Posted: Mar 19, 2022
Yankton, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan University softball let game one slip away as they led 6-5 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. The Tigers rebounded in game two against the Lancers, as they led 5-4 heading into the top of the seventh inning.
The Quick Details:
Game One:
DWU 6 – MMU 7
Game Two:
DWU 6- MMU 4
How It Happened:
Game One
- Dakota Wesleyan struck first in game one, after Nora Nelson singled allowing Alyssa Burke to score collecting the 1-0 lead.
- The Tigers put up another run in the top of the second inning on a sac fly by Peyton Bagley, driving in Tianna Boone for the 2-0 advantage.
- Mount Marty responded in the bottom of the third inning with a two RBI homerun tying the game before the Lancers scored on an error by the Tigers for the 3-2 lead.
- The Lancers added their fourth run of the game in the fourth inning on a single to extend their lead 4-2 over the Tigers.
- DWU hit back-to-back doubles in the sixth by McElveny and Reagan Grossi to tie the game, stranding the go-ahead runner on base.
- The tie with MMU was short lived as the Lancers plated another runner on a single in the bottom of the sixth for the 5-4 lead.
- Mull came up big in the seventh with a two RBI single and the 6-5 lead as Mount Marty stepped to the plate.
- The Lancers tallied the winning run on a one-out single, taking game one 7-6 over the Tigers.
- In game one, Burke was 1-for-2 with two runs, Mull went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a stolen base.
- McElveny and Grossi each tallied a double; McElveny was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
- Tava Boone tossed six complete innings allowing 13 hits, seven runs, six earned, and striking out four.
Game Two
- In game two, Adriana Thomason got the Tigers going with the first run of the game after a single to bring Alyssa Burke across the plate and the 1-0 lead.
- Allison McElveny followed that up with a sac fly to left field that allowing Thomason to cross as DWU led 2-0.
- Mount Marty drove in a single run in the bottom of the first on a double, then one in both the second and third inning to take the lead 3-2.
- McKinnely Mull moved the runners in the fifth inning to tie the game at 3-3 as Sierra Brown crossed home.
- DWU regained the lead shortly after on a single by McElveny allowing Burke and McCoy to score with the 5-3 lead.
- The Lancers made a push to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth, but it only mounted to a solo homerun, cutting the Tiger lead to one, 5-4.
- Mull sealed the deal for DWU with a solo shot for the 6-4 win in game two over Mount Marty.
- Burke was 2-for-4 with two runs and a stolen base, Mull went 2-for-4 with one run, a pair of RBI, a homerun and a stolen base.
- McElveny was 1-for-4 with three RBI.
- Meghan Daffern collected the complete game win allowing 11 hits, four earned runs, one walk, and one strike out on 31 batters faced.
Up Next
Dakota Wesleyan Softball is back in action Thursday, March 24 as they take on another in-state rival in the Trojans of Dakota State. The Tigers and Trojans will square off in Madison, S.D. with a 3 p.m. first pitch in game one.