The Northwestern College softball team scored 22 runs in a double header sweep against College of Saint Mary played today in Omaha, Neb. The Raiders defeated the Flames 11-1 (5 innings) in game one and earned an 11-9 win in game two.
Northwestern has won five straight games heading into Saturday's doubleheader against No.20 Morningside, improving to 12-4 in the GPAC, 25-9 overall.Â
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Game One: 11-1 win (5 innings)
- Northwestern had a 3-0 lead until an 8-run sixth inning where they sent 11 batters to the plate
- Emily Strasser hit a pair of home runs in the 8-run sixth; the junior led off with a solo shot and then hit a three-run home run to cap the scoring
- Strasser totaled four RBI and was one of four Raiders with two hits
- Kameryn Etherington carred a perfect game into the fifth inning; the freshman improved to 16-3 on the season
- Etherington struck out seven and did not walk anyone'
- Emily Bosch, Sydney Johnson and Etherington also had two hits for the Raiders
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Game Two: 11-9 win
- Down 7-2 after two innings, Northwestern scored four runs in the third and three in the fourth to grabe the lead for good
- Sydney Johnson drew a bases load walk, followed by a three-run single by Jordyn Kramer in the four-run third
- Erick McKenney delivered an RBI groundout, Etherington an RBI double and Johnson an RBI single in the 3-run in the fourth
- Jennifer Boeve hit an RBI single, leading to a pair of insurance runs in the seventh for the Raiders
- Sydnee Isom earned her second win (2-0), 2 IP, 4 hits, run
- Etherington picked up her second save and escaped the sixth inning when CSM had the tying run at third with one out
- Northwestern totaled 11 hits, led by Boeve who went 3-for-4 with 3 runs
- Johnson and Kramer both had two hits
