NORFOLK, Va. – In a Friday doubleheader, Northeastern (7-4) and Old Dominion (9-5) split the day at Bud Metheny Stadium, with ODU winning game one 7-5, and Northeastern answering back with an 8-4 win of its own in the nightcap.
 
In game one it was Jack Goodman leading the way offensively with a 3-for-4 day, adding in an RBI and a run scored, and Alex Lane with a 2-for-5 day and a solo home run late. Game two was an all-around effort that saw the first five batters of the game tally hits for NU, led by two-hit efforts from Luke Beckstein, Mike Sirota, and Harrison Feinberg.
 
GAME 1: NU 5, ODU 7

• After the Monarchs got an early first-inning lead on an RBI ground-out, the Huskies responded in the second, starting with Justin Bosland reaching base with one out after getting hit by a pitch.
• Bosland stole second, stole third, and ran home on a wild pitch to tie the game. The batter in this scenario, Cam Maldonado, would also reach base on a walk.
• After a Maldonado steal, a Jack Goodman single scored Maldonado from second, and a Tyler MacGregor double scored Goodman for the 3-1 lead.
• The Monarchs retook the lead in the fifth, tying the game on an infield throwing error and taking the lead on a double steal.
• NU responded the very next inning after a lead off walk drawn by Matt Brinker. Brinker took third on Jack Goodman's double, and was scored on a sacrifice fly by Luke Beckstein. The Huskies were unable to retake the lead, and the score remained 4-4.
• ODU took another lead in the seventh as they hung three runs on the scoreboard on an infield single and a double down the left field line.
• The Huskies threatened in the eighth with two outs, bringing the tying run to the plate, but were unable to get another hit.
• In the ninth, Alex Lane hit a one-out solo home run to left field to try and spark a rally, but the Monarchs were able to collect the final two outs.
• The Huskies got 4.1 innings from starter Aiven Cabral and 3.2 from bullpen arm Will Jones – Cabral allowed two earned runs on five hits, striking out two, and Jones allowed four on five hits, striking out three.
• Northeastern totaled seven hits, five walks, and three hit-by-pitches in the contest, but stranded 10 runners on base.

 
GAME 2: NU 8, ODU 4

• The Huskies started game two hot with the first five batters notching base hits. Singles to Beckstein, MacGregor, and Mike Sirota loaded the bases, and an Alex Lane double cleared them for the 3-0 lead.
• After Lane stole third, a Harrison Feinberg single through the shift scored him for the 4-0 lead.
• ODU responded in the bottom of the frame with two runs of their own to cut the lead in half, but the Husky defense kept them to just the two.
• Neither side was able to produce any offense after that until the top of the seventh inning – after Sirota reached on an error and Lane walked, they were advanced by a Feinberg ground out, then Sirota was brought home from third on a Bosland RBI single. The following batter, Goodman, hit home lane with an RBI single of his own to lead 6-2.
• The Huskies tacked on two more in the top of the eighth a Sirota RBI double and a Feinberg RBI fielder's choice to make it 8-2.
• The Monarchs added two more of their own in the eighth before Jack Beauchesne shut down the ODU bats to close out the game with the final score of 8-4.
• The Huskies got most of their pitching work done through the starter Aidan Tucker, and reliever Jack Bowery. Tucker worked the opening three innings allowing just the two runs in the first, four hits, and two walks, striking out two.
• Bowery worked from the fourth inning to the eighth, blanking ODU until they eventually plated two more in the eighth. Bowery earned the relief win, allowing just the two runs on five hits, two walks, and a team-high four strikeouts on the day.
• Beauchesne allowed just two hits in his two innings of work with no runs to his name and two strikeouts.
• The defense behind the pitchers also had a banner day – a pair of web gems from Beckstein and Goodman in the third, and a Carmelo Musacchia diving play in the fifth, both in shutout innings. A one-out 6-4-3 double play also ended the game.
• With the win, the Huskies split their first double-header since 2022. All seven double headers the Huskies faced in 2023, and the previous DH in 2024, were all two-game sweeps for whichever team won game one.

 
The Huskies and Monarchs wrap up the series on Sunday, March 10^th at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.