STORM LAKE, Iowa (May 7, 2021) - The Nebraska Wesleyan softball team (13-19, 11-13 A-R-C) defeated Buena Vista (15-20, 7-16 A-R-C), 3-2, in the regular-series finale. With the win, the Prairie Wolves won the series, 2-1, against the Beavers and also clinched the sixth-seed in the A-R-C conference tournament. 

NWU wasted little time getting its offense rolling as it scored two runs in the first inning. Hanna Roth started the game with a leadoff single then moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt from Emma Alfieri. A couple of batters later, Valerie Gerlach plated Roth and Taylor Styskal with a double to give Nebraska Wesleyan the early lead. Styskal drew a walk to get on base.

BVU answered back with two runs in the next half-inning but NWU countered with a run in the top of the second inning. Sydney Nickerson drew a one-out walk to get on base before Rachel Mundt drove Nickerson in. Mundt recorded a single to move Nickerson over but a throwing error on the Beavers allowed Mundt to advance to second and Nickerson to score the go-ahead run. 

The Prairie Wolves wouldn't need another run the rest of the way as they held Buena Vista scoreless over the next six and a half innings. Kailey Meyer tossed another complete game for Nebraska Wesleyan, the 14th time Meyer went the distance this season.  

What's Next
Nebraska Wesleyan enters the A-R-C Softball Championship as the sixth-seed and will play the third-seed, Central College, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 13. NWU will travel to either Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, or Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa for its pod of the tournament.