HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Butler recorded the first two runs of the game at the Bill Aker Baseball Complex, but the Norse responded by scoring eight-straight to take a commanding lead. BU pushed one final run across home plate in the seventh, but a comeback was out of reach giving Northern Kentucky the victory.
Butler recorded 10 hits on the day, one more than the home team, but stranded nine runners on base. Four different BU student-athletes posted a multi-hit game, but the top of the NKU batting order was just too much to overcome. The top four players in the lineup had at least one RBI with Spurlin leading all players with three.