Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SENATOBIA - For the first time in almost a month, No. 4 Northwest returned to Jim Miles Field and opened conference play with a bang, sweeping East Mississippi by a pair of 8-7 and 5-2 finals on Wednesday afternoon.

Northwest combined for 13 hits on the day, which included a three-run homer from Kelton Hall in the fifth inning of Game 1 and another homer from Noah Hattier in the seventh inning.

Hammer Franks delivered a career-best outing on the mound in the nightcap, tossing six complete innings with nine strikeouts. Freshman Jake Savage picked up the win in relief, while also totaling a season-high four strikeouts.

Northwest improved to 8-4 with the sweep and will host No. 7 Pearl River on Thursday, March 4 at 2/5 P.M. Both games will be carried live on nwccrangers.com/watch.