KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With a two game total of 29 hits and 25 runs the Northwest Missouri State softball team was able to defeat Rockhurst 13-1 in game one, then 12-7 in game two, Wednesday.

The bats were out early for the Bearcats who scored five runs in the top of the first inning in game one.

Northwest and RU both plated one run in the second inning.

The Bearcats then put up six runs on four hits in the top of the third inning to take a 12-1 lead before adding one more in the fifth inning.

Abbie Vitosh silenced the RU bats and went the distance for the win on her way to her fourth complete game of the season. Vitosh walked only one, while giving up five hits and allowing only 1 run and striking out a season high seven batters.

Torri Blythe went 4 for 4 with an RBI while scoring three times in the contest. Kristin Uthe went 3 for 3 with four RBIs as she hit her second long ball of the season over the left center field fence.

Northwest picked up in game two where they left off in game one as they got on the board in the first inning with two runs.

RU plated one run in the bottom of the first and then tied the game up at 2-2 with a run in the second.

Baylee Scarbrough singled in Stephanie Mark in the third inning to take back the lead, 3-2.

A three run home run by RU in the bottom half of the third put them up 5-3.

The bats came back out for the Bearcats in the fifth inning as they drove in four runs, and then again in the seventh when they added five runs.

RU could only manage two runs in the bottom of the seventh as Sarah Baldwin got the win in the 12-7 victory.

Chantel Adams was 3 for 5 in game two scoring twice and driving in two runs while hitting her fifth home run of the season. Adams currently leads the Bearcats with 19 runs driven in this season.

Baldwin moves her season record to 5-4 as she collected her fourth complete game of the season.

Head Coach Ryan Anderson's team will head to St. Joseph, Mo. for the Missouri Western Classic. The Bearcats will play five games in three days beginning on Friday when they take on Concordia-St. Paul for a 10 a.m. start.