Brown-Stroud Field for its fifth straight victory.
The Demons (9-7) allowed just two hits and received contributions throughout the lineup, as they controlled the game from the outset.
“I am impressed with the complete nature of what took place,” head coach Chris Bertrand said. “I told the guys in the locker room even before the game started that I thought we had one of the best, if not the best practice of the entire season, as we prepared for the game. From the time we stretched at 3:30 until we got the last out, I am proud of the entire body of work that took place. I am proud of the entire ball club, from top to bottom.
“In all three phases, it was a complete and complementary baseball game.”
Eight of the nine Demons in the starting lineup recorded at least one hit, as Bryce Johnson cracked a home run to cap off a four-run inning in the third to bust the game wide open.
The Demons return to action Friday when they travel to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for a weekend series with the Islanders before a return trip to Grambling on March 18.
SOFTBALL: A low-scoring game through four innings broke open on late Baylor offensive surge in an 11-2 win against Northwestern on Tuesday night.
A Riley Schwisow solo home run in the bottom of the second inning evened the game at one run each as the Demons (3-21) and starting pitcher Brooklynn Stohler kept visiting Baylor (12-13) in check through nearly five full innings.
A critical error with the bases loaded allowed two runs to score, opening the door for a string of hits and runs to follow. Baylor put up 10 runs in the final three innings, including a five-run seventh, creating the deceiving final score.
TENNIS: The Lady Demons are riding a four-match win streak heading into today’s 11 a.m. home match against Rhode Island, coached by former NSU head and assistant coach Jonas Brobeck. He was an assistant from 2018-20 and head coach from 2020-22, leading the program to a Southland Conference championship in his final spring.
Northwestern (4-5 overall, 4-0 in the Southland) took control of the league race Monday with a 4-3 homecourt win over defending champion Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, which lost to a SLC foe for the first time in 29 matches dating back to 2022.
It’s the first outdoor match of the season for Brobek’s second Rams team. They went 14-7, a seven win increase, in his first season at URI.