TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Missouri Western softball team (23-7, 3-1) split an MIAA doubleheader at Northeastern State (17-16, 6-4) on Saturday.

Missouri Western held off the RiverHawks for a 7-4 win in game one of the double-dip and just missed a comeback in game two, 4-3.

NOTABLES
– Shelbie Atwell’s two-out double in the bottom of the seventh in game two got MWSU within one, but she was stranded at second

– The Griffons had 10 hits in game two, and left six runners stranded

– Sydney Washington hit two home runs on the day, one in each game

– MWSU led game one 6-1 after four innings. Northeastern State scored one in the fifth and two in the sixth to pull within two, before the Griffons added an insurance run in the sixth

– Missouri Western had 12 more hits than Northeastern State in the doubleheader (23-11)

TOP PERFORMERS
– Rebekah Mueller was 3-for-5 on the day with a double and a run scored

– Shelby Uhl went 3-for-6 at the plate before exiting in game two with an injury

– Washington was 3-for-7 with the two home runs, three RBIs and two runs scored

– Atwell also went 3-for-7 with four RBIs and a run scored

– Morgan Rathmann scored two runs and went 3-for-8 at the plate with an RBI

– Katie Klosterman was also 3-for-8 with a double

UP NEXT
Missouri Western stays in Oklahoma with a Sunday doubleheader at No. 16 Central Oklahoma (21-5, 5-1). UCO split a doubleheader with Northwest Missouri State on Saturday.

— MWSU Athletics —