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Winner Missouri Baptist University MOBAP 0
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Crowley’s Ridge College Crowley’s Ridge College 0
Winner
Missouri Baptist University MOBAP
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Final
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Crowley’s Ridge College Crowley’s Ridge College
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Missouri Baptist University MOBAP 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 9 1
Crowley’s Ridge College Crowley’s Ridge College 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3

W: Fischer, Brooklynn (1-0) L: Natalie Brightwell (0-1)

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Winner Missouri Baptist University MOBAP 0
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Crowley’s Ridge College Crowley’s Ridge College 0
Winner
Missouri Baptist University MOBAP
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Final
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Crowley’s Ridge College Crowley’s Ridge College
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Missouri Baptist University MOBAP 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 7 16 0
Crowley’s Ridge College Crowley’s Ridge College 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2

W: Whitehead, Taylor (1-0) L: Ava Jessup (0-1)

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Game Recap: Softball | | Drew Frey

The No. 15 Spartans Complete the Weekend Sweep at Crowley’s Ridge

PARAGOULD, ARK. - The Spartans complete their weekend sweep over AMC opponents with a pair of wins over Crowley's Ridge allowing just one run in 14 innings of play.

 

Game One Recap

Brooklynn Fischer went to work on both sides of the game in the first of two as she tallied five RBIs and threw seven innings allowing just one hit and one run with a strikeout per inning.

 

Five of Missouri Baptist's nine hits went for extra bases, including a three-run homer from Fischer. Jacie Dees, Jenna Achs, Makayla Johnson, and Fischer all had doubles as well.

 

The squad scored consistently throughout the first three innings, tallying a run per inning, and then put four runs on the scoreboard in the fifth inning with the homerun and an RBI single from Dees.

 

The Spartans played clean defense behind Fischer as they accounted for 14 of the 21 outs and only made one error.

 

Despite the one run the Pioneers got in the first inning they were held scoreless, leading the MBU's 7-1 victory.

 

Winning Pitcher: Brooklyn Fischer (16-3)

Losing Pitcher: N. Brightwell (6-5)

 

Batting Leaders

Brooklynn Fischer: 3-for-4, HR, 2B, 5 RBI, R

Jenna Achs: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 R

Jacie Dees: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R

 

Game Two Recap

Missouri Baptist continued their success into game two by getting on the scoreboard early and often. The Spartans grabbed two runs in the second inning off of a pair of RBI singles from Natalie Archer and Achs, and continued to tack on throughout the game.

 

MBU scored a run in the fourth, fifth, and sixth inning to make it 5-0 before getting a pair of runs in the seventh to go up by seven with just three outs remaining for the Pioneers.

 

Whitehead threw a spectacular game for the Spartans in game two, going seven scoreless innings and gave up just three hits. Similar to game one, Missouri Baptist's defense played a terrific game, accounting for 15 outs behind Whitehead.

 

The Spartans tallied 16 hits throughout the seven innings, leading to their seven runs to Crowley's Ridge's zero in the 7-0 win.

 

Winning Pitcher: Taylor Whitehead (12-2)

Losing Pitcher: A. Jessup (1-3)

 

Batting Leaders

Jenna Achs: 4-for-4, 2 RBI, R

Makayla Johnson: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI

Jacie Dees: 2-for-5, 2 2B

 

Records

Missouri Baptist: 32-6 (14-2 AMC)

Crowley's Ridge: 13-19 (4-8 AMC)

 

Next Game

Missouri Baptist heads to Hannibal-LaGrange for a midweek doubleheader on Tuesday, Apr. 15 starting at 2:00 p.m.

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