The Missouri Western tennis team fell 9-0 in an MIAA match against the Southwest Baptist Bearcats on Saturday afternoon. The Griffons fall to 1-13 on the season and 1-8 in MIAA play.

The Griffons played pretty good against the Bearcats but could not get a point. In No. 3 doubles the duo of Alyssa Dougan and Margret Winter fell 8-3 against Andjela panovski and Paula Carvajalino while Kayla Dysart and Ceara Boldridge fell 8-2 against Fanni Varga and Christina Zentai in No. 1 doubles. Denise Chiao and Lindsay Beger fell 8-1 in No. 2 doubles.

In singles competition Dougan fell 6-2, 6-4 against Carrajalino at the No. 6 position while Beger and Boldridge fell 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 and No. 5 singles respectively.

The Griffons return to action on Monday, April 14 when they travel to Liberty, Mo. to take on the Williams Jewell Cardinals at 3:00 pm.

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The Missouri Western baseball team opened up a four game series by sweeping a twinbill with against the Pittsburg State Gorillas. The Griffons came from behind in game one winning 6-4 before picking up a 4-1 victory in the night cap. The Griffons have won six games in a row and sit at 21-14 overall and 17-11 in MIAA play.

Game 1
MWSU 6
PSU 4

The Missouri Western baseball team scored five unanswered runs picking a 6-4 victory in game one against the Pittsburg State Gorillas. Grant Woods went five innings giving up five hits and three earned runs picking up his third victory of the season. Mason Queen went two innings picking up his second save giving up one hit with two strikeouts.

The Pittsburg State Gorillas scored three runs in the first inning on three hits taking the 3-0 lead after a half inning. Jacoby Martin picked up a two RBI single in the inning for the Gorillas.

The Griffons were able to get one run in their half of the first when David Chew doubled in Dylan Koch cutting the Gorillas lead to 3-1 after one. After a Gorilla run in the third the Griffons put together a three run third inning tying the score at four. They used hits from Cody Childs and Dylan Koch to help tie the score.

The Griffons took their first lead of the day in the 4th as Jeremy Monty led off with a hustle double to left field. He later scored in unearned run on a throwing error by the Gorilla pitcher giving the Griffons the 5-4 lead. Hunter Weiss later scored on an error by the Gorillas first baseman giving the Griffons the 6-4 lead after four.

The rest of the way was all Queen as he gave up just one hits in the final two innings. Tyler Thompson falls to 4-5 for Pittsburg State going six innings with seven strikeouts. He gave up five hits and four earned runs.

The Griffons had just five hits with Chew going 1-for-3 with two RBI. The Gorillas were led by Andrew Kreiling with two of the Gorillas six hits.

Game 2
MWSU 4
PSU 1

In game two the Griffons got a solid pitching performance from Josh Lansangan as he went seven innings scattering four hits and striking out four. He improves to 2-1 with the victory. Tyler Sanders went two innings picking up hist fifth save of the season. He gave up one hit and one earned run with two strikeouts.

The Griffons got all the runs they would need in the third inning getting four hits and three runs. Dylan Koch and Ryan Degner hit back-to-back one out singles before Chew singled to the pitcher scoring Koch and Monty singling to left field scoring Degner. The third run came on a Matt Russell fielder’s choice which scored Chew.

Things stayed that way until the top of the 8th when the Gorillas got to Sanders picking up a run on a hit cutting the lead to 3-1. The Griffons responded in their half of the eighth when Jake Schrader singled down the left field line scoring David Chew.

The Griffons had 12 hits in the contest with Chew going 4-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.

The Gorillas fall to 15-24 and 10-20 in MIAA play with James Fitzgearlds going five innings giving up eight hits and three earned runs. He falls to 0-1 on the season.

The two teams will wrap up their series tomorrow with a doubleheader starting at 1 pm from the Griffon Baseball Field.

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The Missouri Western softball team had their nine-game winning streak in game two against the Lindenwood Lady Lions falling 11-10 in 10 innings on Friday afternoon. Missouri Western won game one 4-3 and now sit at 29-15 overall and 12-8 in MIAA play. Freshman Sydney Washington went 5-for-10 with five runs scored and six RBI in the doubleheader.

