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Softball Cruises Past Saint Francis in DH Sweep

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Indiana Wesleyan University softball traveled north on Saturday to play a doubleheader vs. Saint Francis in Fort Wayne. IWU scored 18 runs in the doubleheader as they won both games to improve to 29-9 on the year.

 

Game Vitals

  • Score Game 1:  Indiana Wesleyan - 5   |   Saint Francis - 3
  • Score Game 2:  Indiana Wesleyan - 13   |   Saint Francis - 3   (5 innings)
  • Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 29-9, 17-5 Crossroads League   |   Saint Francis 11-19, 5-13 Crossroads League
  • NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - Receiving votes   |   Saint Francis - Not ranked
  • Location:   Lady Cougar Field   |   University of Saint Francis   |   Fort Wayne, Indiana


 

What Went Down (Game 1)

  • Alex Springer (SO/Fort Wayne, Ind.) crushed a 2-run home run in the 1st inning to give Indiana Wesleyan a 2-0 lead before Saint Francis ever had a chance to bat.
  • Saint Francis cut the lead in half with a single run in the 2nd inning.
  • Indiana Wesleyan added on to their lead in the 5th inning with two runs for a 4-1 lead. Gabby Bogear (SR/Sacramento, Calif.) scored on a bunt by Kelsey Kooistra (SO/Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Kaisey Carson (JR/Avon, IN) added an RBI single to account for the scoring.
  • Haley Nixon (SO/Bristol, Ind.) hit an RBI single in the 6th inning as Indiana Wesleyan led 5-1.
  • Saint Francis scored single runs in the final two innings for the 5-3 final score.
  • Alex Springer finished 2-for-3 with a home run and 2 RBI while Haley Nixon was 2-for-3 with 1 RBI.
  • Haley Nixon was the winning pitcher as she improved to 13-6 on the season. Nixon allowed 3 runs -- 1 earned -- on 6 hits in 7.0 innings.

     

What Went Down (Game 2)

  • Indiana Wesleyan struck first with a two run 2nd innings. Allison Bexell (SR/Avon, Ind.) provided a sac fly and an error by USF led to a 2-0 Wildcat lead.
  • Saint Francis answered with a two run bottom of the second for a 2-2 tie.
  • In the next half inning, Alex Springer hit a home run to straight away center field as the Wildcats led 3-2.
  • The Wildcats blew the game wide open in the 4th inning as they scored six runs on five hits and three Cougar errors. When the third out occurred the Wildcats were up 9-3.
  • The Cougars scored once in the 4th inning but the Wildcats plated four more runs in the top of the 5th inning for the 13-3 final score.
  • Kaisey Carson, Alex Springer, and Haley Nixon all had two hits in the win as Indiana Wesleyan outhit Saint Francis 10-9. Springer reached base four times in the game with two hits and two walks.
  • Kaisey Carson (9-1) was the winning pitcher with 3 runs on 7 hits in 4.0 innings. Janessa Guevara (SR/Lathrop, Calif.) pitched the final inning and did not allow a run.

     

Next Time Out

  • Indiana Wesleyan hosts No. 17 Marian (Ind.) at 3 p.m. on Monday at Wildcat Field. Marian leads IWU by 3.0 games in the Crossroads League standings and Monday’s DH is the first of two DHs the teams will play in the next 12 days.
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