2021 Charles Page High School alum Drew Hawkins kicked off her junior season at Northeastern State this week as the RiverHawks went 3-1 in the Ronnie Hawkins Invitational in Hot Springs.

NSU won its season-opener 4-0 against Arkansas-Monticello (1-2) on Friday thanks to a four-run fifth inning. Hawkins went 1-of-3 with a sixth-inning single but was stranded at second.

In the second game of the day, the RiverHawks fell 1-0 to Southwestern Oklahoma State (2-2) after giving up a second-inning homer. NSU out-hit the Bulldogs 5-3 but couldn’t find home plate. Hawkins went 0-for-3 but collected four outs in left field.

On Saturday NSU rolled to an 8-1 rout against Henderson State (1-3) and Hawkins was the star of the show. Henderson scored first but Hawkins tied it up with an RBI triple in the second inning. She added a 3-run homer in the fourth and scored another run in the seventh to end the game 3-of-4 with two runs and four RBIs.

The second game was a 16-13 shootout win over Ouachita Baptist (0-3) that saw Hawkins score two runs and an RBI on three walks despite going 0-for-3 at the plate.

NSU will return to action next Friday at the Alvy Early Memorial Classic in Bentonville.