Warriors Have to Settle for Another Split with MCC

Ottumwa -- For the second time this season, Indian Hills used a strong pitching performance from Kendle Schieber to take the first game of a doubleheader with Muscatine CC, only to see the Cardinals bounce back in game two and come away with a split.  The Warriors won 5-2 and Muscatine countered with a 4-1 decision on Tuesday at Hellyer Field.

Schieber, who had pitched a complete game in an 11-inning win at Muscatine earlier in the month, scattered seven hits and struck out nine.  She was especially tough in the fifth and sixth innings, pitching out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth and stranding runners at 2nd and 3rd in the next inning. 

Schieber also had a hand at the plate in the Warriors' three-run 1st inning that began with back-to-back infield singles by Hiliary Pennington and Olivia Starcevich.  The first run scored on an error and Schieber and Carrie Hudson then delivered run-scoring doubles.

IHCC made it 5-0 in the 3rd when Pennington walked with the bases loaded and Cheyenne Ellis had an RBI single.  Dana Suiter drove in the MCC runs with a two-run double in the 4th, then had the big blow in the second game, a three-run homer.

The Warriors outhit the Cardinals 6-4 in the second game, but could only manage a single run in the 3rd inning.

Indian Hills is 16-22 and 2-4 in the conference.  The Warriors go to Southeastern for a league DH on Friday.