EDMOND, Ok. — With its backs against the wall and its season on the line, Griffon Softball scrounged up a memorable Saturday at the MIAA Softball Championships where the Griffs eliminated two teams including the No. 5 team in the nation. However, No. 23-nationally ranked and No. 1 seed Washburn sent the Griffons home once and for all with an 8-1 final in the last game on the backend of the bracket.
Missouri Western ends its 2022 run 30-22 and as the No. 4 seed in the tourney. The Griffons eliminated No. 2 seed UCO and No. 7 Nebraska-Kearney before falling to No. 1 Washburn for the second time in as many days.
GAME 1
MWSU 5, NO. 5 UCO 4 (10 INNINGS)
- Rachel Stewart: 2-for-5, 1 RBI, 2 R
- Go-ahead RBI single in top of the 10th
- Emma Hoffart: 2-for-4, 1 HR (10), 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 RBI, 1 R
- Homer in top of the sixth tied game at 2-2
- Chloe Armstrong: 2-for-4, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 RBI
- RBI single in the top of the first
- RBI double in the top of the eighth
- Sydney Rader: 6.2 IP, 6 SO, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 R
- Recorded second save of the season with bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th
GAME 2
MWSU 7, UNK 5
- Rachel Stewart: 2-for-3 1 BB, 2 RBI, 2 R
- Tied the game at 4-4 with two-run single in the bottom of the fourth
- Natalee Weber: 0-for-3, 1 BB, 1 RBI
- Walked with bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh to bring the go-ahead run home
- Chloe Armstrong: 1-for-3, 1 HR (7), 2 RBI
- Game-tying HR in the bottom of the third
- Si Culver: 1-for-1, 2 RBI
- Two-run single in the bottom of the seventh
- Natalie Kissinger: 5 IP, 1 SO, 1 BB, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 R - 12-11 record
- Pitched in relief after Rader threw two innings
GAME 3
NO. 23 WASHBURN 8, MWSU 1
- Griffs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first
- Bubba Hoelscher: 0-for-3, 1 RBI
- Bases-loaded walk in the top of the first
- Ichabods scored six runs in the third and two in the fourth
- MWSU committed two errors, gave up 11 hits and left 10 runners on base
- Sydney Rader: 2.2 IP, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 5 H 3 ER, 6 R - 18-9 record
- Natalie Kissinger: 3.1 IP, 0 SO, 0 BB, 6 H, 2 ER
- Sydni Hawkins: 1-for-2, 2 BB, 1 R
- Kate Voisin: 1-for-3, 1 2B
