DECORAH, Iowa – The Loras College baseball team (12-6 overall, 1-1 American Rivers) fell in extra innings to the Luther College Norse (14-7, 3-3), 10-9, on Friday evening.

Nick DiBenedetto went 3-for-6 at the plate with a pair of runs scored. Vince Polizzi went 2-for-3, recording four RBIs off a two-RBI single and two-run home run.

After three scoreless frames to start the game, Luther got on the board with a pair of runs in the fourth inning, supplementing its lead with a sacrifice bunt in the fifth to go up 3-0.

The Purple and Gold got on the board at the top of the sixth when Aidan Herrick's single to right field scored DiBenedetto, trimming the deficit to two.

The Norse struck right back with a two-RBI triple, opening up a four-run lead. Polizzi's home run at the top of the seventh made it a 5-3 game, but Luther would go on to score two more runs at the bottom of the seventh to extend its lead back to four (7-3).

The Duhawks put together an outstanding eighth inning, as a passed ball, two-RBI single from Polizzi, sacrifice fly from Trevor Segraves, and an error by Luther's center fielder gave Loras its first lead of the game, 9-7.

However, an RBI single in the eighth and an error in the ninth allowed Luther to knot things back up, sending the game into extras.

At the bottom of the 11^th inning, back-to-back errors allowed the Norse to walk away with the 10-9 victory.
 
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The Duhawks look to capture the season series on Saturday  with doubleheader action against the Norse starting at 12 p.m.