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ANGOLA, Ind. -- Mount Union's softball team beat No. 19-ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point 9-0 in five innings in an NCAA Tournament matchup on Thursday afternoon.
The Purple Raiders (33-8) struck first with a four-run first inning as sophomores Faith Kiko and Minerva High School graduate Lydia Brunner drew back-to-back walks to bring in the first two runs, then sophomore Kaitlyn Culver got hit by a pitch to bring in the third and an error by the shortstop would allow Kiko to score the fourth run of the inning.
Mount Union would add to their lead in the top half of the second inning when Kiko hit an RBI single that brought in sophomore Faith Reicosky to make the lead 5-0. Then, in the third inning, sophomore Sydney Mercer, a West Branch graduate, hit an RBI single that brought in Culver to stretch the lead to six runs. The Raiders added three more runs in the top of the fourth inning, the first coming off an RBI single from Brunner and then sophomore Brooklyn Schlabach hit a two RBI single to make the lead 9-0.
Sophomore Kendyll Cahill got the start in the circle for Mount Union, she threw a complete game shutout giving up just two hits and striking out four.
The Raiders will take on No. 4 Trine at 11 a.m. today in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Angola, Ind.
Brown pitches for Titans
ANGOLA, Ind. -- Westminster College was dealt a 9-0, five-inning run-rule loss by defending Division III champion and fourth-ranked Trine University Thursday afternoon in an NCAA Div. III tournament game at SportONE/Parkview Softball Field.
Trine, 40-3 this season, has won 14 straight games. On Friday, the Thunder will face Mount Union at 11 a.m. in the next round.
Westminster, in its first NCAA tournament appearance, falls to 25-12. The Titans will take on Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 1:30 p.m. today in the regional elimination game.
After registering a pair of runs in the second and three more in the third, Trine added four runs in the fourth inning to go up 9-0.
Graduate student left-hander Madison Brown, an East Liverpool High School graduate, fell to 11-7 this season with the loss, giving up five runs on seven hits with a walk and a strikeout in two innings. Freshman righty Natalie Davis of Boardman worked 1 1/3 scoreless relief innings, walking one and striking out one.