HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY. (4/9/16) – Junior Alexis Robison-Kohrs fired a shutout to earn a doubleheader split for the University of Detroit Mercy softball team and a 2-1 series win against Northern Kentucky in the finale of a three-game Horizon League set on a windy Saturday afternoon from the Bluegrass State.
 
After earning a 3-0 win on Friday, the Titans bounced back from a 4-0 defeat in Saturday's opener to serve the Norse a 4-0 loss in the series finale.
 
Robison-Kohrs was brilliant, allowing six hits and recording six punch-outs over seven scoreless frames to pick up the win in game two.
 
The Titans jumped on the Norse early in the finale, with senior Christa McGahuey going deep for a three-run blast in the top of the first. Robison-Kohrs shut down NKU from there and junior Laura Villagrana delivered an insurance run on a RBI triple in the seventh.
 
Detroit outhit NKU 10-6 in the nightcap, led by multi-hit efforts from freshmen Kara Vitale and Jordan Manno. Vitale went 2-for-2 with a walk and Manno was 3-for-3.
 
McGahuey was 1-for-3 with a homer and three RBI, while Villagrana was 1-for-3 with a RBI triple and run scored.
 
Detroit fell in the opener despite out-hitting NKU 4-2 and receiving a solid outing from junior Keaira Schilling.
 
Schilling worked around six walks to allow just two earned runs in 4.1 innings pitched. Robison-Kohrs tossed the final 1.2 innings without allowing a run to keep UDM in the game.
 
The Norse took advantage of a Detroit error in the fourth to break a scoreless affair and take a 1-0 lead, before again capitalizing on a Titan miscue in the fifth to push across three more runs.
 
Junior Alyssa James went 2-for-3 from the plate with a stolen base to highlight the offensive output for the Titans in game one.
 
With the split, Detroit improved to 10-28 overall and 3-6 in HL play, while NKU moves to 9-27 overall and 2-6 in conference action.
 
TITAN NOTES

• The Titans won their season opener in 2016 the first time since 2002, when Detroit defeated Robert Morris, 8-3.
• Detroit's back-to-back shutouts against Radford and South Carolina State were the Titans' first since 2006 against IPFW.
• UDM's three game win streak against Charleston, Radford and South Carolina State was the Titans' first since 2012 against Lafayette, Fairleigh Dickinson and Dayton
• Detroit recorded its third-straight shutout win with a 4-0 decision over Seton Hall. It was the first time UDM has done so since 1992 against Loyola and Dayton (twice)
• Detroit's 4-0 win over Seton Hall on Mar. 4 was Detroit's fourth-straight victory. The last time UDM had won four straight was in 2008 against La Salle (twice), Western Carolina and Holy Cross
• Mauser's win over NKU on April 8 was her sixth of the year, the most for a Titan since Kelli Short had six in 2007

 
MCGAHUEY CLOSES IN ON HR RECORD
Senior Christa McGahuey is no stranger to the long ball and has shot up the record book in each of the last two seasons. She smacked 10 homers in 2014 and added nine in 2015. This year, she has homered four times to give her 23 for her career. McGahuey is currently second all-time in homeruns and is closing in on the program mark of 26 held by Kaleigh Rafter.
 
ON DECK
The Titans return to action Tuesday, April 12 at Western Michigan. The nonconference tilt is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. from Kalamazoo, Mich.