WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Much like the playing conditions, NSU's offense cooled in the final four innings as they fell 10-7 to Central Missouri in Warrensburg on Thursday afternoon. 

The contest may go down in the record books as one of the coldest games played in NCAA history.  With a game-time temperature at 21 degrees, it came in two degrees lower than the coldest game in Major League Baseball history, which was played in Denver, Colo. on April 23, 2013. 

Wes O'Neill had the hot bat for the RiverHawks and went 3-for-4 with four RBI.  In the second inning, he blasted a two-run homer to give NSU an early 2-1 lead over the Mules.  

Northeastern State's lead was short-lived and Central Missouri overtook them with four runs in the third and three more in the fourth inning. 

Trailing 8-3 in the fifth, the RiverHawks picked up four runs in the inning with two coming off the bat of O'Neill.  Alex Brough would score a run on a hit by pitch and one other would be of a UCM error. 

In the home half of the same frame, UCM got two more insurance runs off a bases loaded no out single. 

Northeastern State would scratch two more hits the rest of the way. 

Central Missouri (9-5, 1-3 MIAA) out-hit the RiverHakws 15-to-7.  Gabe Simons was the other NSU batter with a multi-hit game going 2-for-3.  

Jeremy Husband (0-2) went 2 1/3 innings and was charged with the loss, James Cowell finished the game out of the bullpen. 

The loss drops NSU to 2-13 overall and 1-3 in the MIAA. 

The Mules and RiverHawks will wrap up the series on Friday for a doubleheader starting at noon.