BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Northeastern State baseball team lost 7-0 to Southwest Baptist Friday afternoon at Dodson Field to drop a weekend Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association series.
 
The RiverHawks (12-9, 6-5 MIAA) were blanked for the second-straight day and managed just three hits in the contest, while the Bearcats were able to improve to 11-10 overall and 6-5 in the MIAA.
 
NSU's three hits were scattered between seniors Shane Bridges and Eric Kirkpatrick, and redshirt freshman Zane Takhar.
 
NSU starter Tyler Yancey (1-2) was tagged with the loss after allowing six runs on six hits in just 1.1 innings. Junior Bobby Sehgal was able to calm down the Bearcat offense during his 6.2 innings of relief. He allowed just one unearned run and five hits, while striking out three and walking zero. Yancey has now failed to make it past the third inning in four of his seven starts this season.
 
Sean Murley paced the Bearcats with a 3-for-4 effort. He had one RBI and two runs scored. Jeff Bouchard was 2-for-4 and Caleb Sneed was 2-for-5, while scoring twice. Carter Sherban had a pair of RBI as well.
 
SBU received a dominant effort from its starting pitcher for the second-straight game. Brandon Chernoff (4-1) gave up just three hits in 7.0 shutout innings. He struck out four and walked just one. Brian Womack was clean across the final 2.0 frames. He was able to fan three RiverHawks.
 
The two teams will close out the weekend series at 1 p.m. March 19.
 
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