TUCSON, Ariz. - No. 6 Indiana Wesleyan softball woke up for two more games on Tuesday in the Tucson Invitational Games. The Wildcats narrowly fell to Northwestern in 8 innings, 4-5, for just their second game of the season, but were able to bounce back for a 5-3 win over Dakota Wesleyan.



 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Tucson, Ariz. / Lincoln Park
• Records: IWU 8-2 | NWC 18-1 | DWU 4-12
• Game One Score: NWC def. IWU 5-4 // 8 innings
• Game Two Score: IWU def. DWU 5-3
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU – #6 | NWC – Unranked | DWU - Unranked

 

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• After 4 innings of play, IWU found themselves down 4-2.
• A two-run home run from Becca Wyatt in in top of the 7th tied the game and forced extra innings.
• The Red Raiders scored in the bottom of the 8th inning off a sacrifice grounder to give the Wildcat's just their second loss of the season
• Alyssa Wagner and Emma Etter-Cox threw a combined 7.2 innings while giving up 4 hits and 5 walks with just one strikeout.

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

• RBI's from Makenna Waddell and Kamryn Buck put the Wildcats up 2-0 in the 1st inning.
• DWU tied it back up with two runs of their own in the top of the 3rd.
• A two-run RBI single from Becca Wyatt in the 4th gave IWU the lead, 4-2.
• A walk with the bases loaded in the 6th added an insurance run for Indiana Wesleyan to get the bounce-back victory.
• Alayna Thomas picked up the win after giving up just 3 runs in 5.1 innings in the circle.
• Natalee McNeal earned her first save of the season with a no-hitter in the final 1.2 innings.

  

LOOKING FORWARD

 

• The Wildcats will play two more games on Thursday beginning with Concordia at 11:00 a.m. ET and Olivet Nazarene at 1:00 p.m. ET

  

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