The Purdue Northwest softball team split two hard-fought road battles in GLIAC play at Wayne State on Tuesday afternoon, taking Game 1, 4-2, and falling just short in Game 2, 5-3.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (26-18,9-7), Wayne State (14-22,4-12)
- Location: Detroit, Mich. - Gary L. Bryce Field
- Attendance: 185
Game 1
The Breakdown
- Senior Jocey Gault (West Lafayette, Ind./Harrison) led the Pride one hit and two RBIs.
- Junior Jessica DeBoer (Dyer, Ind./Illiana Christian) added two hits.
- Graduate Madison Schultz (Lafayette, Ind./Faith Christian) chipped in one hit and one RBI.
- Junior Maddison Roop (Hudson, Ill./University) started on the mound for the Pride and pitched all seven innings to secure the win. She gave up only two runs and struckout four batters.
- Rylie Josephson led Wayne State with two hits.
- Sasha Buckberger pitched all seven innings for the Warriors and notched four strikeouts.
- Wayne State started the scoring in the second inning with a Jessica O'Donnell two-run homer to take a 2-0 lead.
- The Pride scored four runs in the fourth inning to take a 4-2 lead.
- The Purdue Northwest pitching and defense stayed tough for the rest of the game to hold on for the 4-2 victory.
Game 2
The Breakdown
- Junior Allison Arnold (Tucson, Ariz./Naperville North) led the Pride with two hits and one RBI.
- J.DeBoer added one hit and one RBIÂ during the game.
- Senior Ashley Bravo (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young) and senior Briana Poehler (Mattoon, Ill./Mattoon) both chipped in one hit.
- Senior Abbie May (LaSalle, Ill./Saint Bede Academy) started in the circle and pitched the first 5.1 innings for the Pride.
- Josephson led Wayne State oncer again with three hits and three RBIs.
- Alexis Bonk started on the mound for the Warriors and pitched all seven innings to earn the win.
- The Pride started off the scoring taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
- Wayne State tied it up in the first, 1-1.
- The Warriors took the lead in the third inning scoring two runs to take a 3-1 lead.
- Arnold hit an RBI double in the fourth to cut the Pride deficit to 3-2.
- Purdue Northwest tied the game 3-3 in the sixth inning when Darcy Barkauskas (St. Johns, Ind./Lake Central) earned a walk with the bases loaded.
- Wayne State scored two runs in the sixth to secure win in the end, 5-3.
Up Next
- The Pride return home when they host Ferris State in GLIAC play on Sunday, April 23. The first pitched is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. central time at RUSH Physical Therapy Field.
