CONVERSE, Ind. – The No. 12 Indiana Wesleyan softball team split a doubleheader against Indiana University Southeast. The Wildcats notched a 12-4 victory in 5 innings in the opening game before dropping a 12-8 contest to the Grenadiers in the second game of the day.

 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Converse, Ind. / Oak Hill High School
• Records: IWU 1-1, 0-0 I IUSE 1-1, 0-0
• Game One Score: IWU def. IUSE 12-4
• Game Two Score: IUSE def. IWU 12-8
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - #12 – IUSE - Unranked

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• The first game started with a bang for both teams as IUSE took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the first inning. The Wildcats stormed back as Abby Harvey batted in Whitney Waddell for the first run of the year for IWU. Sadie Harding would score on a sac fly by Brylee Bilger and Harvey was batted in by Courtney Thomas. And Thomas would come around to score off of an Ella Phillips triple. Phillips would score on a passed ball and IWU took a 5-4 lead after the first inning.
• Pitcher Jordyn Ball locked in and would not allow another run for the rest of the game.
• The offense was not done. Bilger and Thomas tallied RBI's before Phillips bombed one over the outfield fence for a Grand Slam!  
• After Ball tossed another 0 run inning, Thomas batted in Waddell for her third RBI and Waddell ran over home plate for the third time.
• Neither team was able to score again and IWU won 12-4 on a run rule after the end of the 5th inning. Ball went the distance recording 5 innings of work with 7 strikeouts.

 

 

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Starting pitcher Emma Etter-Cox tossed a scoreless first inning for the Wildcats. In the bottom of the first, Whitney Waddell would score yet another run after being batted in by Morgan Yeater. IWU took a 2-0 lead when Thomas singled to score Yeater. 
• IUSE would score eight runs in the second inning to take the lead.
• IWU scored one more run in the second when Yeater tallied an RBI double.
• The Grenadiers would bring two more runners in after the top of the 3rd inning. Down, 10-3 the offense struck back. Ella Phillips powered the ball out of the park for a 3 run home run, her second HR of the day.
• Both teams scored a run in their half of the fourth inning. IUSE would homer in the 5th to take a 12-7 lead. The Wildcats would score on a sac fly by Harvey in the 6th but were unable to mount a comeback in the 7th.

 

NEXT TIME OUT

 

 

• The Wildcats travel down to Melbourne, Florida this weekend to compete in the Space Coast Games all next week.
• Live video and stats will be available at IWUWildcats.com.

 

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