TUCSON, Ariz. - No. 2 Indiana Wesleyan softball played their fifth and sixth games of the week on Thursday in the Tucson Invitational Games. The Wildcats earned a walk-off win against Concordia, 5-4, followed by their 10th win of the season after their largest run total of the week against Olivet Nazarene, 10-4.



 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Tucson, Ariz. / Lincoln Park
• Records: IWU 10-2 | CU 8-9 | ONU 11-7
• Game One Score: IWU def. CU 5-4
• Game Two Score: IWU def. ONU 10-4
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU – #6 | CU – Unranked | ONU - Unranked

 

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• After 4 innings of play, IWU held a 3-1 lead of CU.
• Five hits in the top of the 6th scored 3 runs for Concordia as they took a 4-3 lead.
• An RBI single in the bottom half of the inning from Chloe Tragesser scored Julianne Bell to tie the game.
• In the bottom of the 7th, Ashton Whiteman advanced to second off a fielding error by Concordia.
• Kamryn Buck brought on the pinch-running Emma Wiberg with an RBI double to earn the walk-off win for the Wildcats.
• Emma Etter-Cox pitched the complete game with 7 strikeouts to pick up the win.

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

• The bats got hot as the Wildcats connected for 8 hits in the final 4 innings.
• Kamyn Buck send her first home run of the season over the fence in the 5th.
• Five Wildcats tallied 2 or more hits.
• Ashton Whitman went 3-5 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI's.
• Sadie Harding finished with 2 hits and 3 RBI's.
• Alyssa Wagner sat down 4 batter while giving up just 1 earned run.
• IWU's 14 hits tied for their highest total of the season.

  

LOOKING FORWARD

 

• The Wildcats play their final two games in Arizona tomorrow beginning with Dickinson State at 3:30 p.m. ET and Rensselaer Polytechnic at 5:30 p.m. ET

  

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