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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State softball team split Friday's doubleheader with Nebraska Kearney at Dryden Park in Kearney, Neb.
- The Lopers took game one, 11-8, after scoring six runs in the sixth inning.
- The Bearcats came back and won the nightcap in convincing style, outscoring UNK 10-1.
- The Bearcats are now 15-17 on the year and 8-6 in the conference, while the Lopers move to 11-22 overall and 9-9 in the MIAA.

Game One Key Statistics (Northwest 8, Nebraska Kearney 11)
- Second baseman Torri Blythe finished the game 3-for-4 with two RBI out of the nine hole.
- Junior Kendle Schieber scored a pair of runs and drove in another after clubbing a double and drawing a walk.
- Catcher Jessica Rawie reached base three times, scoring two runs and driving in one.
- Rebecca Maher crossed the plate twice for the Bearcats.
- Junior Sarah Baldwin took the loss for Northwest, giving up nine runs (seven earned) on eight hits across 5.2 innings.
- The Lopers committed five errors, compared to just two on Northwest.

Game One Key Innings
- The Bearcats jumped out to an early lead when Rebecca Maher led the game off with an infield single. After moving to second on Cassidy Lee's groundout, Maher advanced to third when Stephanie Mark drove a single to left. Next up was Chantel Adams, who sent a ground ball to second to score Maher.
- Kendle Schieber drew a one-out walk in the top of the second and came in to score two batters later when Torri Blythe crushed a double to left center.
- Northwest grabbed the lead in the third after Cassidy Lee reached on an error by the second baseman. With two outs, Baylee Scarbrough drew a walk and Jessica Rawie drove a single to left to score Lee. Both Scarbrough and Rawie came around to score after the right fielder dropped a drive off the bat of Schieber, making the score 5-4.
- With the game knotted up at five, Rawie started a two-out rally in the fifth by slapping a single to right. She came in to score when Schieber pounded a double to right center. Blythe's single to left center drove in Schieber to put the Bearcats in front, 7-5.
- Northwest extended it's lead in the sixth after Maher scored on Scarbrough's single to center.
 

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Game Two Key Statistics
- Kendle Schieber went the distance for the Bearcats, surrendering one run on five hits. The junior struck out three Loper batters while walking one.
- Eight of the nine batters for Northwest scored at least one run.
- Chantel Adams finished game two 2-for-4 with two runs, driving her sixth home run of the year in the process.
- Catcher Jessica Rawie was a triple short of the cycle with the home run being a grand slam. The freshman finished with two runs and five RBI.
- After returning to the leadoff position, Torri Blythe slapped three singles in her four at bats.
- Shortstop Rebecca Maher collected a pair of RBI after finishing 2-for-5 with a double.
- DP Abigail Gilson scored a run and knocked in another on a pair of singles.

Game Two Key Innings
- The Bearcats opened the scoring in the third inning after Jessica Rawie reached on a fielder's choice. Rawie scored two batters later after there was a throwing error on Cassidy Lee's single to left.
- Northwest extended its lead in the fourth when Chantel Adams led off with a home run to left center. Rawie's double later in the inning scored Kendle Schieber, who reached on a fielder's choice.
- The Bearcats exploded for seven runs in the top of the seventh, their highest scoring inning so far this season. Singles from Stephanie Mark and Adams and a walk to Baylee Scarbrough loaded the bases. With two outs, Abigail Gilson reached on a single to short to score the first run, followed by a grand slam to left off the bat of Rawie. After Torri Blythe and Cassidy Lee each reached on singles, Maher drove them in with a double to left center.
 

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Up Next
- The Bearcats travel to Hays, Kan. for another MIAA doubleheader against Fort Hays State on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for noon.