The Basics
Game 1 Score: MNU 5 - Mount Marty 2
Game 2 Score: MNU 1 - Midland 11 (5 inn)
Records: MNU (1-3), Mount Marty (1-2), Midland (4-0)
Location: ASB Dome | Sioux Center, Iowa
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – MNU picked up its first win of the season with a 5-2 victory over Mount Marty on Thursday. The Pioneers rallied late, scoring three runs in the seventh inning to seal the win.
Mount Marty struck first in the bottom of the first with an RBI triple. MNU responded in the third when Kelly Stoakes singled home Maddie Brooks to tie the game. The Pioneers took their first lead in the fifth after an RBI single from Abby Schulte.
After Mount Marty evened the score in the sixth, MNU delivered in the clutch. Elayna Goff's two-run double in the seventh gave MNU a 4-2 lead, and Aariana Paprocki added an insurance run with a sacrifice bunt. Pitcher Mandy Brown went the distance, striking out 11 while allowing just four hits in the complete-game win.
Game 1 Turning Point
Goff's two-run double in the seventh gave MNU the lead for good.
Game 1 Individual Leaders
Mandy Brown struck out 11 in a complete game victory. And Kelly Stoakes (1-2, R, RBI, 2 BB), Alli VanLanker (1-3, 2 R, 2B, HBP), Abby Schulte (2-4, RBI), Elayna Goff (1-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI), and Maddie Brooks (2-3, R) led the offense.
In Game 2, Midland scored in each of the first five innings, including a four-run fourth that put the game out of reach.
Game 2 Turning Point
Midland's four-run fourth inning extended their lead to 10-0, effectively securing the win.
Game 2 Individual Leaders
Dakoda Hobbs (1-2) and Aliyah Robinson (1-2, R, 3B) recorded MNU's 2 hits.
Up Next
The next games are Friday at the Homefield Baseball Complex in KCK vs. Columbia and Evangel at 11:00/1:00.
