Hoelscher 2023
Arianne Boma
Griffons become just the third MIAA team to beat MSSU this season.
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Missouri Western MWSU 29-17, 9-12 MIAA
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Winner Mo. Southern St. MSSU 34-8, 19-2 MIAA
Missouri Western MWSU
29-17, 9-12 MIAA
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Final
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Mo. Southern St. MSSU
34-8, 19-2 MIAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Missouri Western MWSU 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 8 0
Mo. Southern St. MSSU 0 3 0 0 4 0 X 7 8 2

W: Avery Tallman (15-2) L: Pruetting, Harley (15-7) S: Kara Amos (2)

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Winner Missouri Western MWSU 30-17, 10-12 MIAA
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Mo. Southern St. MSSU 34-9, 19-3 MIAA
Winner
Missouri Western MWSU
30-17, 10-12 MIAA
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Final
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Mo. Southern St. MSSU
34-9, 19-3 MIAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Missouri Western MWSU 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 5 2
Mo. Southern St. MSSU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0

W: Pederson, Sam (13-6) L: Natalie Bates (6-4)

Game Recap: Softball | | Derek Zimmerman-Guyer

Four-run inning helps Griffs split with No. 25 Southern

JOPLIN, Mo. — Highlighted by a record-breaking day by Sydni Hawkins, Saturday's doubleheader was decided by a pair of four-run innings, allowing Griffon Softball to split with No. 25 Missouri Southern at the Lipira Softball Complex.

GAME ONE
Missouri Southern 7, Missouri Western 6
Benefiting from a dual-threat attack, Southern jumped ahead early in the bottom of the first thanks to a three-run home run by pitcher Kara Amos. The Griffons fired right back in the third, however, when Jada Collins walked with the bases loaded to put Missouri Western on the board. Pitcher Harley Pruetting then helped her own cause with a two-run infield single, plating Kalee Higdon and Kaylea Fessler to tie the game at 3-3.

The Lions put up four runs in the fifth, as Leighton Withers capped off the frame off with a three-run blast to left field. The Griffons put up a fight in the seventh, scoring three runs to make Southern sweat. Bubba Hoelscher made it a 7-6 deficit with a sacrifice fly to score Rian Gere, but the Griffons left two runners on base to lose 7-6.

GAME TWO
Missouri Western 4, Southern 1
While Southern (34-9, 19-3 MIAA) did score first once again, MWSU used its own four-run inning to keep the Lions at bay. Once MSSU took a 1-0 lead in the third, Maddie Swanson got the party started for the Griffons in the fifth, singling in Kylie DeHook. Hawkins gave her team a 2-1 lead with an RBI single up the middle that brought home Gere. 

Hoelscher added more insurance with a two-run single to left, as Hawkins and Kate Voisin came around to make it a 4-1 Griffon lead. Pitcher Sam Pederson kept Southern subdued for the second half of the day, striking out six Lions while only allowing five hits in seven innings to seal the 4-1 win.

NOTABLES
  • Overall on the day, Hawkins went 4-for-7 with one double, one triple, three RBI and three runs scored.
  • Now with 184 runs scored in her career, Hawkins has broke Morgan Rathmann's (2014-17) all-time program record, marking her third career record broken this season. 
  • Pederson is second in the MIAA with 139 strikeouts this season.
UP NEXT
Missouri Western (30-17, 10-12 MIAA) next takes on Missouri S&T (17-23, 9-9 GLVC) on Wednesday a 1 and 3 p.m. in Rolla, Missouri, at the S&T Softball Field. The Miners have lost five of their last six games, recently splitting with McKendree.
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