The Purdue Northwest softball team ended the regular season with home GLIAC sweep against Davenport on Saturday afternoon winning Game 1, 13-5, in five innings and fighting off the Panthers in Game 2, 8-6..
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (32-20,15-9), Davenport (13-30,7-15)
- Location: Hammond, Ind. - RUSH Physical Therapy Field
- Attendance: 200
Game 1
The Breakdown
- Senior Jocey Gault (West Lafayette, Ind./Harrison) led the Pride with three hits and five RBIs including a double and three-run homerun
- Junior Jessica DeBoer (Dyer, Ind./Illiana Christian) added twos hit and two RBIs.
- Senior Selena Michko (Dyer, Ind./Lake Central) contributed one hit and two RBIs with a homerun.
- Senior Ashley Bravo (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young) chipped in two hits.
- Junior Gabby Paliska (Palos Park, Ill./Lincoln-Way East (Wisconsin-Green Bay)) started on the mound for the Pride and pitched the first four innings.
- Junior Maddison Roop (Hudson, Ill./University) came in and pitched the final inning to earn the win.
- Krieger and Goodman led Davenport with two hits and two RBIs.
- Miller started in the circle for the Panthers and pitched the first 4.1 innings.
- Davenport took an early lead in the first inning scoring two runs to take a 2-0 advantage.
- The Panthers added two runs in the fourth to extend their lead to 4-0.
- Davenport notched one run in the fifth inning to make the score 5-0.
- The Pride rallied and erupted in the fifth inning scoring a season-high 13 runs in the inning to seal the win 13-5.
Game 2
The Breakdown
- J.DeBoer led the Pride at the plate with three hits and three RBIs.
- Senior Madison Schultz (Lafayette, Ind./Faith Christian) contributed one hit and two RBIs.
- Michko chipped in one hit and one RBI.
- Junior Emma Hill (Holmes Beach, Fla./Cary-Grove (IL)) earned the start in the circle for the Pride and pitched the first six innings. She notched the win with three strikeouts.
- Roop came in once again and pitched the final inning to record her second save of the season.
- Krieger led Devenport with four hits and two RBIs.
- Miller started on the mound for the Panthers and pitched the first three innings with two strikeouts.
- Davenport scored two runs in the first inning to take an early 2-0 lead.
- The Pride tied it in the first scoring two runs to make it 2-2.
- Purdue Northwest took the lead in the second inning tallying two runs off of RBI singles from Michko and DeBoer to take a 4-2 advantage.
- The Panthers earned a run in the third inning to cut their deficit to 4-3.
- The Pride scored one run in the third off a throwing error to make it 5-3.
- Purdue Northwest added two runs in the fifth inning to increase their lead to 7-3
- Davenport cut it within one after a Krieger three-run homer to make the score 7-6
- The Pride recorded a run on another throwing error in the sixth inning and make the final score in the end for the victory, 8-6.
