SPRING ARBOR, Mich. - No. 20 Indiana Wesleyan softball traveled up to Spring Arbor for a key Crossroads League doubleheader against two of the top three teams in the conference. IWU's defense held SAU to three combined runs as they swept the Cougars for two important games, 4-1 and 6-2. Head Coach
Steve Babinski recorded his 700th career win as a college softball coach. Coach Babs tallied 220 wins at MidAmerica Nazarene prior to his time at IWU, and he has totaled 480 wins in his 12 season at the helm of the Wildcats.
- Location: Spring Arbor, Ind. / Cougar Softball Field
- Records: IWU 31-11, 20-8 CRL | SAU 26-12, 17-11 CRL
- Game One Score: IWU def. SAU 4-1
- Game Two Score: IWU def. SAU 6-2
- NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU – #20 | SAU – Unranked
- Kamryn Buck put IWU ahead with a home run in the 2nd innings, her 6th of the season.
- The Cougars tied it back up, but an Ashton Whitman homer in the 4th inning gave the Wildcats the lead.
- Elisa Koshy and Whitman each drove in another run to secure the Game 1 win, 4-1.
- Alyssa Wagner gave up zero earned runs as she threw her 11th complete game.
- The win gave IWU their 30th win of the season, marking the ninth-consecutive season reaching that total (excluding the 2020 season).
- Kamryn Buck led off the 5th inning with her second home run of the day to give IWU the 4-0 lead.
- The Wildcats capitalized off five SAU errors.
- Buck extends her active hit streak to 10-straight games.
- Jennah Yost tallied another stolen base in the game, giving her 132 in her career and just 4 away from the program record.
- Emma Etter-Cox improved to 11-3 on the year after throwing 5 innings and giving up just 2 runs.
- The Wildcats remain on the road on Friday with a doubleheader at Bethel beginning at 3:00 p.m.
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