WAVERLY, Iowa—The Wartburg softball team (15-13 overall, 5-3 American Rivers) earned a split with Nebraska Wesleyan (20-16, 5-9) Sunday. The Prairie Wolves won the opener, 6-3, but the Knights claimed the finale 7-6.
Game one:
- The game was scoreless until the third inning when NWU hit a solo home run.
- The Orange and Black answered with three runs in the bottom of the frame on an RBI single, a hit by pitch, and walk, all with bases loaded.
- The Prairie Wolves added one in the sixth, again on a solo shot, and used a four-run seventh inning to reclaim the lead.
- Wartburg was unable to have a baserunner advance past first in the last two innings.
- Sydney Fellows went 2-4 with a run scored.
Game two
- NWU jumped to a 3-0 lead after its first at-bats.
- The Knights answered with four in the bottom of the first, which included a leadoff home run by Deputy. They used small ball once again on two RBI fielder's choices.
- Fellows drove in Kaylie Springer in the second on her RBI single to center.
- The Prairie Wolves added three in the fifth to take the 6-5 lead.
- Deputy hit her second homerun of the game in the sixth, this time scoring two as it cleared the left field fence for the go-ahead runs.
- NWU was retired in order in the seventh to seal the win for the Orange and Black.
- Deputy was 2-4 with two runs and three RBIs in the leadoff spot.
- Springer was 3-4 with two runs
- Fellows was 2-4 with a run and an RBI
- Hannah Luellen earned the save in the circle
Next game
The Knights conclude their six-game homestand Tuesday when they host Loras in a twinbill at 3 p.m.