SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Drake University softball team rallied for a 9-5 win over Missouri State Sunday, April 28 in its final regular season road game.
Drake (36-14, 21-2 MVC), which trailed 5-4 going into its final at bat against Missouri State (28-19, 12-10 MVC), erased the deficit with a five-run seventh inning when it sent nine batters to the plate.
Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.), who allowed her first earned runs in the circle since March 26 at Nebraska, tied the game at 5-all with an RBI single to right center that scored Kennedy Frank (Chesterfield, Mo.