WINONA LAKE, Ind. – The No. 16 Indiana Wesleyan softball team registered a pair of league victories Friday afternoon at Grace College by scores of 1-0 and 13-6.


 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Winona Lake, Ind.
• Records: IWU 13-3 (3-0) I  GC 5-7 (1-3)
• Game One Score: IWU def. Grace, 1-0
• Game Two Score: IWU def. Grace, 13-6
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - #16 I GC - Unranked

 
 

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Brylee Bilger provided all the offensive fireworks in the game, recording a one-out solo home run in the seventh inning for the 1-0 victory.
• Makenna Waddell posted a single in the second while Bilger had a single to left in the fourth. Zoe Fountain tallied a base hit in the sixth
• After Bilger's homer, Kamryn Buck and Abby Harvey each had singles to left field.
• Bilger led the way with two hits, including a homer. Buck, Fountain, Harvey and Waddell all garnered base knocks.
• Alyssa Wagner was outstanding in the game. She gave up just two hits, had three strikeouts and walked just one in the 1-0 shutout victory. Overall, Wagner threw just 85 pitches.

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

•  IWU jumped on top with a three-run first inning. Morgan Yeater reached on an error and later scored on Sadie Harding's single. Later in the frame, Chloe Poe singled up the middle, knocking in Harding and Buck, who had reached on a walk.
• GC led 5-3 entering the third but the Wildcats pounced on the home team with four runs. Harvey singled and Poe walked. A Becca Wyatt base hit drove in Harvey. With runners in scoring position, Fountain singled both Poe and Wyatt in. After Fountain moved to third on a stolen base, she raced home on a sacrifice fly by Chloe Tragesser for a 7-5 margin.
• Up 7-6 in the sixth, Fountain recorded a single. After stealing second, she moved to third on a sacrifice bunt. Fountain scored on an Ella Phillips fielder's choice. Yeater came back into the game for Phillips and moved to third on Sadie Harding's base hit. She scored on Bilger's groundout for a 9-6 margin.
• With the bases loaded, Leah May walked, driving in Abby Harvey. A bases loaded walk to Yeater plated Wyatt. Harding was hit by a pitch, driving in Madie Martin. A groundout knocked in Yeater for the 13-6 final score.
• For the game, Harding led the way with a four-for-four performance with two RBI and a run scored. Fountain and Harvey recorded two hits apiece and both scored twice. Fountain and Poe drove in two runs apiece. Yeater scored three times and Wyatt crossed home twice in the win.
• Alayna Thomas worked four innings of relief and Waddell tossed the final three frames in the win. Waddell struck out three batters.

 

NEXT TIME OUT

 

 

• The Wildcats return to action tomorrow when they play at Mount Vernon Nazarene for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
• Live video and stats will be available at IWUWildcats.com.

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