Softball splits 4 games over weekend

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Northwest softball team finished its showing at the NSIC/MIAA Crossover with a 2-2 split over the weekend.

The Bearcats played two games Friday and two games Saturday, splitting each pair. On Friday, Northern State got the better of Northwest, 2-1, as the Bearcats’ lone run came on a solo shot from senior pinch hitter Madison Jones in the fifth inning. Later that day, Northwest rebounded for a 6-4 win against Upper Iowa behind sophomore catcher Jessica Rawie’s fifth-inning grand slam.

On Saturday, Northwest again defeated Upper Iowa, this time by a score of 7-5. Another grand slam helped to lift the Bearcats, this one off the bat of Jones in the third inning.

Northwest then lost to No. 10 Winona State, 6-0, to round out the weekend.

The Bearcats (6-2) will take part in the Teri Mathis-Zenner Memorial Tournament by playing four games over the course of the weekend in Joplin. The slate starts at 2 p.m. Saturday against Rockhurst and is followed by a 4 p.m. first pitch against Drury. Northwest then will face McKendree at 10 a.m. Sunday and Sioux Falls at noon.