MARION, Ind. – The No. 11 Indiana Wesleyan softball team picked up a hard-fought sweep over Saint Francis Tuesday afternoon by scores of 4-2 and 13-8.


GAME VITALS

• GAME 1: Wildcats 4, Cougars 2
• GAME 2: IWU 13, Saint Francis 8
• RECORDS: IWU 26-4; USF 10-18

INSIDE THE BOX – Game 1

• IWU took a 1-0 lead in the first after Jennah Yost singled, moved to second on a hit from Chloe Tragresser, swiped third and crossed home plate on a groundout from Hannah Miller.
• Tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth, the Wildcats scored a run in the fourth and two in the fifth to seal the victory over Saint Francis. 
• Rebecca Schrad got things going in the fourth with a one-out double to left field. Kamryn Buck singled in Schrad for a 2-1 edge.
• In the fifth, Julianne Bell and Yost each singled before Tragresser laid down a sacrifice bunt. Miranda Wehrle singled in Bell before Miller's groundout plated Yost for a 4-1 margin. The visitors would plate a run in the seventh, but Danielle Munn forced a fly ball to end the game. 
• Yost led the way with three hits while Bell accounted for two. Miller posted a pair of RBI while Yost scored twice. 
• Alyssa Wagner worked 6.2 innings to pick up the victory. She gave up two earned runs on seven hits while throwing six strikeouts. 

INSIDE THE BOX – Game 2

• IWU jumped on top with a six-run first inning and led 10-4 after three innings as the defense slowed down Saint Francis in the 13-8 slugfest victory.
• Buck led the way with a three-run homer. Yost, Tragresser and Julianne Bell had two RBI apiece. 
• Becca Wyatt scored three times while Yost, Wehrle and Makenna Pace crossed home twice each.
• Mckenzey Ridge hurled four innings and had a strikeout to pick up the win. Munn threw two innings for the save and had a strikeout. Each pitcher allowed two earned runs. 
• Tragresser doubled in Yost to get the scoring going. After Tragresser and Wehrle got on base, Buck crushed a three-run homer for a 4-0 lead.
• Bell's single scored Pace while Maddy Margraf's base hit plated Wyatt.
• IWU made it 6-1 when Wehrle scored in the second frame. 
• Leading 7-4, Yost reached on an error that allowed Wyatt and Bell to score. Tragresser's sacrifice fly plated Yost for the six-run lead.
• Pace's double in the sixth scored Schrad. An error put Wyatt on and allowed Pace to score moments later. Bell's base knock scored Wyatt for the final home tally of the game.

NEARLY AS MANY

• IWU had nearly as many hits as it did runs in the nightcap. The Wildcats combined to post 11 hits while driving in 12 runs and scoring 13 times.  

NEXT TIME OUT

• The Wildcats take the field again Thursday when they host Rochester in a doubleheader starting at 4 p.m.

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