(From Missouri Southern Athletics)The Missouri Southern softball program split against Winona State in a non-conference double header on Sunday Mar. 19th at the Pat Lipira Softball Complex.
The Lions (18-7) were led by Avery Tallman with her fifth complete game of the season for her 11th win while striking out four. Josie Tofpi went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, Kara Amos had an RBI with Yazmin Vargas and Adrianna Young both coming away with two hits.
Southern got on the board in the first inning after a Tofpi double down the left field line scored Vargas and in the fifth a Tofpi single up the middle scored Vargas along with an Amos single down the right field line scoring Peyton Hawkins for a 3-0 lead. Winona State (16-8) would get a run in the sixth but were kept off the scoreboard for the rest of the game as the Lions claimed a 3-1 win in game one.
For the second game Ashlynn Williams led the way with two RBIs, Leighton Withers and Amos had an RBI each with Vargas and Young coming away with two hits again.
In the first quarter the Lions got three runs from a Williams double to center field scoring Leighton Withers and Vargas and an Amos single to center field scoring Williams. Winona State got one back in the thrid innings with a Withers homer her ninth of the season making it a 4-1 lead. The Warriors would get five runs in the fifth to claim a 6-4 decision.
Up next for the Lions will be an MIAA double header against Northeastern State on Friday Mar. 24th from the Pat Lipira Softball Complex set for 4:00pm.
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