ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western Softball head coach Jen Bagley Trotter earned career win No. 614, tying her for the most wins in MIAA softball history with former MWSU head coach Rhesa Sumrell in a 6-4 victory over Northern State (8-11) on Thursday.
 
Trotter's Griffons (16-12) fought back to open the Hy-Vee Classic with the milestone victory, scoring a crucial run in the bottom of the fourth to break a 4-4 tie.
 
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• Trotter hit her second milestone of the season, earning her 600^th win on the second day of the 2019 season and moving one win away from becoming the winningest softball coach in MIAA history
• A Gabi Carter RBI-single in the bottom of the fourth gave MWSU the winning run
• Sydni Hawkins added an insurance run with an RBI-single in the bottom of the fifth
• Carter went 3-4 in the game and drove in three of MWSU's runs, including a two-run home run in the third
• Northern State opened up a 3-0 lead after two and a half innings
• Carter's home run provided the first two of four runs in the bottom of the third that gave MWSU a 4-3 lead
• Kaili Hinds improved to 9-3 on the season, allowing four runs on five hits
• Lexi Kinnaird earned her first save of the season, going the final three innings and keeping the Wolves off the scoreboard on two hits

 
UP NEXT

• The Griffons host Augustana (S.D.) in what will be the fifth game of the Hy-Vee Classic at noon on Friday