Game 1
MWSU 4
LWU 3

The Griffons softball team picked up big victory in game one getting two, 2-run homers from Sydney Washington helping them to a 4-3 victory. The Griffons pounded out seven hits with Bre Fleschner going 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two doubles while Washington went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and four RBI.

Jackie Bishop picked up her 19th victory of the season going all seven innings. She gave up five hits and two earned runs with six strikeouts.

The Lady Lions got five hits from five different players. Courtney Opick went 1-2 with two RBI and a run scored on a home run.

The Griffons jumped on top in the 3rd inning as they got four two out hits including Washington’s first home run of the day giving them the 2-0 lead after three and a half innings. The Lady Lions responded in their half of the 3rd when Opich blasted a homer to left center tying the score at two after three.

The score stayed that way until the 5th when Washington struck again with her sixth homer of the year and second of the game giving the Griffons the 4-2 after five innings. The Lady Lions made things interesting in the 6th getting the first two runners on and they advanced to second and third on a throwing error by Katie Klosterman.

Bishop gave up just one run getting out of the mess with getting a fly out to centerfield, a groundout to second base and a pop up to shortstop. The Griffons left one on in the 7th and shut down the Lady Lions in the 7th holding on for their ninth straight
victory.

Game 2
LWU 11
MWSU 10 (10 innings)

In game two the Griffons gave up a 6-1 lead falling 11-10 in 10 innings snapping a nine game winning streak. Bishop got the loss in releif falling to 19-7 with the loss. She 3.1 innings giving up five his and three unearned runs with four strikeouts.

Things looked goot for the Griffons in the first getting three runs on four hits. Fleschner led off with a double to left center and Washington singled to shortstop. Fleschner scored on a single by Gillaspy while Washington on a Brooke Schaben Gillaspy made it 3-0 when she scored on sacrafice fly by Taylor Anding.

In the bottom of the first the Lady Lions were able to score one run on one hit cutting the Griffons lead to 3-1 after one. In the second the Griffons got two more runs on three hits. Gillaspy got another RBI.

In the top of the fourth the Griffons went up 6-1 when Fleschner singled to center and later scored on a fielding error by the Lady Lions third baseman.

The next two innings belonged to the Lions as they scored seven runs on four hits claiming the 8-6 lead after five innings of play. The Griffons did not get anything going in the sixth but in the 7th they scored three runs on five hits taking a 8-7 lead heading to the bottom of the seventh inning.

The Griffons bought in Bishop for the save but she couldn’t get the job done giving up two hits including the two out hit to Opich which tied the game at eight. In the eighth neither team got anything going and in the ninth the Griffons stranded one runner while the Lady Lions stranded the bases loaded.

The went to the international tie breaker in the 10th with the Griffons getting the go ahead run on a sacrafice fly from Gillaspy. In the 10th the Lady Lions got two hits scoring two runs picking up the victory. They improve to 16-21 on the season and 9-11 in MIAA play.

The Griffons had 16 hits with seven of the Griffons getting at lead two hits. Washington had three hits, three runs scored and two RBI while Gillaspy had two hits with three RBI and a run scored. LWU had 14 hits with Opich getting three and Kitson four.

Janie Smith went five innings giving up eight hits and four earned runs. Ryndak got the victory for Lindenwood going 3.2 innings giving up four hits and one unearned run. She improves to 8-8 on the season.

The Griffons continue MIAA play Saturday morning with a doubleheader against the Lincoln Blue Tigers. First pitch is scheduled for 10 am.

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The Missouri Western tennis team picked up their first win of the season with a 8-1 victory over the Lincoln Blue tigers on Friday afternoon in MIAA play.  The Griffons sit at 1-12 overall and 1-7 in MIAA play.

The Blue Tigers ended up being short-handed in the match, as Brittanee Wells was unable to play and Abigail Gober had to leave with an injury after wrapping up doubles play. Nonetheless, the remaining Blue Tigers battled hard, including Alina Katrevich, who fought back from a first set loss to take her first singles match.

After coming up just short in the first set, 6-4, Katrevich defeated Kayla Dysart in the second set, 6-1. That set up the tie-breaker, which also went to Katrevich, 10-4. Margaret Winter got her first action of the season winning 6-0, 6-4 againstKamaria Braye. Meara Smith and Alyssa Dougan both won by forfiet as Denise Chiao won 6-0, 6-1 against Ashley Roling in No. 3 singles and Ceara Boldrige won 6-0, 6-0 against Jasmine Daniel at No. 4 singles.

In double action Dysart and Boldridge defeated Katrevich and Roling 8-2 at No. 1 singles while Chiao and Lindsay Beger won 8-0 against Braye and Abigail Gober. Dougan and Smith won by forfeit at No. 3 singles.

Lincoln completes MIAA play with an 0-10 league record and drops to 0-11 overall.

The Griffons continue MIAA road action on Saturday, April 12 with a 3:00 pm contest with the Southwest Baptist Bearcats.

Missouri Western 8, Lincoln (MO) 1

Singles Competition
1. Katrevich,Alina (LU) def. Dysart,Kayla (MWSU): 4-6, 6-1, 10-4
2. Smith,Meara (MWSU) def. Gober,Abigail (LU), by forfeit
3. Chiao,Denise (MWSU) def. Roling,Ashley (LU): 6-0, 6-1
4. Boldridge,Ceara (MWSU) def. Daniel,Jasmine (LU): 6-0, 6-0
5. Winter,Margret (MWSU) def. Braye,Kamaria (LU): 6-0, 6-4
6. Dougan,Alyssa (MWSU) def. Wells,Brittanee (LU), by forfeit

Doubles Competition
1. Dysart,Kayla/Boldridge,Ceara (MWSU) def. Katrevich,Alina/Roling,Ashley (LU): 8-2
2. Chiao,Denise/Beger,Lindsay (MWSU) def. Braye,Kamaria/Gober,Abigail (LU): 8-0
3. Dougan,Alyssa/Smith,Meara (MWSU) def. Daniel,Jasmine/Wells,Brittanee (LU), by forfeit

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The Missouri Western softball team ran their win streak to eight with a doubleheader sweep over the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats on Tuesday afternoon. In game one the Griffons got the 10th shutout from Jackie Bishop with a 6-0 victory and then in game two the Griffons scored all their runs with two outs getting a 5-4 victory. The Griffons improve to 28-14 overall with the victory.

Game 1
MWSU 6
NWMSU 0
In game one the Griffons got a complete game shutout from Jackie Bishop as she improves to 18-6 on the season. She gave up just two hits while striking out four in the game.

Missouri Western opened up the scoring in the second inning when Kat Steponovich hit her sixth homer of the season. In the third the Griffons got two more runs on two hits. Sydney Washington reached on a fielders choice and scored on a double down the left field line by Tiffany Gillaspy. Gillaspy scored on a Brooke Schaben sacrafice fly giving the Griffons the 3-0 lead.

The score stayed that way until the 5th when Fleschner walked and advanced to third on a double by Washington. Fleschner scored on sacrafice fly to left field by Gillaspy and Washington scored on a two out single up the middle by Anding pushing the lead to 5-0. The last run came in the sixth as the Griffons put together three hits. Katie Klosterman singled and was pinch ran for by Taylor Schaben. Morgan Rathmann singled to left center and Fleschner singled to left field loading the bases. Washington got a productive out scoring Schaben giving the Griffons the 6-0 victory.

The Bearcats left two runners on in the sixth and one in the seventh but could not get to Bishop.

The Griffons had nine hits with Fleschner and Anding each getting two. Gillaspy had two RBI. The Bearcats had two hits with Jordan Ereth and Chantel Adams each getting one. Abbie Vitosh falls to 6-10 on the season going five innings giving up five hits and five earned runs with three strikeouts.

Game 2
MWSU 5
NWMSU 4
In game two the Griffons came up with some timely hitting scoring all five runs with two outs helping MWSU to the 5-4 victory. Janie Smith picked up her 10th victory of the season giving up 10 hits and three earned runs with three strikeouts. She sits at 10-8 on the season.

The Bearcats got on the board first in game two when Torri Blythe reached on a single and later scored on a passed ball. The Griffons answered right back working some two out magic. The Griffons used a hit batter, an error and a passed ball to put runners on second and third. Rathmann then came up big singling up the middle scoring Stevenson and Klosterman giving the Griffons the lead for good.

In the third Washington led off with a single up the middle and scored on a two out single by Anding putting the Griffons up 3-1 after two and a half. The Bearcats answered in the 3rd with one run on two hits cutting the MWSU lead to 3-2.

In the 5th the Griffons loaded the bases with two outs getting a run on a single to the left side by Klosterman which scored Anding and after five the Griffs led 4-2. In the sixth the two out magic continued as Rathmann singled and advanced to second on an throwing error by the Bearcat third baseman. She later scored on a two out double by Gillaspy giving the Griffons the 5-2 lead heading to the bottom of the sixth.

In their half of the sixth the Bearcats scored two runs on four hits and a Griffon error bit the Griffons able to get out of a jam still holding a 5-4 lead. The Bearcats led off the 7th with a single but could not get anything going as Smith got one of her three strikeouts to end the game.

The Griffons had 11 hits in the game with Rathmann going 3-for-4 with one run and two RBI. Gillaspy, Anding and Steponovich all had two hits in the game.

The Bearcats fall to 16-22 on the season. They had 10 hits with Blythe going 3-for-4 and Stephanie Mark going 2-for-3. Taylor Blackford falls to 2-1 going six innings giving up 10 hits and two earned runs.

The Griffons return to action on Friday, April 11 when they take on the Lindenwood Lions in St. Charles, Mo. Game time is set for 1 pm.

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The Missouri Western women’s golf team finished in 7th place the Henderson State First Federal Bank Invitational firing a two round 695 (352-343) which was 31 strokes ahead of Harding (726) and 13 strokes behind the University of Sioux Falls (688). The winner of the event was Central Oklahoma with a 614 (303-311). They were 15 strokes ahead of Henderson State’s (629). Anna Kloeppel led the Griffons tying for 11th with a 159 (83-76).

Madison Romjue finished in a tie for 28th with a 175 (84-91) while Callie Wilson finished in 35th with a 180 (93-87). Amber Chivington and Shelby Stone finished with a 182 (92-80) and 190 (100-90) respectively.

Taylor Neidy of Central Oklahoma carded an two-round 147 (70-77) winning the event by five storkes over Ally Harris of Henderson State.

The Griffons will be off for a week before they conclude their season in the MIAA Championships. It will be played in Lawrence, Kan. at Alvamar Golf Club on April 21-22.

The Missouri Western men’s golf team finished 8th at the HSU First Federal Bank Invitational firing a two round 626 (314-312). The event was played in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the Big Creek Golf and Country Club. Evan McCarthy finished in a tie for 14th firing 151 (77-74) which was nine strokes back of Arkansas Tech’s Alex Mahlik’s 142 (69-73).  The winner of the event was Arkansas Tech with a 597 (293-304) which was one stroke ahead of Southwestern Oklahoma State, 598 (302-296).

James O’Brien finished in 39th with a 157 (76-81) while Derek Hawkins finished on stroke behind with a 158 (80-78). Scott Scheldon and Tyler Gast fininshed with 162 (81-81) and 166 (87-79) respectively. Dylan Watts finished in a tie for 42nd with a 159 (79-80) playing as an individual.

The Griffons will be off for a week before they conclude their season in the MIAA Championships. It will be played in Lawrence, Kan. at Alvamar Golf Club on April 21-22.

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Missouri Western senior pitcher Jackie Bishop has been named the MIAA/AstroTurf Pitcher of the Week going 3-0 last weekend which included her 9th shutout of the year and 26th of her career. This marks the 11th time in her career that she has earned this honor. Three times as a freshman, four times as a sophomore and fourth time this season.

Bishop continues to be dominating winning three games last week in MIAA play improving her overall record to 17-6 on the season.

Bishop pitched 19.1 innings with three starts.  Last Friday against Fort Hays State, Bishop pitched 12.1 innings giving up just eight hits with 17 strikeouts.

In game one, she went all seven innings striking out 11 and giving up just three hits.  In game two, she went 5.1 innings giving up five hits with six strikeouts and two earned runs.

Saturday against Nebraska-Kearney she went all seven innings giving up just one hit while striking out 10.

On the week she gave up just nine hits and three earned runs with 27 strikeouts.  Opponents hit just .129 against her. The 5-8 senior pitcher is a native of Kirksville, Mo. where she competed at Kirksville High School.

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The Missouri Western golf teams began play at the First Federal Invitational Monday which is being held by Henderson State at Big Creek Golf and Country Club

The Western women fired a first round 352 putting them in 7th at the First Federal Invitational which is being held by Henderson State at Big Creek Golf and Country Club. Anna Kloeppel leads the Griffons with an 83 (+11) putting her in 22nd. The Griffons trail Sioux Falls by eight strokes while the leaderCentral Oklahoma shot a 303 leading Henderson State by nine strokes.

Madison Romjue sits in 23rd place with a 84 (+12) while Amber Chivington, Callie Wilson and Shelby Stone fired 92 (+20), 93 (+21) and 100 (+28) respectively.

Taylor Neidy of Central Oklahoma carded an opening-round 70 (-2) taking a six-stroke first-round lead in the individual standings.

The Missouri Western men fired a first round 314 at the First Federal Invitational which is being held by Henderson State at Big Creek Golf and Country Club. The Griffons sit in 9th place with James O’Brien leading the way with a 76 (+4) putting him in a tie for 22nd. The Griffons trail Murry State CC by two strokes while the leader Arkansas Tech shot a 293 leading Henderson State, Delta State and Harding by seven strokes.

Evan McCarthey sits in 28th place with a 77 (+5) while Derek Hawkins, Scott Sheldon and Tyler Gast fired 80 (+8), 81 (+9) and 87 (+15) respectively. Competing as an individual, Dylan Watts fired an opening round 79 (+7).

Alex Mahlik of Arkansas Tech carded an opening-round 69 (-3) taking a two-stroke first-round lead in the individual standings.

The Griffons will conclude play at the First Federal Bank Invite on Tuesday.

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Missouri Western’s offense proved to be too much for the Lincoln baseball team on Sunday as the Griffons won both games of a double header to sweep the season series. Missouri Western took the first game, 11-1, and shut out Lincoln in the second, 19-0. Both contests lasted seven innings. The Griffons had 36 hits in the two contests with Ryan Degner tallying seven hits and Jake Schrader getting five. The Griffons imrove to 19-14 on the season and 15-11 in MIAA play.

Missouri Western (19-14, 15-11 MIAA) scored five runs in the top of the first in game one, added two in the second and plated four more in the fifth en route to the win. Lincoln used three pitchers in the game, with Joe Jungmeyer starting and tossing two strikeouts. Gus Goodnight came in as the reliever and allowed just one earned run through two frames. Joshua Register was the closer, giving up just one hit and no runs in the final inning.

The Griffons were led by Dylan Koch and Degner with each getting three hits in the contest. Trevor LaHonta and Mitch Thorman each had two while Degner and Schrader each had three RBI. Koch scored three runs while LaHonta and Degner each had two. On the bump Jake Jones improved to 4-2 with in five innings of work. He went five innings allowing three hits with five strikeouts. Defensively Hunter Weiss had five putouts while Cody Childs ha four assists.

Gatlin Wiggans had two of Lincoln’s four hits, with the others coming from Ben Stewart and Zach Roberts. Defensively, LU was led by Kaleb Davis and Wiggans, as each player contributed four putouts. Christian Bunch and Roberts each added three putouts and Nick Lovell, Logan Smith and Stewart were all responsible for two putouts apiece. Stewart and Josh Kennedy tied for the team-lead with two assists.

The second game featured plenty of offensive fireworks by the Griffons, who totaled 22 hits, including six homeruns and five doubles. Missouri Western scored three runs each in the second, third, fourth and six frames, and in the fifth inning put five runs across the board. Lincoln opened the game well, allowing just one run in the first frame after the Griffons loaded the bases, but timely power hitting allowed MWSU to quickly take control of the contest.

Lincoln had two good opportunities to get on the board, starting in the fifth inning. After the first two LU batters grounded out, Roberts hit a single into right field. A throwing error allowed Wiggans to safely reach, continuing the inning, and Stewart followed with a base hit to load the bases. The next batter struck out, however, keeping Lincoln off the board. Later, in the seventh inning, Steve Benton picked up his first hit as a Blue Tiger with a blast into right centerfield that came just short of crossing over the fence. Benton settled for a double, but was unable to score as MWSU ended the game with the shutout win.

In the game two Schrader and Degner each had four hits while Lahonta tallied three. Koch, David Chew, Weiss and Thorman each had two. Degner had five RBI and scored four runs while Schrader had four RBI. Schrader and Degner each hit two home runs in the game. Mark Spreckels picked up the victory in game two for the Griffons going four innings allowing just one hit. He improves to 2-0 with the victory. Tyler Tuepker went two innings with two hits and two strikeouts while Banks Born went one inning allowing just one hit and two strikeouts.

The Blue Tigers’ four hits in the second game were accounted for by Roberts, Stewart, Benton and Kennedy. Davis led the defense with six putouts and Martin Gulley recorded five while Bunch again finished with three. Kennedy had two assists while Lovell tallied one. Starting pitcher John Bisges struck out three batters while Dalton Goings and Register each fanned one. Goodnight also appeared on the mound in the second game.The Tigers fall to 1-27 on the year and 0-24 in MIAA play.

The Griffons return to MIAA play next weekend when they host the Pittsburg State Gorillas in a four game series in St. Joseph. The two teams will play the first game on Friday, April 11 with a single nine inning game starting at 6 p.m.

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The Missouri Western baseball team picked up two important wins behind solid pitching on Saturday afternoon against the Lincoln Blue Tigers. The Griffons won game one 6-3 and held on in game two with a 4-3 victory. Griffon pitching struckout 15 Blue Tigers and gave up just four earned runs. The Griffons improve to 17-14 overall and 13-11 in MIAA play.

Game 1
MWSU 6
LU 3
In game one the Griffons got solid pitching from Grant Woods and Tyler Sanders as they combined for the 6-3 victory. Woods went 3.2 innings giving up five hits and one earned run while striking out five while Sanders went 3.1 innings giving up three hits and one earned run with two strikeouts. Sanders picked up the victory improving to 3-2 on the season.

In game one the Griffons got on the board first in the second inning when Jake Schrader doubled to right field and scored on a fielding error by the left fielder off a Hunter Weiss single. The score stayed 1-0 until the bottom of the 3rd when the Blue Tigers used two hits and an error plating one.

The Griffons responded in the 4th with three hits and two runs. David Chew and Schrader led off the inning with back-to-back singles. Chew scored on a single up the middle by Jeremy Monty and Schrader scored on a wild pitch giving the Griffons the 3-1 lead. The Blue Tigers scored one in the 5th but in the seventh a two RBI double by Schrader helped the Griffons to a 6-2 lead going into the bottom of the 7th.

Lincoln got one run on two hits but that would be all for the Tigers falling in the game. LU had eight hits with James Earlywine leading the way going 3-for-4 with an RBI. Ryan Simpson got the loss going four innings giing up five hist and two earned runs with four strikeouts.

Scharder went 3-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored while Trevor LaHonta went 2-for-4 in the contest.

Game 2
MWSU 4
LU 3
In game two the Griffons got a solid outing from Josh Lansangan picking up his first win of the season. He went 6.2 innings giving up five hits and one earned run while striking out a career best eight. Mason Queen got his first save of the season going 1.2 innings giving up one hits and walking two.

Once again the Griffons got on the board first as Schrader blasted his ninth homer of the season giving the Griffons the 1-0 lead. Once again the Blue Tigers responded taking their first lead of the day in teh second on one hit. Kaleb Davis hit an RBI double and then scored later in the inning on a throwing error by Cody Childs giving LU the 2-1 lead after two innings.

The Griffons tied the score at two in the 4th as Ryan Degner singles to right field and stole his ninth base of the season. He then scored on a single by Schrader tying the score.

In the 7th the Griffons regained the lead on back-to-back doubles by Will Carter and Hunter Weiss. The second run of the inning came on a sac fly by Childs giving MWSU the 4-2 lead after seven innings. In the 8th the Blue Tigers got three straight singles plating a run before Davis hit into a inning ending double play.

After getting the first two outs in the 9th Queen gave up a single and two walks before getting a bases loaded groundout by LU ending the game.

The Griffons had seven hits with Degner and Schrader each getting two. The Blue Tigers had nine hits with Zach Roberts and Josh Kennedy each getting two. Nathan Lueckenhoff got the loss going six innings. He gave up six hits and four earned runs falling to 0-6 on the season. LU falls to 1-25 overall and 0-22 in MIAA play.

The two teams will play the final two games of the series tomorrow in Jefferson City, Mo. Game time is set for 12:00 pm.

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