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Julie Drewes
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Wartburg WARTBURG 13-6
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Winner Calvin CALVIN 12-8
Wartburg WARTBURG
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Final
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Calvin CALVIN
12-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wartburg WARTBURG 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 9 3
Calvin CALVIN 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 6 6 0

W: Brooke Hunderman (6-5) L: Hoefer, Hannah (6-2)

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Ill. Wesleyan IWU 10-7
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Winner Wartburg WARTBURG 13-6
Ill. Wesleyan IWU
10-7
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Final
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Wartburg WARTBURG
13-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Ill. Wesleyan IWU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
Wartburg WARTBURG 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 1

W: Dyer, Lauren (1-1) L: Caroline Gatchell (2-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Walks-Off Illinois Weselyan 2-1 to Close a 1-1 Day at the IWU Tournament

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Softball opened play at the Illinois Wesleyan University tournament on Saturday, Mar. 28 with two highly competitive games, where Clavin won 6-4 on a walk-off play before Wartburg defeated Illinois Wesleyan on a walk-off of its own from Bella Mulder to win 2-1.
 
Mulder delivered at the plate in both games for the Knights as the Grimes, Iowa native hit a two-run home run against Calvin before delivering the game-winning single against IWU. The Knights are now 14-6 overall and will be back in action for two more games in Bloomington tomorrow.





Below is Mulder's Walk-off single via Wartburg Softball's X account (@WartburgSB)

 
Game Summary
  • Calvin
    • First Inning
      • Wartburg jumped on Calvin early in the first inning with a bunt single from Reagan Hassel followed by a home run to left center field from Bella Mulder to put the Knights in front 2-0
      • Alexis Larson and Carley Bredar each walked and Addy Wells singled, but Calvin got out of the inning with no more runs allowed
    • Second Inning
      • Calvin was able to cut Wartburg's lead in half in the bottom of the second inning after a double and a fielding error brought one run across to make the score 2-1
    • Third Inning
      • Wartburg responded in the next frame when Bredar walked and then both Stephanie Kiefer and Liz Kruckenberg singled to load the bases
      • Ally Happ was hit by a pitch to score Bredar and push the Wartburg lead to 3-1
      • Calvin used one hit and two Wartburg errors to bring across three runs in the bottom half of the third to take a 4-3 lead
    • Fifth Inning
      • Bredar led off the inning with a walk before both Kiefer and Kruckenberg singled to load the bases
      • Hassel tied the game up at 4-4 with a sacrifice flyout to center field to send the game to the sixth inning all knotted up
    • Seventh Inning
      • Calvin ended the game in the bottom of the seventh with a walk-off home run that made the final score 6-4
  • Illinois Wesleyan (Wartburg served as home team)
    • First Inning
      • The Titans struck first with a leadoff walk and two singles in the top of opening inning to take a 1-0 lead
    • Third Inning
      • Amanda Strzyzewski and Kruckenberg each singled in the third inning, but IWU got out of the inning with no runs allowed to keep the score at 1-0
    • Fifth Inning
      • Following one run and two hits in the opening inning, Katelyn Klever didn't allow another run over the next four innings and struck out three batters
      • The Knights tied the game at 1-1 after singles from Bredar and Strzyzewski put runners on the corners for Hassel, who reached first on an error that brought Bredar home
    • Seventh Inning
      • Klever continued to keep the Titans off the scoreboard in the sixth and then Lauren Dyer came into the circle to pitch the seventh inning and then put together a three-up and three-down inning
      • With one out, Strzyzewski and Kruckenberg each singled to put runners on first and second before a double steal moved the runners into scoring position
      • Mulder stepped up to the plate with two outs and delivered a walk-off single that scored Strzyzewski and gave Wartburg a 2-1 win
 
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Notes/Streaks
  • Wartburg still leads the all-time series against Calvin 3-2 and moves to 2-6 against IWU all time
    • First win over the Titans since 2022 (snaps four-game losing streak)
  • First career win in the circle for Dyer
  • Fourth career HR this season for Mulder
    • Second of the season
  • Kruckenberg was on fire at the plate today, finishing the two-game stretch 5/6 at the plate
    • Seventh and eighth multi-hit games this season (second most on the team)
  • Wartburg has now won 10 of its last 12 contests
    • Allowing just 3.58 runs per game, while scoring an average of 8.08 runs scored per game
  • Six different Knights recorded a hit in game one and five different Knights got a hit in game two
  • Wartburg currently has five batters hitting .400 or better
    • Kruckenberg (.426) , Hassel (.413), Mulder (.410), Klever (.410) and Bredar (.400)
  • Nine-straight games with eight or more hits as a team
 
Next Time Out
The Knights continue tournament play tomorrow, Sunday, Mar. 29 against Illinois Wesleyan at 10 a.m. and No. 19 UW-Osh Kosh at 12:15 p.m.
 
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