DEKALB, Ill. – Junior Maddy Grimm hit a solo home run with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to give Kent State a 4-3 victory over Northern Illinois in Sunday's Mid-American Conference series finale.
After dropping the first game of Friday's doubleheader to the Huskies—their first conference loss—to extend their skid to a season-long three games, the Golden Flashes (22-10, 5-1 MAC) took the final two games of the series to sit in a tie for first place after the first two weekends of league play.
"All pre-season, we've been talking about the dogfight the MAC can be, and today was a good example of what we have been preparing for," said interim head coach Eric Oakley.