Box Score 1 |
Box Score 2 Highlight | Game 1:
W 3-2 (9 inn) | Game 2:
W 8-2 | MNU walked off Game 1, and won big in Game 2 to get a non-conference sweep over Tabor on Senior Day. In the first game, a bases loaded walk in the fourth put MNU up 1-0, but Tabor scored 2 unearned runs in the sixth to take the lead. A wild pitch with 2 outs in the bottom of the seventh tied the game, and the teams went into extra innings. Neither team scored in the eighth, and MNU held Tabor scoreless in the ninth as well. In the bottom of the ninth,
Vanessa Arandules knocked in
Lorena Martinez with a double, and MNU won 3-2.
Megan Schwindler got the win in relief, and
Vanessa Arandules (2-4, 2B, RBI) had 2 of MNU's 6 hits.
In Game 2, Tabor scored twice in the third to take the lead, but MNU tied the game in the bottom of the inning with RBIs from
Lynsey Keith and
Lorena Martinez. The Pioneers exploded in the fourth and took control of the game.
Katie Williams led off with a double and
Alexis Pacheco followed with a bunt single.
Courtney Gall knocked in Williams, and an error brought Pacheco home. Keith's RBI double scored Gall, and
Chelsey Streibich's 2-run homer capped the scoring in an 8-2 victory. Schwindler struck out 5 in her 13th win of the season, and Keith (3-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI),
Hayley Gately (2-4, R),
Chelsey Streibich (3-4, R, HR, 2 RBI),
Vanessa Arandules (2-4, 2B),
Katie Williams (1-2, R, 2B, sac), and
Courtney Gall (2-3, 2 R, RBI, SB) led the offense.
MNU is 20-10 (11-3 HAAC). The next double header is Friday at Culver-Stockton (17-21, 6-10) at 2:00.
