The Basics

Game 1: Evangel 5, Minnesota-Crookston 4 | Box Score

Game 2: Evangel 9, Mission 1 (5 inn.) | Box Score

Record: Evangel (6-2), Minnesota-Crookston (2-11), Mission (2-12)

Location: Springfield, Mo. (Meador Park)

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Valor Softball took part in the Drury Softball Classic on Saturday (Mar. 2) afternoon, taking on NCAA D-II Minnesota-Crookston as well as Mission University, formerly Baptist Bible College.

The Valor would use a strong seventh inning to earn a comeback victory against NCAA D-II Minnesota Crookston in game one before using a strong offensive output in game two against Mission University, taking a 9-1 mercy rule win in five innings of play.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Evangel hit a strong .383 batting average combined on Saturday.

• Karlie Romines added a home run to her season total against Minnesota-Crookston.

• Maddy Meierer earned her third win of the season in the circle, using a complete game performance against Minnesota-Crookston to take the victory, throwing 158 pitches in the win.

• The Evangel pitching staff struck out nine batters on Saturday.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Minnesota-Crookston would score three runs in the bottom of the first inning to take an early 3-0 lead over Evangel in game one.

• Evangel would respond in the top of the second, as Daizie Riggs would work a walk and Karlie Romines would blast a two-run home run to left field that hit right off the top of the fence, making it a 3-2 game, in favor of Crookston.

• Evangel would tie the game up in the top of the fourth. Annslee Leeviraphan would hit a double to left field and score on a Reagan Jenkins single down the right field line to make it 3-3.

• Minnesota-Crookston would retake the lead in the bottom of the fifth, 4-3.

• The Valor would come alive in the final inning, scoring a pair of runs to take the lead, 5-4. Danielle Cutbirth would single and steal second, advancing to third on a Kenna Mayfield single. After Mayfield stole second, Cutbirth would score on a wild pitch. Naomi Perkins would hit a sacrifice fly to score Mayfield, giving EU a 5-4 lead.

• Meierer would shut down Minnesota-Crookston in the bottom of the seventh, securing the win for EU, 5-4.

• In game two, Evangel's Kenna Mayfield would open the game with a walk, followed by a Naomi Perkins single. Both runners would score on a Mission error, taking an early 2-0 lead.

• Annslee Leeviraphan singled to open the bottom of the second, while Phoebe Gardner worked a walk. An error on Mission would score both Leeviraphan and Gardner to make it a 4-0 game. Kenna Mayfield would single to score Cutbirth and Mayfield would steal third and score on a passed ball to take a 6-0 Valor lead.

• Mission would score a run in the fourth inning to make it a 6-1 game, but in the bottom of the fifth inning, Evangel would score three runs to earn the mercy rule win, 9-1. Lauren Dill and Annslee Leeviraphan would work a pair of walks and score on a Phoebe Gardner double. Gardner would score the walk-off run on a Danielle Cutbirth sacrifice fly, as EU took a 9-1 win.

UP NEXT

Evangel will take on Culver-Stockton and Mission University tomorrow (Mar. 3) afternoon at Meador Park, beginning at 1:00 p.m.

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