NORTH NEWTON, Kan. - The Bethel College Softball team hosted Oklahoma Wesleyan for their final home contest of the season as they celebrated 9 seniors leaving their program. The Threshers beat the RV Eagles in game one 10-9 before dropping game two 7-2.
GAME 1, W 10-9
The Threshers got the scoring started in the bottom of the second inning when
Cynae Wiley had a bases loaded RBI single that scored
Karlie Stephens. The next plate appearance saw
Brianna Reeves clear the bases with a double to right field. Oklahoma Wesleyan chipped away at Bethel's 4-0 lead in the third when they pushed two runs across. The Eagles matched the Threshers' four run second inning with four runs of their own in the fourth to take a 6-4 advantage. Bethel answered back instantly by hanging six runs on OKWU in the bottom half to take the lead right back. With the Threshers leading 10-6, neither team would score again until the 7th inning. Bethel's MO this season has been blowing leads late to lose games, and they did their best to avoid that in the seventh. The Eagles were able to push one run across with one out and two more with two outs. Leading 10-9 with two outs and runners on first and second base,
Gracie Higgins was able to the Eagles five hole to ground out to
Dakota Piovesan to end the contest with the Threshers ahead by one run. This was the first time the Threshers have every beaten a team that had been receiving votes in the NAIA National Poll.
Brianna Reeves - 2 for 3, 4 RBI, R, 2B, SAC
Cynae Wiley - 2 for 4, R, RBI
Kailey Gonzales - 2 for 4, 2 R
GAME 2, L 7-2
Oklahoma Wesleyan scored first in game two with an RBI double in the top of the second inning. The Eagles added to their lead in the fourth as they scored on a Bethel error. The Threshers got a run back in the bottom of the fourth when Wiley drove in
Meehlia Mendiola who came in to pinch run for Stephens. Bethel went on to tie the contest in the contest in the fifth inning with a
Claire Broxterman two-out double that scored Piovesan. The rest of the contest was all Oklahoma Wesleyan as they scored three runs in the sixth inning and one more in the seventh to take the 7-2 victory.Â
Claire Broxterman - 1 for 4, RBI, 2B
Cynae Wiley - 1 for 3, RBI, BB
Amber Mott - 1 for 4, 2B
The Threshers will be back in action on Tuesday, April 25th as they travel to Leavenworth to take on the Saint Mary Spires with first pitch set for 2:00 PM. There is a possibility the games get changed due to the impending weather forecasted for Tuesday.
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