EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Missouri S&T's softball team bounced back from an opening game loss on Sunday to blank Trevecca Nazarene and complete a successful 5-1 trip to the Blue Bridge Battle. After dropping a 6-0 decision to Northwood, the Miners blanked Trevecca Nazarene 2-0 behind a six-hit shutout by
Bryn Wooldridge (Salisbury, Mo./Salisbury) to complete the weekend with an overall record of 7-5.
Game 1 – Northwood 6, Missouri S&T 0
The Miners were held off the scoreboard for the first time this season as Northwood hurler Hailey Leister shut S&T out on three hits. The Miners got singles from
Bryn Wooldridge (Salisbury, Mo./Salisbury) to lead off the second and as well as with one out in the seventh, as well as a hit from
Elizabeth Viox (Glen Carbon, Ill./Edwardsville) in the third for their three hits in the contest.
Northwood took the lead by scoring twice in the third and doing most of the damage with two outs, getting the first run on a hit by Delanie Gale. The Timberwolves (6-4) added two more runs in the fourth and added a pair in the seventh.
S&T starting pitcher
Julia Kanoy (Hamilton, Mo./Penney) was tagged with the loss in the circle.
Game 2 – Missouri S&T 2, Trevecca Nazarene 0
After being shut out in the opener, the Miners wasted little time in game two as they broke on top in the opening inning. Viox reached on an infield single to begin the contest, then moved up a base on an infield hit by Wooldridge.
Shiane Taylor (St. Jacob, Ill./Triad) followed by reaching on a fielder's choice to load the bases and
Hannah Antzoulatos (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy) followed with a two-run single that wound up being all of the scoring in the game.
Wooldridge threw her second straight shutout as she scattered six hits and struck out five. She pitched out of a bases-loaded jam with nobody out in the first and got a little defensive help in the fourth when Viox threw out Brianna Asmondy as she tried to stretch a single into a double to start the frame.
Missouri S&T had six hits in the contest among six different players.
The Miners will return to the field on Friday when it takes on Missouri Southern in the first of five games at the GLVC/MIAA Crossover event. Friday's game in Joplin will begin at 4 p.m.
