Macks Creek, Mo. – The SBU softball team continued their conference season Monday afternoon as they swept the Upper Iowa Peacocks in a doubleheader. Those two wins moves them to 17-19 (9-7 GLVC) on the season. This win gives the Bearcats their most conference wins since 2017, and a firm 6
th place spot in the GLVC standings.
Game 1: W, (5-1)
After two and a half scoreless innings, the Bearcats got on the scoreboard after a triple from
Margo Frossard sent
Reagan Echelmeier across the plate. Shortly after
Angie Micone singled to center field scoring Frossard. A solo homerun from the Peacocks in the 4
th closed the gap but stellar pitching from freshman
Abby Leer kept Upper Iowa at bay.
The Bearcats gave Leer some insurance runs in the 4
th with a two RBI double from Gracee Godfrey and a sacrifice fly from
Audrey Rahlmann, making it 5-1. Leer pitched a complete game allowing only one run off six hits for her third win of the season. She also threw three strikeouts.
Game 2: W, (6-3)
In the second game of the day, Upper Iowa got off to an early lead scoring a run in each of the first two innings. Another triple from Frossard cut that lead in half in the bottom half of the second inning scoring Rahlmann. A 5-0 run from there started with a three-run 3
rd inning with RBI's from
Shalie Wooden, Rahlmann, and
Lexi Detwiler. The scoring ended for the Bearcats in the 4
th inning after a two RBI double from
Grace Stearns giving SBU a 6-2 lead. The Peacocks attempted a rally in the 7
th scoring one run, but pitcher
Shalie Wooden shut them down.
Paige Leithead started the game on the mound throwing two innings, allowing two runs. In the top of the third, Wooden came in to relieve and nearly pitched a scoreless outing only allowing one run in the 7
th. She picked up her 7
th win of the season while recording three strikeouts.
Southwest Baptist will return to action this coming weekend as they travel to Liberty, Missouri to take on William Jewell. This continued conference schedule will take place on Saturday, April 5
th beginning at 12:00pm.