Saturday, March 2
Northwest Missouri State at William Jewell, 1:30 p.m. | WATCH | LIVE STATS
Northwest Missouri State vs. Wayne State, 4 p.m. | WATCH | LIVE STATS
 
Sunday, March 3
Northwest Missouri State vs. Wayne State, 1:30 p.m. | WATCH | LIVE STATS
Northwest Missouri State at William Jewell, 4 p.m. | WATCH | LIVE STATS

The Northwest Missouri State University softball team will travel to Liberty, Mo., to take on William Jewell and Wayne State (Neb.) for four total games this weekend.
 
The Bearcats are 7-7 overall, but have posted a 4-0 mark in road games this season. William Jewell will serve as the host for the four games. William Jewell is 6-8 on the season, while Wayne State is 1-11 overall.
 
Head coach Naomi Tellez's squad leads the MIAA in on-base percentage (.428).
 
Northwest is 7-1 when it out-hits the opposition. Northwest has out-scored its opponents, 14-8, in the first inning of contests. Northwest is 6-2 when scoring in the first inning. Northwest is 5-1 when leading after six innings.
 
Lillie Filger leads the squad with a .423 batting average. She also leads the team with seven multi-hit games this season. Filger is 12-of-20 (.600) this season when leading off an inning. She is tied for the team lead with three hits with the bases loaded. Filger is 4-of-4 in stolen base attempts. Filger leads the Bearcats with 22 hits and 17 runs scored. Filger is tied for No. 7 in the MIAA in runs scored and No. 8 in the league in runs hits.
 
Omara Love is the midst of a five-game hitting streak heading into Saturday's action. Love is tied for the team lead with seven two-out hits. Love is batting .367 with 11 hits.
 
Skylar Pieper is tied for team-high honors with seven two-out base hits. She also tops the squad in two-out RBI (7). Pieper is 7-of-9 when leading off an inning. Pieper is tied for the team lead with three home runs. Pieper is batting .400 with 16 hits, 11 runs scored and 10 RBI. She has drawn a team-high 10 walks. She ranks No. 5 in the MIAA in on-base percentage (.556). Pieper ranks No. 7 in the league in OPS (1.256). She is tied for sixth in the MIAA in home runs (3). She is tied for fifth in the MIAA in walks drawn (10). Pieper has been hit by four pitches, which ranks tied for fourth in the MIAA.
 
Alexis Brown leads the team with 12 hits with runners on base. She also tops the squad with nine hits with runners in scoring position. Brown is 4-of-5 in the stolen base department. Brown is batting .358 with 19 hits.
 
Lauren Gray is tied for sixth in the MIAA in home runs (3). She ranks No. 6 in the MIAA in RBI (15). Gray became the first Bearcat to hit three home runs in a game when she launched three in the season-opening win over Ouachita Baptist. Gray hit two solo homers and a grand slam against the Tigers. She is one of two NCAA Div. II players to have hit three home runs in a game this season, joining Francis Marion's Taylor Watford.
 
 
Abby Nolte has been coming through with six hits in seven at-bats with a runner on third and less than two outs. Nolte is batting .326 with 15 hits, 10 runs and 14 RBI. Nolte tied the Bearcat single-game record in RBI with seven at Henderson State. Nolte tied a mark set by Annie Melius (vs. Washburn – April 28, 1987), and Abigail Gilson (vs. Central Missouri – April 27, 2017). She is one of four NCAA Div. II players with seven RBI in a game this season.
 
Most Runs Batted In (Single-Game)
7, Annie Melius vs. Washburn (4/28/87)
7, Abigail Gilson vs. Central Missouri (4/27/17)
7, Abby Nolte at Henderson State (2/4/24)
 
Nolte ranks No. 4 in Bearcat history with 31 home runs.
 
