Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University softball team went 1-1 on Saturday at the Arkansas-Monticello Division II Softball Challenge in Bentonville, Ark.
- The Bearcats fell to Harding in game one, 1-0, but came back to beat Henderson State, 1-0, in the afternoon session.
- Northwest is now 2-2 on the year after the opening weekend.
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Game One Headlines (Harding 1, Northwest 0)
- Harding scored the game's lone run in the fifth inning. The Lady Bisons finished with seven hits and no errors. Northwest had three hits and no errors in the game.
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Rachel Smith got the start and threw the complete 7.0 innings. She allowed seven hits and one run. She struck out two batters while walking four.
- Harding improved to 5-0 on the year with the win.
Game One Key Statistics
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Torri Blythe,
Rebecca Maher and
Alexis Kelsey all went 1-for-3.
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Jessica Rawie was 1-for-2 with a walk.
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Game Two Headlines (Northwest 1, Henderson State 0)
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Chantel Adams hit a game winning seventh-inning solo home run to give Northwest the win.
- Henderson State falls to 2-6 on the year while Northwest evened its record at 2-2.
- Statistics from the game will be posted when they become available.
Game Two Key Statistics
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Holly Posegate threw a 7.0 inning shutout.
- The Northwest came up with a pair of key defensive stops at the plate. Blythe threw a runner out who was trying to tag from third after she made a diving catch in foul territory.
Kaitlin Weis threw out a runner at the plate off a relay from Maher in the first inning.
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Up Next
- Northwest will return to Bentonville, Ark., next weekend for six contests starting on Friday, Feb. 17, against Southern Arkansas at 9 a.m.
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