By Jim Ellis Miami News Record
Scoring runs in all nine innings they went to the plate, Northeastern A&M rolled to an 18-0 and 13-4 sweep of Arkansas-Rich Mountain Saturday at Iverson Field.
These were the final home games for Lady Norse coach Eric Iverson, who has announced plans to retire at the end of the season.
The Lady Norse now are 28-9 overall and 17-6 in Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference play, good for second place behind eighth-ranked Seminole State College, while UARM is 8-18 in league play and 18-32 on the season.
NEO is at Seminole Tuesday.
NEO 18, UA-Rich Mountain 0
The Lady Norse had six home runs in the game: Karis Clark, a solo shot in the first; Mary Collins, a solo shot in the first; Lauren Lauvetz, two-run shot in the second; Hannah Burnett, a solo shot in the second; Nikki Dingle, a three-run shot in the third, and Mary Collins, a solo homer in the fourth.
The Lady Norse scored five times in the first inning and got another three in the second. They broke the game open in the third by scoring nine times.
Rich Mountain managed only two hits.
Burnett also had a double and two singles while Collins collected a triple and double while driving in five runs.
Rebecca Bell finished with a triple and single, Makiah Torres delivered a double and single.
Lauvetz doubled and Karis Clark, Dingle and Paxton Donaldson each had a base hit.
NEO 13, UA-Rich Mountain 4
A six-run second was sandwiched between a pair of three-run burst in the first and third innings.
Rich Mountain got single runs in the first and third and added two in the fourth.
Burnett had a double and three singles.
Collins delivered a three-run homer in the second. She also doubled and singled.
NEO also got a double and single from Karis Clark, two singles from Donaldson, a triple from Bell, a double from Lauvetz and a single from Susan Rice.