Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MELBOURNE, Fla. – Northern State opened the Space Coast Games with an 0-2 day, falling to Purdue Northwest 9-1 and Malone 10-1.
 
QUICK DETAILS
NSU vs. Purdue Northwest: NSU 1, PNW 9
NSU vs. Malone: NSU 1, MU 10
Records: NSU 6-4, PNW 8-5, MU 9-5
 
GAME ONE: PURDUE NORTHWEST 9, NORTHERN STATE 1

• The Wolves struggled in their first game back in almost a month, tallying one run, one hit and two walks at the plate, along with four strikeouts at the rubber
• Mckenzie recorded her first loss of the season, pitching four innings and allowing seven hits and four runs while collecting three strikeouts
• Purdue Northwest crossed home once in the second inning and three times in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead at the end of four innings
• Northern State scored its sole run of the game on a solo home run by catcher Emma Owens to left-center field
• The Pride tallied five more runs over the next two innings to end the game early
• In the field, Sydney Anderson led the team with six putouts, while Owens followed with four
• PNW's Chloe Tanner pitched a complete game, recording three strikeouts and two walks
• Both Jessy Del Toro and Gracie Jensen went 2-for-3 at the plate for Purdue Northwest, with Del Toro notching a double and a stolen base

 
NORTHERN STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
Emma Owens: 1-2, 1 run, 1 home run, 1 RBI
Mckenzie Wanner: 4 IP, 3 strikeouts
Sydney Anderson: 0-2, 1 walk, 6 putouts
 

GAME TWO: MALONE 10, NORTHERN STATE 1

• A nine-run inning for Malone proved to be the difference in Northern State's 10-1 loss to the Pioneers to cap off the first day of games for the Wolves
• NSU recorded one run on five hits and four strikeouts at the rubber
• Malone reached paydirt first in the bottom of the second inning when Jessie Crookston crossed the plate to give the Pioneers a 1-0 lead
• After a three-up, three-down inning by the Wolves at the top of the third, Malone added nine runs in the third, going through their order and more in the inning
• Northern State got its bats rolling in the fourth inning, notching its only run of the game. Corina Coppersmith crossed the plate after reaching on a single
• Both teams went scoreless for the remainder of the game, which ended after the fifth inning
• At the rubber, Riley O'Connell recorded the loss with Wanner and Dessa Bryant also throwing pitches in the game

 
NORTHERN STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
Corina Coppersmith: 1-2, 1 hit, 1 run
Alysa Lowe: 1-1, 1 hit, 1 RBI
Kennedy Boyer: 1-2, 1 hit
 

UP NEXT
The Wolves will play both Ferris State and Southern Connecticut State tomorrow at 11:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. respectively.