MARION, Ind. – No. 15 Indiana Wesleyan Softball played a doubleheader at home against the Huntington Foresters Tuesday afternoon. IWU lost game 1 in a close pitching battle, 2-1. Game 2 saw the Wildcats' offense come alive with a 5-1 victory.




 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Marion, Indiana / Sue Bowman Field
• Records: IWU 23-5, 13-3 I HU 20-10, 9-7
• Game One Score: HU def. IWU 2-1
• Game Two Score: IWU def. HU 5-1
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - #15 | HU - Unranked

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Game 1 was a pitching battle between two of the best in the conference, Jordyn Ball for IWU and Kinzie Mollenkopf for HU.
• After 2 scoreless innings, the Foresters took the lead with 2 runs in the top of the 3rd.
• IWU responded in the bottom of the 3rd when Abby Harvey hit a double that scored Whitney Waddell to make the score 2-1.
• Both pitchers gave their best the rest of the way as no runs were scored and Huntington came out with the 2-1 win.

 

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Isabelle Beidelschies started in the circle for IWU and shut down the Foresters early not allowing a run in the first 3 innings.
• The Wildcats would back her up with a run in the 1st inning when Abby Harvey hit a single to bring home Whitney Waddell who had reached on an error by HU.
• Indiana Wesleyan would extend their lead in bottom of the 3rd. It started with a Sara Ruble walk and she would be advanced by a Morgan Yeater single. Brylee Bilger came up and hit a home run to right center field to make the score 4-0. One more run would come across the plate as Sadie Harding singled to score Courtney Thomas but was called out trying to advance to second which ended the inning. 
• Huntington answered with a run in the top of the 4th to cut into the lead, 5-1.
• Beidelschies and Malayni Clemens finished out the game not allowing another run and the Wildcats earned a 5-1 win.

 

RUBLE PERSPECTIVE

 

 

• "This team is truly one of a kind in the best way possible," said by sophomore Sara Ruble. "You know that you can always rely on anyone in that dugout to pick you up whenever anyone needs it. I think the way we are able to hold each other accountable, whether that's on the field, in the classroom and in our relationship with the lord is what leads us to success. This team plays with a sense of joy that comes straight from the lord."

 

NEXT TIME OUT

 

 

• The Wildcats play Spring Arbor on Friday, April 4th at 4:00 PM.
• Live video and stats will be available at IWUWildcats.com

 

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