LAIE, Hawaii – The Missouri Western softball team (15-3) ran its winning streak to eight with a doubleheader sweep at BYU-Hawaii (1-9) on Saturday.

The Griffons took game one, 4-3, and game two, 7-3.

NOTABLES
– Missouri Western totaled 19 hits over the two games with four doubles and two home runs

– Shelbie Atwell hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh to drive in what would prove to be the winning run

– The Griffons are three games better through 18 games than the 2016 team that went 45-13

– Griffon pitchers allowed just one extra base hit

TOP PERFORMERS
– Shelby Uhl batted .857 (6-7) in the doubleheader with her first career home run, an RBI and three runs scored

– Rebekah Mueller went 3-6 at the plate in the doubleheader with a double and a run scored

– Atwell was 3-7 on the day with a double, an RBI and two runs scored

– Katie Klosterman was 3-8 with a home run and two runs scored

– Kenzie Hilzer picked up the win game two and a save in game one, pitching eight innings on the day and allowing just three earned runs

UP NEXT
Missouri Western stays in Hawaii for one more doubleheader on Tuesday at Hawaii Pacific (4-2).

— MWSU Athletics —