STORM LAKE, Iowa – Buena Vista pounded out 27 hits in two games as the Beavers swept past Nebraska Wesleyan in an IIAC softball doubleheader on Tuesday night in Storm Lake, Iowa. BVU won the first game 8-2, then took the nightcap 12-5 to complete the sweep.
Nebraska Wesleyan has now dropped seven straight conference games to fall to 16-16 overall and 3-9 in IIAC play. BVU improved to 18-12 and 6-4 in league play.
The Prairie Wolves led 1-0 early in the first game of the doubleheader as the first four batters of the game all reached base.
Danelle Snyder drove in
Morgan Shipley with a sacrifice fly.
That was about the only bright spot of the game as BVU scored eight unanswered runs. The Beavers plated three in the bottom of the 1
st, two in the second and one in the third. They completed the run with a run in the fifth and sixth.
NWU did get one additional run in the seventh inning as Jesse Briley reached on an error and eventually scored on a ground out by Shipley.
BVU finished the opening game with 13 hits, including two home runs and a double. NWU's only extra base hit was a double by Shipley.
Claire Poppe took the loss for NWU allowing five earned runs in 1 1/3 innings.
Game two got off to a very shaky start for the Prairie Wolves as the Beavers jumped out early scoring five runs in the bottom of the first. BVU had four hits and took advantage of three Prairie Wolves errors in the inning.
The Beavers built the lead up to 10-0 after only two innings of play. Finally, NWU got on the scoreboard in the top of the third inning. The Prairie Wolves scored five runs on four hits, with the biggest hit coming on a 3-run double by
Destiny Indra.
Alyssa Curry doubled and Shipey had an RBI single to cut the Beavers lead in half. That would be all the Prairie Wolves could get as BVU went on to earn the 12-5 win.
In game two, the Beavers had 14 hits with two doubles. NWU had six hits, including three doubles but they also committed four errors.
LeighAnn Novotny fell to 10-7 on the year with the loss.
The Prairie Wolves step out of IIAC play on Thursday to play at York College in a makeup game.
