CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The UNI Panthers swept a Tuesday night Missouri Valley Conference doubleheader against the Drake University softball team winning 7-1 and 8-0 at Robinson-Dresser Field in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
UNI (32-13, 11-5 MVC) took the first game behind two home runs, a three-run homer in the second inning by Bailey Lange and a two-run homer by Alyssa Buchanan in the fifth inning. The Panthers added two more runs in the fifth on a defensive error by Bulldogs sophomore shortstop Tasha Alexander (Eddyville, Iowa).
Drake's (24-18, 12-4 MVC) lone run came in the third inning when freshman Kennedy Frank (Chesterfield, Mo.