Warriors Come Up Short in Bid for League Title

Ottumwa -- Indian Hills needed to sweep Muscatine CC on Thursday to forge a tie with Iowa Western for the regular season conference crown. The Warriors took care of business in the first game, winning 8-1. But their quest for a share of the title came up a game short when Muscatine bounced back with a 3-2 win in game two.

Indian Hills ends the regular season with a 32-15 record and was 7-5 in conference games. They will play Southeastern in their first test in the Region 11 tournament in Muscatine on Saturday.

Jordan Grell provided the only runs the Warriors would need in the opener. After Kylee Homewood and Morgan Powers singled, Grell lined a homer to left. Homewood added a two-run double in IHCC's three-run 2nd.

Sarah Wilcox and Kristen Paulson delivered RBI-singles in the 5th.

Meanwhile, Hannah Washburn allowed only a 3rd-inning solo homer in her 6 1/3 innings of work for Indian Hills. She fanned eight and gave up five hits.

Sonja Holmes got the last two outs in the 7th.

MCC grabbed a 3-0 lead after 3 1/2 innings of game two, getting two runs in the 3rd and one in the 4th against IHCC starter Kylee Coughlin. All of the runs were unearned. The Warriors committed four errors in the game.

Indian Hills was scoreless until the bottom of the 6th when they scored twice on an RBI double by Jenna Wolfe and a passed ball.

A bases-loaded situation in the bottom of the 7th failed to produce the tying run for Indian Hills as the Warriors came up a run short.

Holmes and Ali Martin combined for three innings of shutout relief for the Warriors.