PEORIA, Ill. – Bradley Softball was tied with defending MVC champ and preseason league favorite Drake heading to the seventh in both games of Saturday's doubleheader at Petersen Hotels Field at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex, only to have the Bulldogs pull out 5-1 and 7-6 victories to open the three-game weekend series.
Pitching dominated the opener with Bradley senior Megan Mahaffy limiting Drake (16-13 overall, 4-1 MVC) to one hit in the first three innings and didn't allow a ball out of the infield until the sixth. The Bulldogs were able to scrape across a run in the top of the fourth, however.