STOCKTON, Calif. - The Drake University softball team split its Tuesday (March 15) slate at Pacific, downing Northern Illinois, 7-2, and falling to Pacific, 2-1. Drake's record moved to 11-11 on the season.

Junior Torey Craddock (Tucson, Ariz.) and senior Jenna DeLong (Dalton Gardens, Idaho) tallied home runs on the day with Craddock's serving as the lone run in the game two setback to Pacific.

DeLong, in addition, earned the win against the Huskies, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out nine in seven innings of work to move her record to 6-4 overall. The win was the 49th of her career, tying her with Sarah Haak (1996-99) for fourth all-time at Drake.

Senior pitcher Brynne Dordel (Chanhassen, Minn.), produced a similar line in her game two start, tossing six innings and allowing two runs on seven hits. Dordel took the hard-luck loss, however, to fall to 4-7 on the season.

Tiger pitcher Tori Shepard tossed a one-hitter to stifle the Drake offense in game two, allowing only Craddock's first-inning homer to improve to 4-2 on the season.

The Bulldogs tallied five hits in the opener against Northern Illinois, including DeLong's fourth home run of the season in a five-run sixth inning. The Bulldogs were aided by five Huskie errors, including three in the decisive sixth.

Sophomore Sam West (Kearney, Mo.) continued a productive week at the plate with two hits on the day and, along with junior Jaimie Duffek (Brookfield, Ill.), was the only Bulldog to score twice. Craddock finished both contests 1-for-3 and raised her batting average to .296 on the year, trailing only DeLong (.355) and West (.318) on the Drake stat sheet.