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johnson
Earl Hulst
2
Winner Minnesota MINN 8-5
0
Drake DU 10-6
Winner
Minnesota MINN
8-5
2
Final
0
Drake DU
10-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Minnesota MINN 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 1
Drake DU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

W: Amber Fiser (5-4) L: Timmons, Nicole (6-4)

4
Drake DU 10-7
9
Winner Arizona ARIZ 11-5
Drake DU
10-7
4
Final
9
Arizona ARIZ
11-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Drake DU 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 6 2
Arizona ARIZ 0 0 3 1 1 4 X 9 11 1

W: Denham (0-0) L: Newman, Nicole (4-3)

Game Recap: Softball | | Drake Athletic Communications

Softball Drops Pair of Games Friday at Wildcat Invitational

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Drake University softball team lost to No. 23 Minnesota, 2-0 and No. 12 Arizona, 9-4, Friday, March 1 at the Wildcat Invitational.
 
Against the Wildcats, Drake (10-7) scored the game's first run in the first inning after Macy Johnson (Winterset, Iowa) stole home on a double steal with Libby Ryan (Mount Vernon, Iowa).
 
Arizona though answered with three runs in the third inning, the last off a two-run home run, by Jessie Harper off Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.). The Wildcats added single runs in the fourth and fifth, the run in the fifth coming off another home run by Harper.
 
However, Drake roared back in the sixth with three runs of its own. Johnson reached on an error to start the frame and Ryan followed with a two-run home run, her first career home run. After back-to-back walks by Taryn Pena (Columbia, Ill.) and Becca Barnett (Moline, Ill.), Newman doubled in Pena to pull the Bulldogs within 5-4.
 
Arizona came back in the bottom of the inning with four runs. Newman allowed nine runs (eight earned) on 11 hits with two walks and nine strikeouts. Her record fell to 4-3 with the loss.  
 
In their final at-bat, the Bulldogs were struck out in order to the end the game.
 
Minnesota's Amber Fiser allowed just one hit and it was by Abby Buie (Gardner, Kan.) who hit a one-out single in the sixth. Buie advanced to second after Johnson drew a walk but Fiser escaped the jam by striking out Ryan to end the frame. 
 
Mandi Roemmich (West Des Moines, Iowa) was the only other Bulldog to reach second base in the game. But Roemmich, who reached on an error and moved over on Ryan's sacrifice, was stranded as well when Pena struck out to end the fourth.
 
The Gopher scored one run in the second on an RBI single and later its final run on a solo home run by DenHartog in the sixth.
 
Nicole Timmons (Davenport, Iowa) took another tough loss in the circle as she allowed two runs on seven hits with one walk and four strikeouts in seven innings. Timmons' record dropped to 6-4.
 
On Saturday, Drake plays No. 19 James Madison at 10 a.m. followed by a rematch with Minnesota at 12:15 p.m.
 
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