ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The Northwest Missouri State softball team was able to maintain their eighth spot in the conference as they won 3 out of 4 this weekend splitting a double header with Lindenwood Saturday, falling in game one, 3-2, then taking game two, 6-5, in eight innings.

The Lady Lions hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning of game one to jump out to an early 1-0 lead.

Torri Blythe singled to bring in Maddie Jones from third for the Bearcats first run of the game. Jordan Ereth scored later in the inning on an error to put her team up 2-1.

LU answered back with two runs of their own in the bottom half to go back up 3-2.

Both pitchers then settled in allowing zero runs the rest of the way out.

Abbie Vitosh received the loss in game one allowing three runs while striking out four. Vitosh moves to 7-11 on the season.

Chantel Adams singled in Steph Mark in the top of the first inning of game two for a quick 1-0 lead.

Northwest's big offensive output came one inning later when they scored four runs on four hits with RBI's coming from Taszia Roseberry, Jordan Ereth and Mark. Mark hit a two out two RBI single to score Cassidy Lee and Ereth to go up 5-0.

The Lady Lions then climbed back into the game with two runs in the fourth, two in the sixth and one more in the bottom of the seventh to send the game into extra innings.

Ereth led off the eighth inning with a single and went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Blythe. With two outs and the go-ahead run on second Mark ripped a double to left center field to score Ereth and put her team up 6-5.

Sarah Baldwin then shut down the LU offense in the bottom half of the eighth to secure her 10th win of the season.

Mark, Lee and Adams all had three hits apiece in the victory accounting for four of the six runs scored in the game.

Northwest moves their season record to 19-25, 12-10. The Bearcats have two series remaining in the regular season as they look to make their fifth consecutive trip to the conference tournament. Head Coach Ryan Anderson's team will take on the defending National Champions, Central Oklahoma, Friday April 25 at Bearcat Field. First pitch is slated to be thrown at 2 p.m