D1 Recap (3/25): Louisville Falls, Morehead Wins Thriller

OAKLAND: 6
NKU: 3

Junior Kyle Colletta tossed a career-high tying 8.0 innings and held Oakland to two runs on Friday afternoon, but the Golden Grizzlies assembled a late rally to defeat the Northern Kentucky University baseball team, 6-3, at Bill Aker Baseball Complex.

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#9 VIRGINIA: 6 
#10 LOUISVILLE: 3

A pair of two-out, three-run homers proved to be too much to overcome as the No. 7 Louisville baseball team suffered a 6-3 loss to No. 9 Virginia in Friday night's series-opener at Jim Patterson Stadium.

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WKU: 3 
MTSU: 1

Three runs were all WKU (12-9, 1-3 C-USA) needed on Friday night to claim a 3-1 triumph over Middle Tennessee (12-10, 1-3 C-USA) at Nick Denes Field thanks to a pitching gem from senior Austin King.

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#1 FLORIDA: 10 KENTUCKY: 4

Top-ranked Florida got a pair of home runs from freshman leftfielder Nelson Maldonado and a five-inning start from All-America junior Logan Shore, posting a 12-4 win over Kentucky to open the series and extend its winning streak to 17 games, on an overcast Friday night at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

OVC

MURRAY STATE: 4 
AUSTIN PEAY: 10

Austin Peay was able to score two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the game at 4-4 and then plated six runs in the seventh to take the lead, on its way to a 10-4 win over the Murray State baseball team Friday night in game two of the series in Clarksville, Tenn.

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EVANSVILLE: 4 
EKU: 0

Eastern Kentucky lost to Evansville, 4-0, in the series opener on Friday at Turkey Hughes Field. Evansville (10-10) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth on a two-run home run by Travis Tokarek. A ground ball by Korbin Williams in the fifth was enough to score a run and give the Purple Aces a 3-0 advantage.

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BELMONT: 11 
MOREHEAD: 12

After 26 combined hits, eight total errors and 11 walks between the two pitching staffs, it was a sacrifice fly that ultimately propelled the Morehead State baseball team to a 12-11 victory over Belmont at Allen Field Friday evening.

OVC STANDINGS

eam	Wins	Win %	Games Back
	8-0	1.000	-
	8-0	1.000	-
	5-3	0.625	3
	3-2	0.600	3.5
	4-4	0.500	4
	4-4	0.500	4
	3-5	0.375	5
	1-5	0.167	6
	2-6	0.250	6
	2-6	0.250	6
	0-5	0.000	6.5