GOSHEN, Ind. – No. 18 Indiana Wesleyan Softball took on Goshen College on the road on Tuesday evening. The Wildcats won game 1 in a close battle 13-9. IWU took control in game 2 winning 15-0 in 5 innings.




 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Goshen, Indiana / Goshen College Softball Complex
• Records: IWU 14-2, 6-0 I GC 7-9, 3-3
• Game One Score: IWU def. GC 13-9
• Game Two Score: IWU def. GC 15-0
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - #18 | GC - Unranked

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Goshen struck first with a HR in the first inning. 
• Both teams were held scoreless after that until IWU broke the seal in the 4th inning. The inning started with a Morgan Yeater double followed by an Abby Harvey HR to tie the game. Later, Sadie Harding batted home Courtney Thomas to take the lead. After a Maddie Martin walk, Malayni Clemens smacked a double into right field to score Emma Wiberg who had came in to pinch run for Harding. A few batters later, Whitney Waddell doubled to score two more runners and Yeater brought her home the next at bat. The Wildcats left the inning up 7-2.
• Harding earned another RBI in the 5th but Goshen scored 4 in their half of the inning to keep it close at 8-6 in favor of the Wildcats. 
• The reigning Crossroads Player of the Week, Brylee Bilger, popped another ball over the fence for a 2 run HR in the 6th but the Maple Leafs responded with two of their own right after.
• IWU pulled away in the 7th with 3 more runs that came by way of a Maddie Martin HR that scored 2 and another double from Waddell that scored Leah May. Goshen scored 1 in the bottom of the 7th but was shut down and the Wildcats came away with a 13-9 win. 

 

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• IWU dominated the whole way in game 2. Starting in the first inning, Waddell and Yeater both reached first during their at-bats and Harvey batted in Waddell. After Bilger was hit by a pitch, Courtney Thomas doubled to score Yeater and Harding brought home Bilger with a SAC fly. 
• The Wildcats broke open the game in the second inning with 6 runs. Waddell, Yeater, and Harvey all earned RBIs back-to-back-to-back. Harding doubled to score 2 more and Ella Phillips singled to bring home Harding. After two innings, the Red and Gray were winning 9-0. 
• Harvey earned yet another RBI in the third inning when she singled to score Sara Rube.
• The reigning Crossroads Pitcher of the week, Malayni Clemens brought her A-game pitching 4 scoreless innings with 2 1-2-3 innings. The offense helped her out even more by scoring 5 runs in the top of the 5th inning. Bilger was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score a run. Leah May would come up and hit a Grand Slam as her first career HR as a Wildcat to extend the lead to 15-0!
• Emma Etter-Cox pitched the bottom of the 5th and finished the shutout for IWU.

 

MAY PERSPECTIVE

 

 

• Sophomore Leah May said, "Hitting that grand slam today was insane. I could feel God's peace over me while in the batters box. I was so thankful to be able to do my job for my teammates. So proud of two incredible team wins today. God is moving through this team in a special way right now."

 

NEXT TIME OUT

 

 

• The Wildcats play their postponed games against Grace College tomorrow, March 19th starting at 4:00 PM.
• Live video and stats will be available at IWUWildcats.com

 

FOLLOW THE WILDCATS

 

• Follow Athletics (@IWUWildcats): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Follow Softball (@IndWesSoftball): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

#