MARION, Ind. – No. 12 Indiana Wesleyan Softball matched up this morning against the No. 9 ranked team in the NAIA and the No. 1 seed in the Marion bracket, the Madonna Crusaders. The Wildcats fought hard but were unable to win as the game went into extra innings. This concludes a great season for IWU!





 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Marion, Indiana / Sue Bowman Field
• Records: IWU 44-11 I MU 45-9
• Game Score: MU def. IWU 6-4
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - #12 | MU - #19

 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

 


 

• The Wildcats got to work early, scoring 2 in the first inning after a Brylee Bilger SAC fly into foul territory that scored Whitney Waddell and a Sadie Harding single scored Morgan Yeater.
• IWU pushed their lead to 4-0 in the top of the 3rd with a Maddie Martin double that scored 2.
• The Crusaders cut into the lead with a home run in the bottom of the 3rd.
• Abby Harvey earned an RBI with a SAC fly in the 4th inning to make it 5-1 in favor of IWU.
• Madonna scored 1 run in both the bottom of the 4th and 5th innings to stay in the game.
• Brylee Bilger homered for the second straight day in the top of the 7th to score another run for Indiana Wesleyan.
• However, MU fought hard and tied the game in the bottom of the 7th and would go on to win in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the 8th, 7-6.

 

NEXT TIME OUT

 

 

• The Wildcats have finished their season and will come back next spring.

 




 

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