SEARCY, Ark. – Northeastern State used a four-run fourth inning to best Drury, 8-4, in the first of two games on Saturday at the Haring Invitational. Sierra Crick had a two-hit game with a pair of RBI, and Brittany Beaudet came out of the bullpen and spun four scoreless frames for her first win at NSU.

THE BASICS 
Score: Drury 4, Northeastern State 8
Records: Drury (2-3), Northeastern State (2-1)
NSU Pitcher of Record: Brittany Beaudet (1-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED 
The RiverHawks struck first with Cameron Conrad opening the game with a leadoff double. She would come around on an Alyssia Crick fielder's choice. Addie Elbon swiped home as part of a double-steal by NSU for their second run. With two outs, Cat Rodman gave the RiverHawks the third run of the inning on a single through the left side.  

NSU pushed their lead up to four in the second with Megan Green scoring on a ground out double-play.  

In the fourth, Drury opened up the inning with a leadoff homer to left. They would load the bases and tie the game, scoring two off a double and the fourth run on a throw that advanced the runners. Northeastern State returned the favor in the bottom half of the inning. 

Jaeden Rosenquist scored the go-ahead run for NSU on a wild pitch with no-out. Conrad followed up and hit an RBI single through the right. Sierra Crick hit a ninth pitch sac fly to right to score Conrad in from third. Jess Schuler capped the inning with an RBI double to left-center to go up 8-4.

INSIDE THE BOX

• The top-two batters in the NSU lineup went 4-7.
• Beaudet came in with the bases loaded in the fourth and struck out a pair of batters.
• NSU was 4-4 with a runner on third with less than two outs.