HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1

• Game one of the doubleheader saw Nebraska Wesleyan and Buena Vista play an extra inning thriller.
• Elise Warneke was the starting pitcher for the Prairie Wolves and pitched excellent, going all eight innings and striking out seven, while giving up four earned runs.
• The first three innings featured a pitchers dual as neither team could score a run.
• In the top of the fourth, Jenna Kimberling homered to give Nebraska Wesleyan a 1-0 lead.
• Val Gerlach extended the lead to two on a solo home run in the top of the sixth.
• Leading 2-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh, NWU needed just three outs to clinch a victory. However, Buena Vista rallied to tie it at two and sent the game into extra innings.
• Nebraska Wesleyan responded in the eighth with three runs of their own. Sami MacDonald hit a two run home run to take a 4-2 lead. Bre Schneidewind hit a solo home run a few batters latter to put the Prairie Wolves up 5-2.
• Buena Vista would not go quietly and scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth but didn't score again and Nebraska Wesleyan squeaked out a 5-4 victory.

Game 2

• Nebraska Wesleyan used an eight run seventh inning to beat Buena Vista in a high scoring game.
• The Prairie Wolves struck first when Jenna Kimberling scored an unearned run off a throwing error by Buena Vista. The lead was short lived however as the Beavers responded with a run of their own in the bottom half of the inning.
• Elise Warneke hit an RBI single in the third inning to put NWU up 2-1. Just like the first, Buena Vista responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game at two.
• In the top of the fourth inning, Hanna Roth hit a three run home run to give Nebraska Wesleyan a 5-2 lead.
• In the bottom of the fifth inning, Buena Vista hit a grand slam to take a 6-5 lead.
• Emily Swoboda helped Nebraska Wesleyan retake the lead with a three run home run in the top of the sixth. Buena Vista responsed with one run in the bottom half of the inning.
• Nebraska Wesleyan blew the game open in the seventh scoring eight runs. 
• The Prairie Wolves held Buena Vista to three runs in the bottom of the inning to secure a 16-10 win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Game 1
  • Sami MacDonald (1B): 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 R
  • Jenna Kimberling (3B): 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 R
  • Bre Schneidewind (RF): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 BB
  • Val Gerlach (C): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 R, 1 BB
  • Elise Warneke (P, 13-7) 7 IP, 7 R, 4 ER, 9 H, 10 SO, 4 BB
• Game 2
  • Hanna Roth (CF): 1-4, 3 RBI, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 R, 1 BB
  • Emily Swoboda (DH): 1-4, 4 RBI, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 R, 1 BB
  • Jenna Kimberling (3B): 2-5, 3 RBI, 2 H, 2 R
  • Elise Warneke (P, 14-7): 7.0 IP, 10 R, 7 ER, 11 H, 9 SO, 5 BB

HEAD COACH MARY YORI'S COMMENTS

• "We found our bats and six different players hit a home run which was exciting to see."
• "Elise pitched terrific through all 15 innings and we were able to hang on for two important conference wins."

UP NEXT
The Prairie Wolves return home to face Luther College on Saturday, April 15th. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 1:00 P.M.