Mustangs split at Mount Marty

YANKTON, S.D. – The Morningside softball team went on the road for the first time in over a week, splitting games at Mount Marty Friday afternoon in Yankton, South Dakota.

The Mustangs took game one 6-1 before falling 2-1 in game two. The loss in game two snapped a seven-game win streak.

All seven runs scored in game one were scored in the first three innings. Ellie Gengler hit a two-run single in the top of the first to put Morningside up 2-0. In the bottom of the second, Vanessa Bohuslavsky scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0.

After Mount Marty scored a run in the bottom of the second, Morningside added three in the third to create some separation. Mackenna Sidzyik reached on an error to allow Morgan Nixon and Sydney Petersen score. Taylor Richtor followed that up with an RBI-double to score Sidzyik.

In the circle, Grace Buffington pitched seven innings, striking out five. Ellie Cropley was the lone Mustang bat with multiple hits. Gengler tallied a base hit with two RBI in the game. 

Game two was a pitching duel between the Mustangs and Lancers. The Lancers prevailed thanks to a pair of two-out hits in the first and second innings.

The Lancers scored one on a two-out triple in the first inning. Gengler doubled to bring in Kennedee Jones in the second and the game was tied at one. A two-out single in the bottom of the inning gave the Lancers a 2-1 lead they didn't relinquish. 

Bralen Biddlecome pitched the first three innings for Morningside. Morgan Secora pitched three no-hit innings in relief. Nixon had a pair of hits, including a triple, in game two. Jones and Gengler doubled. 

A doubleheader with Briar Cliff, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed. A makeup date is to be determined.