DES MOINES, Iowa – Pitcher took a no-hitter into the seventh inning for the Drake University softball team in a 3-0 win over Loyola Sunday afternoon at Buel Field.
Drake (17-27, 11-12 MVC) completed the Missouri Valley Conference series sweep of Loyola (10-27, 6-15 MVC) in the Bulldogs' final homestand of 2021. Drake closes the regular season May 8-9 at Bradley in a key series to determine seeding for the MVC Tournament May 12-15 in Evansville, Ind.
In the third inning Sunday, delivered a two-out, two-RBI single for the Bulldogs' first two runs and later pinch hitter sacrifice fly in the fifth added an insurance run.