DEKALB, Ill. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University softball team dropped a doubleheader at Mary M. Bell Field to Northern Illinois University, Friday, April 28. The Eagles let a pair of three-run leads slip away, as the Green and White fell 13-5 and 8-3.
Game #1: Northern Illinois 13, Eastern Michigan 5 (5 inn.),
Bats were alive and well in the first game, as the two teams combined for 18 runs on 20 hits in five innings. Eastern registered nine hits, while Northern Illinois broke into double digits with 11 base knocks.