TIGERS PICK UP A WIN IN DOUBLEHEADER AT INDIANA TECH
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Olivet Nazarene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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Indiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Olivet Nazarene | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
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Indiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Olivet Nazarene University softball picked up a win in a doubleheader at Indiana Tech Saturday afternoon. After holding on for the 5-4 win in the opener, the Tigers couldn't thwart the Warriors in a 3-1 game two loss.
Game One: Olivet Nazarene 5, Indiana Tech 4
After surrendering the lead in the bottom of the first, the Tigers evened the score in the top of the third when Faith Mikos lifted a sacrifice fly to center field that plated Margaret Landis.
ONU then put up two runs in back-to-back innings to extend their lead to four. In the top; of the fifth, Landis scored Gwen Bender with an RBI single before Mikos notched her second RBI of the day with a double. In the next inning, Bender tripled to score Kori Fricke and Kate Landis sent out an RBI single to make it 5-1 ONU.
Indiana Tech staged a rally in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring three runs to make it a one-run ballgame. With the tying run on second base, Fricke induced a groundout that secured the Tiger victory.
Fricke went the distance as the ONU starter, scattering nine hits and four earned runs and striking out a pair. Margaret Landis led the Tigers on offense, going 3-for-3 with an RBI and scoring two runs.
Game Two: Indiana Tech 3, Olivet Nazarene 1
The Tigers jumped out to an early lead in game two. After Mallory O'Connor got aboard on an error by the pitcher, Allie Timm made the Warriors pay with a double in the gap. O'Connor scored came all the way around from first base to put ONU up 1-0 in the second.
That would prove to be the only run the Tigers could get across in game two. The 1-0 lead held until the sixth inning when the Warriors played longball with a three-run homer to take the lead.
ONU put together a rally in the final inning, loading the bases with only one out on the board. However, the Tigers couldn't bring anyone home, settling with the doubleheader split.
Allie Timm pitched all six innings as the starter. She only surrendered three earned runs on five hits in the loss.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Tigers are going wheels up to Arizona to take part in the Tucson Invitational. ONU will open up the tournament against the College of Saint Mary (Neb.) on Monday, March 6 at 10 a.m. CST.
--ONU—
*Contact: Evan Wild, Sports Information Director, ewwild@olivet.edu