TAHLEQUAH – No. 25 ranked Northeastern State claimed its first home playoff win since 1996 Saturday, beating Rogers State 10-4 at Thomas C. Rousey Memorial Field. 

Brock Reller homered for the 25th time to give NSU a 2-2 tie in the third, and the RiverHawks never looked back after Lucas McCain hit an RBI single up the middle.   The home run by Reller gave him the MIAA single-season record set by Central Missouri's Bennett Oliver in 2016.

Northeastern State plated at least one in the game's final four innings, but a three-run seventh extended advantage to six and provided enough insurance Saturday.  Tucker Dunlap and Collin Klingensmith went back-to-back in that frame, with the pair having two-RBI days. 

Every NSU batter reached base as they banged out 13 hits on Rogers State.  Reller had a three-RBI game, and Blake Freeman scored two runs for the RiverHawks from the leadoff spot. 

Lee Callison (4-2) went six innings and struck out four batters for the win.  Dakodah Jones tossed 51 pitches in 2.2 innings of relief.  Cohen Bell made his 27th appearance of the season to record the final out of the game. 

Rogers State (26-24) scattered six hits on the day and held the lead on NSU for the first two innings. 

Northeastern State will come back Sunday at 1 p.m., looking to close out the best-of-three series against the Hillcats.