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Joplin, Mo. – The Northern State University softball team fell in a pair of 8-run games on Sunday against Missouri Southern on the road. The Wolves tallied three hits in the two shutout losses against MSSU pitchers with earned runs averages below two and three.
THE QUICK DETAILS
Final Score Game 1: NSU 0, MSSU 8 (6 inn.)
Final Score Game 2: NSU 0, MSSU 8 (5 inn.)
Records: NSU 6-15, MSSU 23-9
HOW IT HAPPENED GAME 1
- Northern tallied two hits in the game-one loss against Kiki Pickens who holds a 1.83 ERA
- Abby Rux suffered the loss in the circle for NSU, giving up six runs on seven hits, while Dessa Bryant entered to throw the final three innings of action giving up two runs, one earned, on three hits
- The Lions scored three in the first, three in the second, one in the fourth, and one in the sixth
- Bryant tallied both of the Wolves' hits in the game including a double to left in the sixth
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
Dessa Bryant: 2-for-3, 1 double, 3.1 innings pitched, 1 earned run, 3 hits
HOW IT HAPPENED GAME 2
- Missouri Southern did not slow down in game two, scoring four in the first, three in the second, and one in the fourth
- Aune Boben tallied the loss, giving up seven runs on six hits with four walks, while Dessa Bryant entered in relief, giving up one run and two walks in 2.1 innings of work
- Avarie Eagle connected for the team's lone hit in the contest, a single to left in the fifth
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
Avarie Eagle: 1-for-2
UP NEXT
The Wolves open NSIC action next Saturday and Sunday from Koehler Hall of Fame Field. They will face Minnesota State at 1 and 3 p.m. on Saturday, and Augustana at 12 and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
