Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Kearney, Neb. – Senior first baseman Kate Ruwe went 4 for 4 with five RBI's to help Nebraska-Kearney hold off Drury, 7-5, Friday night in the 8-State Classic in Bentonville, Ark.

The Lopers (4-3) fell to Truman State in five innings, 10-2, earlier in the day.

Ruwe (Blair) belted a three-run homer as part of a four-run UNK fourth inning. Down 6-1, Drury (1-3) scored two in its half of the fifth and seventh innings but couldn't complete the comeback.

Colorado sophomore Meg Housholder allowed five earned over 6.0 full innings to record her second win of 2016. After DU hit a two-run homer to start the seventh, California senior Nicole Larsen came on and retired the next three batters to pick up the save.

Besides Ruwe, Larsen and leadoff hitter Rebecca Wyatt (Glendale, Ariz.) both went 2 for 4.

Truman (1-1) tallied seven of its runs in the first inning to build an insurmountable lead. Eight different Bulldogs had an RBI in the game with senior Kelsea Dorsey tossing a complete game four-hitter.

For UNK, Larsen went 1 for 2 and had an RBI and also allowed one earn run in 1.2 innings on the mound.

UNK battles William Jewell and nationally-ranked Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday.