Indiana Wesleyan University

MARION, Ind. - Indiana Wesleyan Softball split their doubleheader with No. 20 Marian on Friday afternoon to go 2-2 against the Knights this year. MU took game 1 in a low scoring affair, 2-0. IWU came back with a strong offensive performance and pulled out the win in game 2, 8-6.

Marian won the pitching battle between two of the top pitchers in the Crossroads League. The Knights scored solo runs in the 3rd and 5th innings to take a 2-0 advantage. The Wildcats were unable to put any offense together to come back.


IWU built a strong lead in the 1st inning of game two with 5 runs. They added 2 more in the 3rd inning on back-to-back singles by Malayni Clemens and Courtney Thomas. Marian picked up 3 runs in both the 4th and 5th innings but the Wildcats had scored enough in the early innings to hold their lead and come out with the 8-6 victory.




THE ESSENTIALS

• Location: Marion, Indiana / Sue Bowman Field
• Records: IWU 35-11 (28-6) I MU 29-14 (21-13)
• Game One Score: MU def. IWU 2-0
• Game Two Score: IWU def. MU 8-6

 


GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS

• Game 1 was a pitching battle between Marian's Macy Coan and IWU's Avery Toole.
• Marian was able to score once in the 3rd and another in the 5th to win 2-0. 
• Both pitchers pitched exactly 103 pitches and went the distance but Coan came out on top as IWU's offense struggled to find answers.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• Brylee Bilger started the scoring with a bases loaded single in the 1st. Whitney Waddell followed with a batted ball that scored Morgan Yeater aided by a Marian error. Leah May and Malayni Clemens brought in two more runs in the inning.
• Clemens singled again in the 3rd inning to bring home Waddell and Courtney Thomas followed a couple at-bats later with a single that scored Leah May.
• The Knights were able to pick up 3 runs in the top of the 4th inning.
• Brylee Bilger hit her 12th home run of the season in the bottom of the 4th to put IWU up 8-3.
• Marian again put up 3 runs on the scoreboard in the following inning, but no runs were scored the rest of the way and IWU walked away with the win.

KEY WILDCATS

• Brylee Bilger
  • 1 home run
  • 2 RBI
  • 2 runs
• Malayni Clemens
  • 2-3
  • 2 RBI
  • 3 Innings pitched
  • 0 hits

NEXT TIME OUT

• The Wildcats finish the regular season with a doubleheader against Huntington on Saturday, April 25th at 1:00 PM. IWU will be celebrating their graduating seniors after both games.

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