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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University softball team went 1-1 on Saturday at the UAM 8-State Classic in Bentonville, Ark.
- The Bearcats beat Ouachita Baptist, 8-1, in the first game but lost the second game to Southern Nazarene, 5-3.
- Northwest is now 3-5 on the year and will play two more times this weekend.
- Taylor Blackford went the full 7.0 innings in the first game for the win. She allowed just one unearned run on four hits with five strikeouts. She did not walk a batter.
 

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Game One Key Statistics (Northwest 8, Ouachita Baptist 1)
- Northwest scored one run in the first, two in the third and five in the seventh. The Tigers scored their lone run in the second inning.
- The Bearcats scored eight runs on 11 hits with two errors. Ouachita Baptist had one run on four hits with four errors.
- Torri Blythe and Kaitlin Weis each went 2-for-5 in the first game. Both recorded RBIs and each scored a run.
- Jessica Rawie was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
- Rebecca Maher was 1-for-3 with a pair of walks, a run scored and an RBI.
- Kiana Baderdeen was 1-for-3 with an RBI, a run scored and a walk.
- Abigail Gilson went 1-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and a run scored.
- Karli Allen went 1-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs.
- Chantel Adams went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk.
- Blackford put the Tigers down in order in the first, third and sixth innings.

Game One Key Innings
- Blyte came around to score the game's first run in the first inning after a leadoff single. She went to second on a Weis single and scored after an error by the center fielder on a Maher single.

- Weis led off the third with a homerun to right center to put Northwest up, 2-1. Maher followed it up with a walk and went to second after Rawie reached on an error by the shortstop. Two batters later, Baderdeen doubled down the left field line to score Maher to make it 3-1.

- Northwest put the game away in the seventh, scoring five runs. With one down, Rawie singled to left center and Adams followed it with a double to center. A Baderdeen walk loaded the bases for Gilson. Gilson responded with a double to left center, scoring Rawie and Adams. Allen then doubled to right center to score Gilson and Baderdeen to make it 7-1. With Allen still at second now with two outs, Blythe doubled to left, driving in Allen to make the score, 8-1.
 

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Game Two Key Statistics (Southern Nazarene 5, Northwest 3)
- The Bearcats scored one run in the first and two in the seventh. The Storm scored on in the first and four in the third.
- Northwest finished the game with three runs on 10 hits with two errors. SNU had five runs on three hits with one error.
- Weis was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, a walk and an RBI.
- Maher went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
- Adams was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.
- Gilson was 2-for-3 with a double in the second game.
- Moses went 2-for-3 at the plate.
- Holly Posegate got the start in the circle and went 3.0 innings. She allowed just two hits, two earned runs with a strikeout and two walks.
- Weis pitched the final 4.0 innings. She did not allow a run, giving up just one hit with one walk. She also recorded one strikeout.

Game Two Key Innings
- Weis launched her second homerun of the season with one down in the bottom of the first, tying the game, 1-1.

- In the seventh, Weis and Maher led off with back-to-back singles and Kailey Siemonsma reached on an error to load the bases. Adams grounded out to second, allowing Weis to score from third. Maher was able to score a batter later as Baderdeen grounded into a double play, crossing the plate prior to Siemonsma being tagged out at third.
 

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Up Next
- The third and final day in Bentonville begins Sunday at 1 p.m. against William Jewell. Northwest will then take on Rockhurst at 3 p.m.