Lincoln, Neb.- Nebraska Wesleyan swept Concordia on Wednesday to improve to 13-4. The Prairie Wolves won game one 3-2, and game two 7-0. The pair of wins extends Nebraska Wesleyan's win streak to six. Additionally, the Prairie Wolves have won five straight against the Bulldogs.
GAME ONE
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Taylor Korecky and Jenna Kimberling scored on error to give Nebraska Wesleyan a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second.
- Both pitchers settled in after the second as no runs were scored in the third, fourth, and fifth innings.
- Concordia tied the game with two runs in the sixth.
- Val Gerlach hit a walk off single in the bottom of the seventh to give Nebraska Wesleyan a 3-2 victory.
- Elise Warneke pitched a complete game and earned her seventh win of the season.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Val Gerlach (C): 2-3, 2 H 1 RBI, 1 BB
- Jenna Kimberling (2B): 1-2, 1 H, 1 R
- Lyndsey Roth (RF): 2-3, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB
- Elise Warneke (W 7-3): 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 7 SO, 1 BB
GAME TWO
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Val Gerlach opened the scoring with an RBI single to make the game 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning. A Paige Davison RBI single made the game 2-0 later in the inning.
- Amber Kosmicki made the game 3-0 with an RBI single in the bottom of the second. Sami MacDonald extended Nebraska Wesleyan's lead with a sacrifice fly that scored Hanna Roth. Val Gerlach picked up her second RBI of the game and made the score 5-0 on a single later in the inning. Kamdyn Sprunk put the finishing touches on the bottom of the second with a sacrifice ground out that scored Lyndsey Roth.
- Lyndey Roth scored on a Kamdyn Sprunk ground out to make the game 7-0.
- Eva Fahrnbruch tossed a five hit complete game.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Val Gerlach (DP): 2-4, 2 H, 2 RBI,
- Amber Kosmicki (3B): 2-3, 2 H, 1 RBI, 1 R
- Hanna Roth (CF): 2-3, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB
- Eva Fahrnbruch (W): 7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 SO, 2 BB
UP NEXT
Nebraska Wesleyan host Peru State College on Tuesday, March 19th, in a doubleheader. Game one is set to begin at 3:00 p.m. Game two is set to begin at 5:00 p.m.