TUCSON, Ariz. - No. 6 Indiana Wesleyan softball are spending their spring break in sunny Tucson, Ariz. for the Tucson Invitational Games. The Wildcats got the week started with a 3-1 win over Jamestown in the morning, followed by a 4-1 win over Saint Francis (Ill.).



 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Tucson, Ariz. / Lincoln Park
• Records: IWU 6-1 | UJ 5-7 | USF 6-2
• Game One Score: IWU def. UJ 3-1
• Game Two Score: IWU def. USF 4-1
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU – #6 | UJ – Unranked | USF - Unranked

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Jamestown scored first in the 3rd inning off a fielding error by IWU.
• The Wildcats quickly responded in the bottom of the inning with two runs off a fielding error and a sacrifice fly to take the lead.
• Makenna Waddell doubled in the 6th inning, and Zoe Fountain scored an insurance run to put IWU up 3-1.
• Emma Etter-Cox earned the win after throwing a complete game with 7 strikeouts and just one hit given up.

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

• Courtney Thomas and Sadie Harding got the offense going for IWU in the 3rd to go up 2-0.
• USF cut the deficit to 2-1 with an RBI single in the bottom of the 3rd.
• The Wildcats put up two more runs in the 5th off two RBI's from Sadie Harding and Morgan Yeater.
• Alyssa Wagner got the win after giving up just one run through 6 innings of work.
• Alayna Thomas came in for the 7th inning to secure the save.

  

LOOKING FORWARD

 

• The Wildcats have two more games on deck tomorrow beginning with Northwestern at 9:00 a.m. and Dakota Wesleyan at 11:00 a.m.

  

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