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Nebraska Wesleyan NWUS 18-17, 3-10 IIAC
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Winner Central College CENSB 28-7, 10-3 IIAC
Nebraska Wesleyan NWUS
18-17, 3-10 IIAC
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Final
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Central College CENSB
28-7, 10-3 IIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Nebraska Wesleyan NWUS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 3
Central College CENSB 1 0 0 0 4 1 X 6 6 1

W: Olson, Ka. (13-4) L: Briley, Jessie (4-5)

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Nebraska Wesleyan NWUS 18-18
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Winner Central College CENSB 29-7
Nebraska Wesleyan NWUS
18-18
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Final
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Central College CENSB
29-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nebraska Wesleyan NWUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 3
Central College CENSB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0

W: Olson, Ka. (14-4) L: Poppe, Claire (4-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

Prairie Wolves Push 14th-Ranked Dutch to Extra Innings

PELLA, Iowa – Nebraska Wesleyan pushed 14th-ranked Central College to extra innings and had a chance to pull the upset, but the Dutch got a walk-off victory in the bottom of the 9th to earn the 2-1 victory in game two of a IIAC softball doubleheader on Thursday (April 27) in Pella, Iowa.  Central also won the first game, 6-2, to earn the sweep over the Prairie Wolves.
 
NWU senior pitcher Claire Poppe limited Central to just three hits and one earned runs through the first seven innings as she shut down the Dutch bats.  Central scored their only run in the 2nd inning to take the early 1-0 lead.
 
The Prairie Wolves tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the 7th inning.  Jesse Briley got a pinch hit two out double to right field, then scored on an RBI single from Nicole Van as the Prairie Wolves kept the game alive.
 
Nebraska Wesleyan threatened in the 8th inning as Jordan Arndt led off with a double.  Poppe and Destiny Indra both walked to load the bases with two outs.  A ground out ended the inning for the Prairie Wolves. 

Central had their first two batters reach to start the bottom of the inning, but the Prairie Wolves got two straight force outs at third base and a fly out to the warning track to end the inning.  NWU didn't have a runner reach base in the 9th inning.  Central loaded the bases then got the walk-off single by a pinch hitter to end the game.
 
Nicole Vana led the NWU offense going 3-5 with an RBI.  Arndt and Briley both doubled for the Prairie Wolves extra base hits.  Poppe pitched 8 1/3 innings allowing just five hits and two earned runs with two strikeouts and five walkds.
 
Nebraska Wesleyan fell behind 1-0 in the opening game but took the lead in the top of the 4th with two unearned runs.  Maddy Ethen reached on an error and scored on a single by Indra while Arndt doubled and scored on a ground out by Nicole Belfiore.
 
That was all the NWU offense could get and Central plated four runs in the fifth and one more in the sixth to get the victory.  The Prairie Wolves committed three errors in the game and registered six hits.  Destiny Indra was a perfect 3-3 at the plate to lead the Prairie Wolves.
 
NWU will close out the 2017 season on Saturday when they host Loras College.   
 
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