Alan Espinal drove in three runs, Vanderbilt hit two home runs and the Commodores routed Eastern Illinois 12-2 on Friday night in the Nashville Regional hosted by the Commodores.
No. 12 Northwestern (36-11, 20-3 Big Ten) will open the first round of the NCAA regional tournament against Eastern Illinois (34-19, 16-6 Ohio Valley) this Friday. NU is 8-2 in franchise history against the Ohio Valley Conference champions, whom it hasn’t met on the diamond since 1998. This is the Cats’ second straight year hosting.
Eastern Illinois leading scorer Kinyon Hodges will be disciplined "internally" after he tried to hit a fan in a loss Thursday, according to the school.
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Kinyon Hodges had 23 points in Eastern Illinois' 70-63 win over Little Rock on Saturday. Hodges shot 9 for 17 with two 3-pointers for