The Basics
Oral Roberts 14 – Northern Colorado 0
Oral Roberts (26-30-1) vs. Northern Colorado (15-37-1)
Location: Tulsa, Okla. (JL Johnson Stadium)
 Win: Brooks Fowler (6-4) Loss: Gienger, M (5-4) 

Tulsa, Okla.– The Oral Roberts baseball team clinched their 24th Summit League Championship game with a dominating shutout victory over Northern Colorado.

Brooks Fowler took the mound for the Golden Eagles and took a no-hitter into the sixth fanning eight Bears while timely at bats from Martel Davis and Sam Thompson gave ORU a 2-0 lead.

While Northern Colorado was able to escape multiple jams to limit damage, ORU would make up for their missed opportunities and then some, pouring on a season-high 12 runs in an inning.

Davis got the scoring started with a single to left center, followed by an RBI walk from Alex Rodgers with the bases loaded. Hits from Elijah Rodriguez, Holden Breeze, and Drew Stahl drove in four more runs to extend the lead to nine.

 Davis once again delivered for the Golden Eagles putting ORU up double digits.

However, Oral Roberts was not done yet as David drove a first-pitch fastball over the left field fence for a three-run homer. Then entering the game as a pinch-hitter, Kole Dudding worked a full count then launched his first home run of his career to put ORU up 14-0.

Back on the mound Conner Floyd and Dalton Patten combined for 3.2 innings of one-hit relief out of the bullpen to secure a spot in Saturday's final for the Golden Eagles.


Inside the Box Score
-  Dudding's homer traveled 374 ft with a 102 mph exit velocity.
-  Fowler lowered his season ERA against the Bears to 1.17 in three games.
-  Rodriguez is now batting .583 with 10 RBIs against Northern Colorado. 
Game Notes
-   ORU will play for it s 22nd Summit League Championship and 31st Regional appearance this Saturday
-   Ryan Folmar now has 398 career wins at ORU.
-   ORU has never not played in the Summit League Championship final.

Up Next
ORU will be back at J.L. Johnson Stadium as they look to defend their Summit League Tournament title with a matchup against the winner of Friday's Northern Colorado vs. North Dakota State game.

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