MISHAWAKA, Ind. – The No. 17 Indiana Wesleyan softball team posted a pair of shutouts at Bethel University Thursday. The Wildcats won the opener 9-0 before Alayna Thomas recorded a no-hitter in the 15-0 nightcap victory.


 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Mishawaka, Ind. | Gardner Softball Field
• Records: IWU 22-4, 13-1 I BU 8-20, 3-15
• Game One Score: IWU def. BU 9-0
• Game Two Score: IWU def. BU 15-0
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU – #17 I BU - Unranked

 

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• IWU broke through with four runs in the top of the third. Chloe Tragesser singled and M. Seitz came in as a pinch runner. She stole second and moments later, swiped home as Sadie Harding stole second. Leah May entered as a pinch runner for Brylee Bilger, who singled to left field. Kamryn Buck doubled home both Wildcats for a three-run advantage. Makenna Waddell's base hit plated Buck for a 4-0 lead.
• The score remained the same until the sixth. Waddell drew a lead-off walk. After Ella Phillips reached on a fielder's choice, Becca Wyatt came in. 
• Chloe Poe recorded a single and Tragesser reached on an error, allowing Wyatt to score. Morgan Yeater doubled in Poe and Harding reached on a miscue, allowing Tragesser to score. Bilger unleashed a towering round-tripper, clearing the base paths while making it 9-0.
• For the game, Bilger led the way with two hits, including a homer, to go along with three RBI. Buck and Waddell had two hits apiece. Buck drove in two while Harding crossed home twice. IWU tallied nine runs on 13 hits with two errors while holding the home team to no runs on three hits with two miscues.   
• In the circle, Alyssa Wagner got the start and worked five strong innings for the win. She scattered three hits while striking out five. Emma Etter-Cox threw the last frame and did not allow a hit. 

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• IWU registered the game's first run. Buck doubled to right center field and moved to third on a base hit from Phillips. Wyatt singled her home for the one-run advantage.
• Yeater singled and swiped second base to get things going in the third. After a walk to Bilger, Maddie Seitz entered as a pinch runner. Yeater and Seitz each stole a base and raced home on Buck's two-RBI single.  
• Tragesser led off the fifth with a double and scampered to third on a passed ball. She scored on Yeater's single through the right side. After walks to Bilger and Buck to load the bases, Poe drew a base on ball for a 5-0 advantage. Phillips followed it up with a two-RBI double, plating Bilger and Buck for a seven-run margin.
• IWU tacked on a Bilger lead-off homer in the seventh to go up 8-0. May drove in a run when she was hit by a pitch with the bags full. E. Gearhart doubled in three runs before Maddie Martin launched a two-run homer for a 15-0 lead.  
• For the game, Buck led the way with three hits, two RBI and two runs scored. Phillips, Wyatt and Yeater all had two hits. Phillips and Martin drove in two apiece while Bilger and Yeater crossed home twice each.
• In the circle, Alayna Thomas tossed the complete-game no-hit shutout. She had four strikeouts. 

NEXT TIME OUT

 

 

• The Wildcats return home on Saturday, March 30 when they host Spring Arbor University for a doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m.
• Live video and stats will be available at IWUWildcats.com.

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