HAYS, Kansas – The Northwest Missouri State University softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader at Fort Hays State on Sunday.
The Tigers won the contests by scores of 14-6 and 8-6.
Game One
Northwest started the game strong scoring two runs in the first inning. Erin Keeney hit a sacrifice fly to center field to allow Olivia Daugherty to score. Kiana Baderdeen singled to center field, bringing in Jaedra Moses to score and grab a 2-0 lead.
Fort Hays scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning, taking the lead 6-2.
Keeney got an RBI in the top of the third bringing in Daugherty to score, cutting the lead 6-3.
Fort Hays added seven more runs in the bottom of the third, advancing the lead to 13-3.
Karli Allen led off the fourth for the Bearcats with a homer to left field. Keeney singled to right field, bringing in Moses and Daugherty to score, cutting the lead to 13-6.
The Tigers scored another run in the bottom of the fourth inning, pushing the lead to 14-6 over the Bearcats and taking the win in five innings.
Game Two
Kiana Baderdeen singled to center in the top of the first, allowing Olivia Daugherty to score and go up 1-0 over the Tigers.
Fort Hays answered in the bottom of the first to tie the game 1-1.
The Tigers’ bats stayed strong in the bottom of the second scoring six more runs and taking the lead 7-1.
Jaedra Moses scored in the top of the third off an error by the third basemen. Jaclyn Weydert singled to left field, allowing Erin Keeney to score and cutting the Tigers’ lead 7-3.
Fort Hays scored one run in the bottom of the fourth from a Northwest error, pushing the lead 8-3.
The Bearcats scored three more runs in the top of the seventh. Karli Allen singled to right center bringing in Keeney to score. Weydert doubled down the infield line to allow Kenzi Sutton to score. Jacee Winn singled through the left side bringing in Ady Watts to score.
The seventh inning rally wasn’t enough as the Tigers went on to win game two 8-6.
Up next for the Bearcats is another road trip to Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern.
— Northwest Athletics —