DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University softball team scored four unanswered runs in game two to split a Missouri Valley Conference doubleheader against Southern Illinois on Saturday (April 2) at Ron Buel Field.
SIU 8, Drake 1
Nicole Timmons (3-9) struck out Tori Schullian with the bases loaded for the first out of the opening inning. The next batter Sidney Sikes walked and Drake head coach Rich Calvert turned to his bullpen with Mackenzie Hupke. A bases loaded walk brought across another SIU run, but Hupke limited the damage to only two runs in the top half of the first inning.