ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western softball  team (16-13) couldn’t make it four-straight win on Friday, falling 10-2 to No. 17 Augustana (19-4) in five innings in the fifth game of the Hy-Vee Classic.

Fresh off of ending No. 2 Central Oklahoma’s 20-game winning streak, Augustana jumped on the Griffs early with three runs in the first. The Griffons got their first hit and runs of the game in the third.

NOTABLES

• The first six Augustana batters reached base before the Griffons were able to record an out
• Kenzie Hilzer got the start, but faced four batters before Kaili Hinds replaced her in the first
• With two out in the third, Brea Blanton got MWSU its first run of the game, sparking a mini-rally that saw the Griffons score two in the inning
• Morgan Frost doubled in Blanton, her fourth double in the last four games
• Gabi Carter then drove Frost in with a single before Winona State got out of the inning
• MWSU used three of its four pitchers, none going more than Hinds’ three innings
• Hilzer took the loss and dropped to 3-6 on the season

UP NEXT

• The Griffons host No. 22 Winona State (14-3) at 11 a.m. on Saturday

— MWSU Athletics —