ST. JOSEPH – No. 18 Griffon Softball’s (21-5) bats played hot and cold on Saturday as the team split a pair of games in the Hy-Vee Classic Saturday at the Griffon Spring Sports Complex.

Missouri Western was held to just one run for the first time in 18 games with a 6-1 loss to Minnesota Duluth, before the Griffons bounced back with a 14-4 win in six innings over St. Cloud State.

NOTABLES
– Morgan Rathmann hit her 26th career double in the Minnesota Duluth game. Already Missouri Western’s career leader, Rathmann needs six more to break the MIAA record.

– Missouri Western had seven extra base hits against St. Cloud State including three home runs and three doubles

– The Griffons scored their 14 runs in the St. Cloud State win on 13 hits

– Missouri Western was limited to five hits in the loss to
– Minnesota Duluth, the team’s lowest total since just five hits in a win over Minnesota Duluth on Feb. 19 in Bentonville, Arkansas

– MWSU hit .340 on the day with a .660 slugging percentage and committed just one error in the field

TOP PERFORMERS
– Katie Klosterman went 4-for-5 (.800) on the day with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored

– Paige Shifflett went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored. She’s raised her average 137 points in the last month and is now batting .280

– Morgan Rathmann went 3-for-6 with three runs scored and an RBI

– Shelbie Atwell was 2-for-5 with four RBIs, a home run and a double

UP NEXT
The Griffons get two more at home Sunday in the Hy-Vee Classic, closing out its portion with Wayne State (5-17) at 11 a.m. and Minnesota State (21-3) at 1 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —