ST. JOSEPH – No. 18-ranked Griffon Softball won its 19^th and 20^th games of the season with a 2-0 day to open the 2017 Hy-Vee Classic.
 
Missouri Western (20-4) dispatched Northern State (13-6), 6-5, and run-ruled Sioux Falls (12-9), 12-4 in six innings.  
 
NOTABLES

• Shelbie Atwell's solo home run in the bottom of the sixth proved to be the game-winner against Northern State
• The Griffons were down 3-0 to Northern State in the first, but tied it in the bottom half thanks to a two-RBI single by Paige Shifflett and a double steal between Shifflett and Shelby Uhl with Uhl scoring the tying run
• MWSU was down 5-3 to Northern State in the third before Riley Wilson drove in Uhl on a fielder's choice in the third and Katie Klosterman hit a solo home run to tie it in the fourth
• Missouri Western broke a team record with four triples in the Sioux Falls game
• On the day, the Griffons hit .368 with 10 extra base hits, slugging .719 and scoring 18 runs

 
TOP PERFORMERS

• Atwell went 4-for-7 at the plate (.571) on the day with a double, a home run and three RBIs
• Sydney Washington was 4-for-8 with a double, two triples, four RBIs and three runs scored
• Kailey Green went 3-for-6 with four RBIs, she hit a home run and her two-RBI double ended the game against Sioux Falls
• Shifflett was 3-for-6 at the plate with two RBIs

 
UP NEXT
Missouri Western continues play in the Hy-Vee Classic with Minnesota Duluth (13-7) at noon on Saturday and St. Cloud State (16-6) at approximately 2 p.m.