Most Home Runs (Career)
1. Kaitlyn Weis (2017-2021) - 56
2.  Olivia Daugherty (2019-2023) - 43
3. Ashley Pride (2003-2006) - 37
4. Abby Nolte (2020-pr.) - 31
5. Lindsay Stephenson (2003-2007) - 27
    Chantel Adams (2014-2017) - 27
7. Megan Simpson (2006-2009) - 26
8. Stephanie Mark (2014-2015) - 25
9. Angie McCoy (2001-2004) - 24
10. Erin Keeney (2018-2020) – 23
 
Most Runs Batted In (Career)
1. Kaitlyn Weis (2017-2021) - 191
2. Olivia Daugherty (2019-2023) - 152
3. Chantel Adams (2014-2017) - 145
4. Rebecca Maher (2015-2018) - 141
5. Ashley Pride (2003-2006) - 135
6. Erin Leslie (2007-2010) - 118
7. Abby Nolte (2020-pr.) – 116
8. Megan Spring (2001-2004) - 113
    Amanda Urquhart (1997-2000) – 113
10. Angie McCoy (2001-2004) – 109
 
Sophomore pitcher Jadyn Streigle picked up two wins and did not allowed an earned run in 14 innings pitched at the Washburn Invitational. Streigle allowed four hits (all singles) and walked two batters in the two contests. She struck out two batters. The only two runs she allowed in the two outings came in a 2-1 win over St. Cloud State and in the international tiebreaker in the top of the ninth against Minnesota-Crookston. Streigle is 3-2 on the season with a 3.38 earned run average. She has allowed only six extra-base hits out of her 30 hits given up.
 
Junior pitcher Cassidy Paulson tossed her first complete game of her Bearcat career against Augustana (Feb. 25). Paulson owns a team-best 2.83 ERA and is 0-1 in 17 1/3 innings pitched. She has struck out 10 and walked seven. She has allowed one extra-base hit (double) out of her 23 hits given up.
 
Senior pitcher Breck Dickey is 1-3 with a 6.23 ERA this season. She leads the squad with 20 strikeouts in 21 1/3 innings pitched.
Dickey has tallied 30 career wins, which ranks tied for the 10th-most in program history. Dickey ranks No. 2 on Northwest's all-time strikeout list with 377 career punchouts. Dickey also ranks No. 5 in appearances (93) and No. 9 in innings pitched (416 2/3).
 
Most Wins (Career)
1. Michele Ansley (1997-2000) - 53
2. Jenna Creger (2010-2013) - 48
3. Cola Krueger (2006-2009) - 47
4. Shelly MacDonald (2002-2005) - 43
5. Kelly Morris (2006-2008) - 41
6. Shelley Lewis (1982-1985) - 39
7. Shelly McClure (1984-1987) - 37
8. Shelly Navara (1986-1987) - 35
9. Kendle Schieber (2015-2016) - 33
10. Sarah Baldwin (2014-2016) - 30
      Breck Dickey (2020-pres.) - 30
 
Most Strikeouts (Career)
1. Jenna Creger (2010-2013) - 554
2. Breck Dickey (2020-pr.) - 383
3. Cola Krueger (2006-2009) - 368
4. Kelly Morris (2006-2008) - 320
5. Sarah Baldwin (2014-2016) - 302
6. Rachel Smith (2016-2020) - 285
7. Kendle Schieber (2015-2016) - 255
8. Michele Ansley (1997-2000) - 240
9. Jennifer Spencer (1995-1996) - 226
10. Shelly MacDonald (2002-2005) – 224
 
Most Appearances (Career)
1. Cola Krueger (2006-2009) - 135
2. Jenna Creger (2010-2013) - 112
3. Shelly MacDonald (2002-2005) - 105
4. Michele Ansley (1997-2000) - 94
   Breck Dickey (2020-pres) - 94
6. Morgan Brunmeier (2010-2013) - 89
7. Christy Blankenau (1988-1991) - 88
8. Kelly Morris (2006-08) - 87
9. Abbie Vitosh (2012-2015) - 83
10. Cola Krueger (2008-2009) – 79
 
Most Innings Pitched (Career)
1. Cola Krueger (2006-2009) - 594.1
2. Jenna Creger (2010-2013) - 591.2
3. Michele Ansley (1997-2000) - 552.2
4. Shelly MacDonald (2002-2005) - 518.2
5. Shelly McClure (1984-1987) - 518.1
6. Christy Blankenau (1988-1991) - 476.1
7. Kristi Sweeney (1993-1996) - 416.1
8. Shelly Lewis (1982-1985) - 430.2
9. Breck Dickey (2020-pr.) - 423.0
10. Sarah Baldwin (2014-2016) - 405.1