MARION, Ind. - No. 8 Indiana Wesleyan softball swept RV Mount Vernon Nazarene University 8-7 on a cold afternoon double header series. Wildcats hold a 28-4 record over the Cougars. IWU continue as the frontrunner in the Crossroads League with a 10-2 record followed closely behind by 9-3 conference records from Mount Vernon Nazarene and Taylor. 
 

ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Marion, Ind. | Wildcat Softball Field 
• Records: IWU 25-5, 10-2 | MVNU 19-5, 9-3
• Game One Score: IWU def. MVNU 8-7
• Game Two Score: IWU def. MVNU 6-4

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

• Outside of a Kamryn Buck home run in the second inning, Wildcats did all of their scoring in the last four innings after trailing 7-1. Wildcats outhit the Cougars 12-9.
• Chloe Tragesser tied the game on a single to right field sending in Buck for the tying run in the sixth inning.
• In the top of the seventh with two outs, Elisa Koshy singled to center field to send Zoe Fountain home to walk off with an 8-7 win over the Cougars.
• Tragesser and Koshy led the Wildcats with two RBIs each of the team's seven.
• Alyssa Wagner started on the mound striking out two in 3.1 innings before Reagen Radke came in for the save for the Wildcats.

  

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

• Cougars opened the scoring columns in the first inning singling in a run.
• Buck opened the scoring for the Wildcats in the second inning followed by a Tragesser single running in Julianne Bell.
• Buck continued to be a force at the plate collecting her second homer on the day in the fifth inning.
• Wildcats outhit Cougars 12-6 and collected five RBIs to Cougars' four.
• Koshy and Tragesser each added three hits while Tragesser collected three RBIs.
• Emma Etter-Cox and Danielle Munn split time on the mound collecting four strikeouts.

  

BABINSKI PERSPECTIVE

 

• "I love this team! Today had so many tests; frigid temps, injuries, falling way behind on the scoreboard, and so many more. They scraped, clawed, competed, and fought together to find success! Today's grind and grit is something you won't find the box score but it was the biggest reason we won. I love this team!"
   

  

LOOKING AHEAD

 

• Wildcats become road warriors with four road conference double headers next week. The first matchup is at Spring Arbor University on Monday, April 4 with a 3pm first pitch.

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