Bruins sweep Morningside; extend winning streak to 12 games
Bruins win 6-1, 5-4; Bellevue runs streak to 12 games and improves to 20-6 ...
Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score
BELLEVUE, Neb. -- The Bellevue University softball team extended its winning streak to 12 after a doubleheader sweep against Morningside College Wednesday at Hall of Fame Fields. The Bruins won the opener 6-1 before posting a 5-4 win, in eight innings, in the finale.
Bellevue improved to 20-6 on the season while Morningside dropped to 9-8 overall.
The Bruins will return to conference action this Friday-Saturday, April 5-6 when they travel to McPherson, Kan. for the MCAC Crossover.
Game 1: Bellevue 6, Morningside 1
BU outhit the Mustangs 13-2 and Amanda Neumann tossed a complete game with a pair of hits and three RBIs to lead the Bruins to a 6-1 win in the opener.
Neumann improved to 7-1 on the year and recorded 11 strikeouts in the two-hitter.
The Bruins broke open a scoreless game in the third, scoring five runs on seven hits, all with two outs. Neumann recorded a two-run double to right center and Katie Malloy blasted a three-run home run.
Mackenzie Neely put the Mustangs on the scoreboard with a solo home run in the top of the fourth.
BU added to its lead in the fifth on Neumann's team-leading sixth home run of the season to give the Bruins a 6-1 advantage.
Jordan Johnson took the loss for MC, falling to 4-4 on the season. She allowed six runs on 12 hits in four innings of work.
Game 2: Bellevue 5, Morningside 4 (8 innings)
Kim Wees' walk-off squeeze bunt lifted the Bruins to a 5-4 win, in eight innings, in the nightcap.
MC struck first on Taylor Daas' solo home run in the third inning to give the Mustangs their first lead of the day, 1-0.
The Bruins answered back in the bottom half of the third on Kelsie Bridgeford's RBI single down the left field line that scored pinch runner Luci Mendoza to even the score at 1-1.
BU regained the lead in the fourth, scoring on a throwing error by MC pitcher Emma Remy that allowed Malloy to score from second base.
The Mustangs used back-to-back home runs in the sixth to retake a one-run lead, 3-2. Once again BU responded and scored two runs, on back-to-back doubles, by Wees and Katie Tew to give BU a 4-3 advantage.
MC took advantage of a BU fielding error to score and force the game into extra-innings before Wees' squeeze bunt gave the Bruins a 5-4 win.
Shelby Kindelin (7-2) earned the win in relief, allowing one unearned run in three innings. Remy took the complete game loss for the Mustangs and dropped to 4-2.