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Winter Haven, Fla. – For the second day, the Northern State University softball team went 1-1 from the Diamond Plex. The Wolves opened their day with a 4-1 victory over Quincy University and ultimately fell to American International College in a pair of 8-inning affairs.  
 
THE QUICK DETAILS
Final Score Game 1: NSU 4, QU 1 (8 Inn)
Final Score Game 2: NSU 7, AIC 9 (8 Inn)
Records: NSU 10-4, QU 10-11, AIC 3-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED vs. QUINCY

• The Wolves kicked off the game with one run in the top of the first off the bat of Elly Smith with a single to right, scoring Claire Zbylut
• The Hawks tied the game in the sixth and neither team was able to take the lead in the seventh
• Northern put themselves ahead and added some insurance in the top of the eighth with three runs
• Liv Richardson and Taylor Colemen scored on a double by Elly Smith, and Smith came around to score on a single to right by Madi Jones
• Smith led the team offensively, as the only Wolf to record a multiple hit game, going 3-for-4 with three RBI
• Coleman threw her third win of the season, giving up just one earned run on four hits with seven strikeouts

 
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

• Elly Smith: 3-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 run, double
• Avarie Eagle: 1-for-3, double
• Taylor Coleman: 8.0 innings pitched, 4 hits, 1 earned run, 7 strikeouts, win

 
HOW IT HAPPENED vs. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL

• Each team tallied a 5-run inning in the Wolves second game of the day, with Northern notching five in the second and American International adding five in the seventh
• AIC scored in their first at-bats of the contest and NSU answered with 1-run in the bottom of the first on an Elly Smith single, scoring Claire Zbylut
• Northern took a 6-1 lead in the second scoring five runs on four hits with Kamdyn Barrientos, Lexi Chase, Zbylut, Liv Richardson, and Emma Owens crossing home plate in the inning
• American International tacked on one run in the fifth and added five runs on five hits in the top of the seventh to take the lead
• The Wolves battled with Alexandria Arndt scoring the game tying run, following a pinch hit single by the senior
• AIC tallied two runs in the top of the eighth and the Wolves were unable to get things going offensively
• Zbylut and Smith led the team with four and three hits respectively, as the Wolves scored their seven runs on 11 team hits
• Abby Meads started in the circle, giving up one earned run on three hits in 1.1 innings of work
• Mckenzie Wanner and Abby Rux entered in relief, with Rux ultimately suffering her first loss of the season

 
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

• Claire Zbylut: 4-for-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI, double
• Elly Smith: 3-for-5, 2 RBI
• Eden Ford: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, double

 
UP NEXT
Northern will be off tomorrow and pick play back up on Thursday. First pitch is set for 9:15 a.m. against Caldwell and 2:15 p.m. against Pitt-Johnstown.