BENTONVILLE, Ark. – It only took 12 innings for Griffon Softball (4-2) to play two games, Saturday, at the Arkansas-Monticello DII Challenge. Missouri Western opened the day with a 9-1 loss in six to Arkansas Tech (5-3) and followed that up with an 8-0 win in six over Ouachita Baptist (1-5).
 
GAME 2
Missouri Western 8, Ouachita Baptist 0 (6 innings)

• Lexi Kinnaird picked up win No. 1 on the season, pitching a one-hit shutout that included three strikeouts
• The Griffons went off in the first beginning with a leadoff double by Shelby Uhl who then promptly stole third
• MWSU scored five runs in the first on four hits and two Ouachita errors
• Uhl went 2-for-4 with a run and two stolen bases
• Gabi Carter was 2-for-4 at the plate with an RBI and two runs scored
• Lauren Houston hit her first career home run, a two-run shot to left in the third

 
GAME 1
Arkansas Tech 9, Missouri Western 1 (6 innings)

• A 1-1 tie with one out in the bottom of the fourth, Arkansas Tech opened things up with a grand slam
• The grand slam chased starter Kenzie Hilzer from the game. Hilzer took the loss (1-1) and ended the game allowing five earned runs on three hits through 3 1/3. She walked five and struck out one
• Cassidy Kelsheimer went 2-for-2 with a run scored and a double in the game
• Uhl drove in the other run and went 1-for-3

 
UP NEXT

• The Griffons return to Bentonville next weekend for six games over three days in the Alvy Early Memorial Classic
• Missouri Western is slated to start the crossover with games against Wayne State College and Missouri-St. Louis on Friday, Feb. 15