IWU Softball Blanks MVNU in Doubleheader Sweep

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — Indiana Wesleyan softball outscored Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 24-0 in two wins on Tuesday afternoon in Ohio. Wildcat pitching combined for eight hits allowed to bolster the pair of shutouts and improve to 23-9 on the season.
GAME VITALS

• Score Game 1:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Mount Vernon Nazarene, 10-0
• Score Game 2:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Mount Vernon Nazarene, 14-0 (5 inn.)
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 23-9, 10-6 Crossroads League   |   Mount Vernon Nazarene 10-16, 4-10 Crossroads League
• Location:   Cougar Field   |   Mount Vernon Nazarene University   |   Mount Vernon, Ohio

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS

• Indiana Wesleyan plated a pair of 1st inning runs as Kelsey Kooistra scored on a wild pitch and Victoria Boyer followed with an RBI single.
• The score remained 2-0 until the 6th when the Wildcats scored five times for a 7–0 lead. Kira Madl had the big hit in the inning with a bases clearing double.
• Indiana Wesleyan added on with three ore run in the 7th. Kaisey Carson crushed a two-run double in the frame.
• Victoria Boyer:  4-for-4, 2 R, RBI, SB
• Kira Madl:  1-for-1, 3 BB, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI
• Kaisey Carson:  W, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, BB, 4 K;  1-for-4, BB, 2 RBI

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• Indiana Wesleyan scored nine times in the 1st inning and sent 14 batters to the plate. Kaisey Carson once again led off a game with a home run.
• The Wildcats scored three more in the 3rd inning and two more times in the 4th inning for the 14-0 mercy rule after 5 inning.
• Kaisey Carson:  2-for-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R
• Kelsey Kooistra:  2-for-2, 2 BB, 3 R
• Alex Springer:  1-for-2, BB, 2B, 4 RBI
• Carlie Weaver:  W, 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, K
• Danielle Munn:  2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R

NEXT TIME OUT

• Indiana Wesleyan was scheduled to host Goshen (Ind.) on Wednesday but weather has delayed that doubleheader to Friday. The games begin at 5 p.m. at Wildcat Field.