The Dordt Defenders handed conference front runner Northwestern its first loss of the GPAC season in a split of games on Tuesday night, April 18 in Orange City, Iowa. Dordt won the first game 1-0 and Northwestern came back with a win in game two 6-2 to salvage a split.
GAME 1
A pair of errors in the fourth inning put pressure on the Dordt defense as Northwestern got runners at second and third but Dordt's
Abby Kraemer was able to coax a fly ball out to get out of the inning. Northwestern again got a runner in scoring position in the fifth but a ground ball out kept the game scoreless.
It was the Defenders who finally broke through Chandler getting hit by a pitch with one out. Karly Olsen was retired on a sacrifice in the sixth to get Schemper into scoring position and
Ella Koster doubled to break the tie.
Northwestern again got a runner on second with one out but a pair of fly ball outs ended the frame. After a scoreless top of the seventh Kraemer retired the first batter on a deep fly to center and the next two batters grounded out to the left side of the infield to end the game.
THE NUMBERS
GAME 2
Northwestern got a run in the first but Dordt had an answer with
Karli Olsen's ground out knocking in
Brooklynn Cox.
Ella Koster followed with a double that got
Chandler Schemper in to make it 2-1.
Northwestern got a run in the bottom of the fourth to tie it and then added three in the fifth and another in the sixth for the 6-2 final.
THE NUMBERS
NEXT
Dordt will face Morningside on Friday, April 21 and College of Saint Mary on Saturday, April 22.
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