HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — The Wright State baseball program clinched a Horizon League series win by taking down Northern Kentucky 14-11 on a frigid and snowy Saturday afternoon at the Bill Aker Baseball Complex.

Justin Riemer led the way for the Raiders (8-12, 3-2 HL), finishing with a career-high three hits and four runs batted in. Julian Greenwell batted 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI, and three runs scored, while Sammy Sass went 3-for-4 at the plate with a walk and three RBI. Gehrig Anglin and Zane Harris contributed with home runs in the winning effort. 

In addition to 16 hits, WSU had seven walks and five stolen bases. Andrew Patrick, Justin McConnell, Anglin, and Sass each tallied a walk and a steal. 

Starting pitcher Sebastian Gongora (2-1) lasted five innings on the mound en route to his second win of the season. The left-hander struck out a career-high 10 batters while allowing seven runs, six earned, on seven hits and two walks. Gongora fanned the side in the second and fifth innings. He escaped a one-out bases-loaded jam in the fourth inning.

Jay Luikart went from center field to the mound with WSU up 13-10 in the bottom of the eighth inning. With runners on first and second, he induced two-straight outs to keep the Norse (6-14, 1-3 HL) from closing in any further. The lefty collected his second save of the year after holding NKU to one run in the ninth inning.

In the Horizon League contest, Wright State got off to a hot start, leading 12-4 after five innings of play. The Raiders plated four runs in the first inning, highlighted by an opposite-field three-run homer off the bat of Harris. WSU had a five-spot in the top of the fifth, thanks to a three-run double by Riemer, an RBI single by Greenwell, and a sac fly by Sass. 

Northern Kentucky pushed back with six combined runs over the next two innings, cutting its deficit to 13-10. After both teams were scoreless in the eighth frame, Anglin connected on a solo homer to comfort the WSU advantage to 14-10. The Norse led off the bottom of the ninth with a solo roundtrip of their own, but Luikart retired the next three batters to seal the victory for WSU. 

NKU starting pitcher Kyle Klingenbeck received the loss after allowing seven runs in four innings. The Norse offense finished with 12 hits, including three off the bat of Brennan Gick. 

Wright State will look to earn its first series sweep of the season tomorrow at noon.