Pioneers Use Miracle Comeback to Split vs Grand View

The Basics
Game 1 Score: MNU 6 - GVU 5
Game 2 Score: MNU 3 - GVU 4
Records: MNU (18-14, 9-10), Grand View (28-10, 16-6)
Location: Olathe, Kan.

OLATHE, Kan. - MNU used a 2-out 4-run rally in the bottom of the 7th to win Game 1 in a double header split with #20 Grand View on Friday. The Pioneers scored first with a 2-out RBI single from Emily Robinson in the bottom of the 1st, and Robinson held the Viking scoreless until the 5th. But Grand View rallied for 5 runs on just 3 hits in the top of the 5th to take control. In the bottom of the 7th trailing by 4 with 2 outs and nobody on vs. an All-America pitcher, the Pioneers didn't quit. Three singles on consecutive pitches scored a run and brought the tying run to the plate, and 2 pitches later Lydia Reyes drilled a no-doubter to tie the game at 5. In the bottom of the 8th with 2 outs, Shelby Frans knocked home Kinsey Kiser to win 6-5.

Game 1 Turning Point
Lydia Reyes' 3-run bomb tied the game with 2 outs in the 7th.

Game 1 Individual Leaders
Emily Robinson earned the win with 4 early innings and another after the tie. And Madison Butcoff (3-4, 2 R), Maddie Johnson (1-3, R, RBI, Sac), Lydia Reyes (1-4, R, HR, 3 RBI), Emily Robinson (2-4, 2B, RBI), Brittany Jacobsen (2-4), and Shelby Frans (2-4, R, RBI) led the offense.

In Game 2, Grand View scored in the top of the 2nd but MNU tied it in the bottom of the 3rd. The Viking rallied for 3 in the top of the 4th, but the Pioneers scored 2 in the bottom to close the gap. Neither team managed another run, and Grand View won 4-3 to salvage the split.

Game 2 Turning Point
Grand View's 3-run 4th was the difference.

Game 2 Individual Leaders
Brittany Jacobsen (2-3) got 2 of MNU's 5 hits.

Up Next
The next double header is Saturday at home vs. William Penn (18-21, 6-14) starting at 1:00.