FULTON, Mo. – The William Woods University softball team closed out their home schedule with a split with Central Baptist College on Saturday. The Mustangs came away with the win in the first game coming back from a 4-1 deficit, to defeat the Owls, 7-4. The Owls would come back in the second game defeating the Mustangs, 6-2.
 
In the second game of the doubleheader, Owls senior Hannah Campbell recorded her 100th career stolen base.
 
The Owls have advanced to the AMC Tournament. They will now wait to see who they play in the best of three series in the AMC Quarterfinals. The quarterfinals will be played at the higher seed site on April 28-29. The winner of the quarterfinals matchup moves to the final site on May 4-5.
 
Game One
Game Flow
The Mustangs wasted no time in the top of the first as they scored a run before the Owls had a chance to come up to the plate. In the first inning, Kaylee St. John singled home the first run of the contest for the Mustangs.
 
With the Owls down, Amanda Bouchey sparked the offense in the bottom of the second with a double and teammate Beth Begemann hit a single up the middle, scoring Bouchey. Alli Massey then forced a Mustang error and with the help of Lindsay Van Tress and Olivia Imhoff, the Owls would push three runs across, taking the lead 3-1.
 
The Owls would threaten again in the bottom of the third with bases loaded, but would not be able to make it out of the inning with any insurance runs.
 
The game would then be a defensive battle, neither team causing much stress on each other. It wasn't until the bottom of the fifth. Bouchey would come up and hit another double and it would be like déjà vu as Begemann would come up with another RBI single, putting WWU ahead 4-1.
 
The Mustangs would not give up their fight as they retired Sierra Jacques from the mound when they had bases loaded in the top of the seventh. Unfortuneately the pitching change would not be enough to stop the momentum of the Mustangs who eventually ended up scoring six runs. The Owls would not be able to manufacture any runs, ending with a 7-4 loss in game one of the doubleheader.
 
By the Numbers
4 – The Owls scored four runs in game one
7 – WWU collected seven hits in the first game of the doubleheader
5 – The Owls had five different players collect a hit
2 – Amanda Bouchey and Beth Begemann collected two hits each
1 – Lindsay Van Tress and Olivia Imhoff led the Owls with one RBI each
3 – WWU hit three doubles in the first game
 
Starting Pitcher Lines
WWU – Sierra Jacques, 6.2 IP, 6H, 6R (5ER), 5BBs, 4Ks
CBC – Kymberlie House, 7 IP, 7H, 4R (1ER), 1BBs, 2Ks
 
Game Two
Game Flow
The Owls hit the ground running in game two as Hannah Campbell hit a leadoff single and Ari Arnold hit a double, scoring Campbell putting the Owls ahead, 1-0. Begemann would come up big again as she hit a triple, scoring Arnold, extending the Owls lead to 2-0.
 
The Owls would push another run across in the bottom of the second as Imhoff reached on a base hit bunt, and Campbell would bring her in on a single to left-center putting the Owls ahead, 3-0.
 
Allison Waskow would keep the Mustang's off the bases as she kept the offense guessing. Waskow kept the Mustangs scoreless for the first six innigns of the contest and limited Central Baptist to only five hits on the contest.
 
The Owls would add three more runs in the bottom of the fourth when Imhoff reached on a hit, and Campbell would come up and smack a triple, scoring Imhoff. Dacrie Depping an inside the park home run putting the Owls ahead, 6-0.
 
Waskow continued to be a force to be reckoned with until the top of the seventh when the Mustangs would hit a solo homerun and would generate a run. It would not be enough to threaten the Owls as they came out with the 6-2 win in game two.
 
By the Numbers
6 – WWU scored six runs in the contest
12 – William Woods collected 12 runs in the second game
2 – Hannah Campbell and Dacrie Depping drove in two runs each in the contest
3 – Hannah Campbell led the Owls with three hits in the contest
3 – WWU stole three bases in the second game
7 – Seven different Owls had a hit in game two
 
Starting Pitcher Lines
WWU – Allison Waskow, 7 IP, 5H, 2R (2ER), 0BBs, 7Ks
CBC – Madison Skleton, 3.1 IP, 10H, 6R (6ER), 0BBs, 0Ks