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Winner Drake DU 16-9
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Purdue PURDUE 4-19
Winner
Drake DU
16-9
1
Final
0
Purdue PURDUE
4-19
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Drake DU 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
Purdue PURDUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

W: Newman, Nicole (7-2) L: Moody, K. (4-9)

Game Recap: Softball | | Drake Athletic Communications

Newman’s 14 K’s Help Softball Edge Purdue, 1-0

The Bulldogs’ victory Sunday closed out their tournament schedule with a 3-2 performance this weekend at the Hall of Fame Classic. Drake is set to open MVC play at Evansville next weekend with a three-game series, March 17-18.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A season-best 14 strikeouts by pitcher Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.) helped lead the Drake University softball team to a 1-0 victory over Purdue (4-19) Sunday afternoon on the final day of the Hall of Fame Classic.
 
Newman allowed just one hit with two walks in the complete game. Newman's 14 strikeouts are the most by a Bulldog pitcher since Newman's career-high of 17 against Creighton in 2015.
 
Drake (15-9) scored its lone run in the top of the fifth after Kelsey Wright (Olathe, Kan.) led off with a single. A ground out from Kailee Smith (Murrieta, Calif.) moved pinch-runner Abby Buie (Gardner, Kan.) to third base before Sarah Maddox (Henderson, Nev.) drove in Buie with a single to left field for the only run of the game.
 
Maddox, Smith and Wright had the team's only hits.
 
The Bulldogs' victory Sunday closed out their tournament schedule with a 3-2 performance this weekend at the Hall of Fame Classic. Drake is set to open MVC play at Evansville next weekend with a three-game series, March 17-18.
 
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