Two Days, Two Wins, Two Losses for IHCC in Missouri

Carthage/Neosho, Mo. -- The 19th-ranked Indian Hills softball team had mixed results on a weekend trip to southern Missouri. The Warriors won two games in the abbreviated Carthage Bash on Saturday, then lost two contests played on Crowder CC's diamond in Neosho on Sunday.

IHCC blanked Connors State (OK) in the first game on Saturday. Ali Martin gave up just one hit in notching her 4th win of the spring against only one loss. The Warriors scored twice in the first inning and three times in the 3rd in building a big early cushion.

Morgan Powers had three hits and Tory Beaver two for IHCC and Nicole Steinle drove in three of the five runs. Powers and Sarah Wilcox each scored twice.

Another fast start helped the Warriors in the second game. They scored five runs in the first two innings on the way to a 9-5 victory against Maple Woods.

Indian Hills pounded out 13 hits, including home runs by Steinle and Sydney Hallbauer. Beaver and Powers had three-hit games and Beaver and Steinle each had two runs scored and two RBIs.

Big innings by Sunday's two opponents led to two defeats. Crowder scored 10 runs in the 4th inning and knocked off the Warriors, 11-3. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M broke a 6-all tie with seven runs in the bottom of the 6th and beat IHCC, 13-7, in the second game of the day.

Hannah Washburn took a 3-1 lead into the 4th against Crowder, the team that Indian Hills defeated in last year's District tournament. But the team that hosted the two Sunday games, erupted against Washburn and reliever Emily Hemming.

Jordan Grell and Powers had two hits each for the Warriors and Grell knocked in two runs.

Kristen Paulson slammed a homer in the second game and she drove in three runs. Wilcox had three hits and Grell and Paulson two apiece.

The Warriors ended the weekend with a 14-8 record. They begin conference play at Muscatine CC on Tuesday.