SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Interstat) — Northern Kentucky scored the final 12 runs of the game and won 12-11 in 10 innings Thursday at Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park.

Elon took an 11-0 lead in the top of the second inning, scoring on a balk. Vincent Fattore hit a three-run homer in the third for Elon. But the Norse answered with eight unanswered runs by the fifth, capitalizing on three Elon errors. Alex Brazer had five RBIs on a 2-for-4 day, including a go-ahead single in the fifth.

Elon tied it 11-11 in the sixth on a hit-by-pitch and took the lead in the seventh on Kevin Denty’s solo homer. The Phoenix added another run in the eighth on a groundout. But in the 10th, Mark Nowak scored on a single by Springmeyer to win it.

Cole Miller pitched three hitless innings for Elon with two strikeouts. Northern Kentucky improved to 24-26; Elon fell to 20-32.