MARION, Ind. -- Following an 11-1 loss in a five inning run rule the Indiana Wesleyan University softball team was able to rebound and earn a split with a 5-1 victory over Marian (Ind.) Friday night at Wildcat Field.

Game two was very much a pitching duel as Indiana Wesleyan scored one run in the first inning and Marian tied it with a run in the third inning. The 1-1 tie remained until Indiana Wesleyan broke it open with a four spot in the sixth inning.

The four runs came around after there were already two outs in the inning. Allison Bexell (SO/Avon, IN) hit the eventual game-winning RBI single for a 2-1 lead and then Sam Hemming (JR/Russiaville, IN) stole home on a double steal. Jessica Hull (SR/South Bend, IN) created more distance with a 2-run bomb for the 5-1 lead. Marian did not threaten in the top of the seventh inning as IWU closed out the win for the doubleheader split.

Janessa Guevara (SO/Lathrop, CA) was outstanding today for Indiana Wesleyan. She allowed an unearned run on five hits and one walk in the 7.0 inning complete game. She struck out four Knights.

Marissa French (SR/Crawfordsville, IN) and Bexell each contributed two hits in the win. Sara Kreitzer (FR/Ashland, OH) and Bexell added an RBI apiece to go along with two for Hull. IWU outhit Marian 7-5.

In game one, Indiana Wesleyan mustered just one run on three hits in the 11-1 loss to Marian. Gabby Bogear (SO/Sacramento, CA) scored the only IWU run on a Marian throwing error in the fourth inning that made it a 10-1 game.

Gabby McIntire (SR/Logansport, IN) took the loss as she surrendered five runs, four earned, in 1.1 innings. Hull pitched the final 3.2 innings and gave up six runs. French, Kreitzer, and Hemming all had one hit in the losing effort.

Indiana Wesleyan postponed tomorrow’s doubleheader with Saint Francis (Ind.) with a very unfavorable weather forecast predicted for Saturday. The games will now be played on Monday, April 7.