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WAYNE, NEB. – The Northern State Wolves (7-11, 0-0 NSIC) softball team staged a furious comeback in the seventh inning of their first game of the day versus Wayne State (8-7, 0-0 NSIC), scoring four runs to tie the game before falling short 6-5 to the host Wildcats. The Wolves also fell 9-0 to Southwest Minnesota State (9-4, 0-0 NSIC) in the squads second game of the day.

The Wolves got on the scoreboard first as Brooke Norris rounded the bases with a walk, a steal and scoring on a past ball. The Wildcats scored two runs on the bottom half of the first to take the 2-1 lead.

The Wildcats padded their lead with two more runs in the second and another in the fifth which led to the Wolves comeback in the seventh.

Whitney Luhring hit a homerun, her second of the season, to lead off the seventh. Cat Zimmerman singled through the left side to reach base. After a fly out and pop up and the Wolves down to their final out, Ashley Gabler stepped up to the plate and singled to right field. Brooke Norris, who led the Wolves with two hits then doubled to left field scoring two runs.

The Wolves down just one, tied the game with a single from Brittany Huback as Norris came around to score.

However, the Wildcats put a rally together in the bottom half of the seventh, with runners reaching base on two errors and the winning run coming from a single to center field for the 6-5 final.

Senior Kelli Bornander pitched the complete game, giving up six runs, five of which earned on ten hits while striking out six. Norris led with the 2-3 effort at the plate scoring two runs and driving in another two.

In the Wolves second game of the day, another non-conference affair, the Wolves fell 9-0 in five innings to the Mustangs of Southwest Minnesota State.

Freshman Kami Smesmo took the loss, pitching just one inning giving up four hits and two runs. Stephanie Horkey pitched the other four innings giving up seven runs of which six were earned.

The Wolves were unable to get going offensively just getting two hits off of Rachel Groff, who picked up her first career victory while striking out five.

The Wolves will play at home for the first time this spring by hosting Jamestown College on Thursday, March 22 with the first game of the double header scheduled at 3 p.m.