The Purdue Northwest softball team split Day 2 of the Florida Spring Games on Friday afternoon. The Pride defeated Bentley in Game 1, 7-4, and then lost in a tough battle against Minnesota State-Mankato, 6-0.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (4-13), Bentley (4-5), Minnesota State-Mankato (16-10)
• Location: Legends Way Fields  – Clermont, Florida
• Attendance: 50

Game 1 - vs. Bentley
The Breakdown

• Junior Amanda DeBoer (Dyer, Ind./Illiana Christian) led the Pride going 3-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs.
• Freshman Kylie Madura (Munster, Ind./Munster) went 3-of-4 at the plate during the game.
• Junior Olivia Hernandez (Aurora, Ill./Aurora Central Catholic) added one hit and two RBIs.
• Freshman Jadyn Ramer (Lafayette, Ind./Harrison) and senior Darcy Barkauskas (St. John, Ind./Lake Central) chipped in one RBI each. 
• Junior Hailie Charmat (South Bend, Ind./John Adams) earned the start on the mound for the Pride in and pitched all seven innings for the complete game win. She ended the game striking out a season-high ten batters.
• Krause led Bentley with three hits and one RBI.
• Piromalli started in the circle for the Falcons pitching the first three innings allowing five hits and four runs.
• The Pride started the game strong scoring two runs in the first inning to grab an early 2-0 lead.
• Purdue Northwest added two more runs in the third inning to grow their lead to 4-0.
• The Pride notched three runs to increase their advantage to 7-0 in the fifth inning.
• Bentley didn't quit, scoring three runs in the sixth to make the score 7-3.
• The Falcons added another run in the seventh inning to cut their deficit to 7-4 but the Pride defense held on strong finishing the game with the victory in the end.

Game 2 - Minnesota State - Mankato
The Breakdown

• Sophomore Emma Fair (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove) led the Pride with two hits.
• Four Purdue Northwest batters each added one hit during the game.
• Freshman Abbey Bond (Saint John, Ind./Andrean) started in the circle for Pride and all seven innings battling till the end tallying four strikeouts.
• Anderson led Minnesota State-Mankato with two hits and two RBIs.
• Brandt started on the mound for the Mavericks and pitched all seven innings for the complete game shutout win allowing six hits.
• Both teams battled in the first few innings then saw the Mavericks score the first run of the game in the third inning to go up 1-0.
• The sixth inning saw Minnesota State-Mankato take control of the game scoring five runs to increase the lead to 6-0.
• Purdue Northwest couldn't get the offense going and went on to ultimately fall in the end, 6-0.

Up Next

• The Pride now compete in Day 3 of the 2025 Florida Spring Games when they take Saint Mary's and Shepherd on Saturday, March 15 in Clermont, Florida.