The Northwestern College softball team had its five-game win streak snapped as they lost a pair of games to No.11 Morningside 6-1 and 8-3.

The Raiders enter the final week of the regular season tied with Jamestown for third place in the conference standings with a 12-6 record, 25-11 overall. 

    Game One: 6-1 loss

• The Mustangs struck first, pushing three runs across in the bottom of the first inning
  • Mykel Gray drew a one-out walk, advanced to second on a single by Breanna Tjebben; both players scored on double from Morgan Nixon
  • Nixon came across home plate after a single by Carson Cameron for a 3-0 lead
• Morningside added a fourth run in the bottom of the second on a double steal
• Northwestern broke through for its only run in the third after walks to Madysn Grotewold and Emily Bosch, who advanced to third a sacrifice bunt by Jessica Mouw; Bosch later scored on a stolen base
• The Mustangs plated two insurance runs in the sixth
• Kameryn Etherington (16-4) gave up seven hits, four runs and stuck out three in four innings
• Northwestern totaled three hits, a double by Bosch and singles from Jennifer Boeve and Jordyn Kramer
• Lisa Bolton (17-0) stayed unbeaten, improving to 17-0, with a complete-game three hitter
• Morningside totaled 11 hits from eight different players, Nixon and Lexie Stolen had two hits each

    Game Two: 8-3 loss

• Northwestern went ahead on a two-run home run by Emily Strassser in the top of the first inning; her seventh of the season
• Morningside answered right back in the bottom of the first on a two-run home run from Tjebben
• A solo home run by Etherington with one out in the second gave Northwestern its final lead, 3-2
• Three more runs pushed across in the home half of the second put Morningside in front for good
  • Cropley belted a two-run home run and Ashton Whited added an RBI single
• Morningside added a run in the fifth when Taylor Richter was hit by a pitch, scoring Andi Hays
• Nixon added a two-run double in the sixth, giving Morningside an 8-3 lead
• Northwestern had six hits, led by Strasser (2/3) and Etherington (1/2, RBI)
• Samantha Ubben (7-7) took the loss, giving up eight hits and seven runs in 4.1 innings
• Alex Nelson (11-2) earned the win, giving up two hits and one run in four innings; one of three Morningside pitchers
• Nixon led the Mustangs offense with three hits; Cropley and Tjebben added two hits each