Softball Splits Pair In Florida

OVERVIEW – MINNESOTA STATE MOORHEAD/NOTRE DAME (OHIO)

SCORES: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons 13, Northwood Timberwolves 4 (Six Innings); Northwood 9, Notre Dame (Ohio) Falcons 1 (Five Innings)

RECORDS: Northwood 7-7, Minnesota State Moorhead 4-8, Notre Dame (Ohio) 4-5

LOCATION: Clermont, Fla. (PFX Spring Games)  

RECAP: Northwood split a pair of games at the PFX Spring Games Tuesday afternoon (March 7), falling to Minnesota State Moorhead 13-4 in six innings before defeating Notre Dame (Ohio) 9-1 in five innings.

MINNESOTA STATE MOORHEAD/NORTHWOOD HIGHLIGHTS

• Two days after Northwood posted a 7-0 win over Minnesota State Moorhead, it was the Dragons who jumped out to the early lead. MSUM score two in the first and two in the second to open up a 4-0 lead.
• Northwood responded in the bottom of the second with a pair of runs of their own, thanks to a two-run single by Courtney Wensley which scored Hayley D'Avilar and Jennifer Wontorcik.
• But the Dragons came right back with a big inning of their own, scoring five runs to go up 9-2.
• Northwood got one back in the bottom of the inning on a sac fly by Sydni Pauley.
• After Moorhead hit a two run homer in the top of the fifth to go up 11-3, the Timberwolves stayed in the game for another inning thanks to a solo homer by Andria Gietl. Her second home run of the season made the score 11-4.
• MSUM ended the game in the following inning with two runs while holding the Timberwolves off the board.

MINNESOTA STATE MOORHEAD/NORTHWOOD STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Minnesota State Moorhead: 13/13/0, Northwood: 4/6/1
• Runners Left on Base: Minnesota State Moorhead: 5, Northwood: 4
• Winning Pitcher: Tori White (3-1): 6 IP, 6 H, 4 K, 1 K
• Losing Pitcher: Vanessa Ewing (2-4): 2 2/3 IP, 7 H, 9 R (8 ER), 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Wensley: 2-3, 2 RBI
• Gietl: 2-3, HR (2), 2 R, RBI

NOTRE DAME (OHIO)/NORTHWOOD HIGHLIGHTS

• Having lost three straight games, Northwood came out fast en route to breaking the streak. The Timberwolves scored two in the top of the first inning on another two-run single by Wensley.
• After Notre Dame plated a run in the bottom of the inning, NU responded in a big way in the second with five runs of their own. Karli Godlewski got things going by scoring on a throwing error, which was followed by a Danielle Bartodziej sac fly to make the score 4-1. Sydni Pauley then had an RBI double before Wontorcik hit a two-run homer to put Northwood on top 7-1.
• Northwood then rounded out the scoring for the game in the next inning with two more runs. D'Avilar plated Laura Walton with a double before Gietl had an RBI single to make the score 9-1.
• NU pitcher Makenzie Norton held the Panthers off the board over the final four innings of the game to give the Timberwolves the victory in five innings.

NOTRE DAME (OHIO)/NORTHWOOD STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Notre Dame (Ohio): 1/6/1, Northwood: 9/13/0
• Runners Left on Base: Notre Dame (Ohio): 5, Northwood: 4
• Winning Pitcher:  Norton (1-1) 5.0 IP, 6 H, R, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher: Taylor Olson (2-2) 1 2/3 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Wontorcik: 2-3, HR (1), 3 RBI
• Godlewski: 3-3, 2 R
• Gietl: 2-4, RBI, R
• Wensley: 2-3, 2 RBI

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will continue play in Florida Thursday evening (March 9). Northwood will face Minnesota State Makato at 6 p.m. before taking on Minnesota Duluth at 8:30 p.m.