JOPLIN, Mo. – The Northwest Missouri State softball team recorded its second win of the day with a 6-3 victory over Southwest Baptist.
 
The Bearcats improved to 11-5 overall this season.
 
In the third inning, Abby Nolte got the 'Cats on the board first with a single to left field that scored Lillie Filger.
 
Southwest Baptist evened it up at 1-1 with a score off a wild pitch.
 
SBU took its first lead of the day in the bottom of the fourth after a runner stole second and the runner on third was able to score on the throw to second. Another SBU Bearcat scored off a sacrifice fly to take a 3-1 lead.
 
Northwest tallied five runs in the top of the sixth. Madison Friest singled to left field which scored Omara Love. Two at bats later Lauren Gray hit a sacrifice fly to left center that brought Lela Bryant home to tie the score at 3-3. A few batters later, Olivia Daugherty hit a two-RBI single to center field, scoring Brylee Kemper and Filger. In the next at bat, Nolte hit a sacrifice fly to right field that allowed Skylar Pieper to tag and come home to take a 6-3 lead.
 
Breck Dickey gets the pitching win to move her record to 3-3. Dickey went 6.0 innings with six strikeouts, two hits, and three runs.
 
Raven Defrain replaced Dickey for the final inning and recorded one strikeout.
 
The trio of Lillie Filger, Abby Nolte, and Omara Love led the team as they each had two hits. Filger had a team-best two runs, and Nolte and Olivia Daugherty both tallied two RBIs.