Missouri Southern Softball sent their two seniors out with a win in their final home game of the 2015 season as they split with Northeastern State falling 4-3 in eight innings and winning 4-2 Sunday afternoon at Lea Kungle Field.
Senior Day
Kathryn Goins-Osburn and Brooke Swadley were honored prior to the double header with Northeastern State. The two combined for 313 starts and 321 games played in their careers as a Lion. Swadley has collected 123 hits in her four years with her 100th coming on March 14, 2015 at Nebraska-Kearney. Goins-Osburn is seventh all-time at MSSU on the home run charts with 14 for her career, she also has 17 doubles and 59 RBIs during her three years at Southern.
Game One
Southern got things started in the third as Alana Hester singled to left field with one out. On the very next pitchMichala Wood hit an RBI double to deep left field to score Hester and give the Lions a 1-0 lead. Southern would add another run in the fifth as Wood singled to right and advanced to third on a single from Myranda Stewart and a Northeastern State error. Goins-Osburn then laid down a percect suicide squeeze bunt to score Wood.
Northeastern State would push across three runs in the top of the seventh as they took advantage of two MSSU errors to take a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the inning. Hester led off the home half with a solo home run, the first of her career, down the right field line to send the game into extra innings. The RiverHawks would come away with a 4-3 win following a solo home run to start the eighth.
Kali' Hodson got the start for the Lions going 6 1/3 innings allowing three runs, one earned, on five hits with one walk and eight strike outs. Ashley Lutz worked 1 2/3 innings of relief allowing one earned run on two hits with two strike outs.
Game Two
Southern got the scoring started in the night cap as Wood once again had an RBI double this time scoring Dru Coleman and Lindsey Gorham. Northeastern State would tie the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth on a two run home run to left field.
Southern would get the lead back for good in the home half of the fifth as Coleman led off the inning with her second hit of the game, this one a single down the left field line. Sydney Blue laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Coleman to second and Hester's single to right put runners on the corners with one out. Following a stolen base by Hester, her 25th of the season, and a walk to Wood; Stewart would reach on a fielder's choice and Coleman scored on a throwing error by the NSU third baseman. Goins-Osburn scored Hester off a rocket line drive single to left for the 4-2 win.
Lutz started inside the circle going four innings allowing two runs, both earned, on three hits with two walks and five strike outs. Shelby Mitchell got the win going three innings in relief allowing just one NSU hit and struck out 4.
On The Day
Wood led the offensive attack on the day going 4-for-6 (.667) at the dish with two doubles and three RBIs. Stewart finished 3-for-7 (.429) with a double and Gorham was 2-for-5 (.400) with a double. Hester had the lone home run, the first of the season at Lea Kungle Field, to go along with two singles for a slugging percentage of .750.
Mitchell finished the day with the win and an ERA of 0.00 and an oppontent's batting average of .091 Hodson had a no decision with an ERA of 1.11 and held the RiverHawks to a .192 batting average.
Up Next
The Lions will close out the 2015 season as they travel to Jefferson City on Monday for a MIAA double header with Lincoln University. First pitch is scheduled for 2pm.
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