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(PENSACOLA, Fla.) – Jennies' softball (13-15) split the first two games of a scheduled four game series with the West Florida Argonauts Monday afternoon and evening in Pensacola, Florida. The Jens defeated the Argonauts 4-3 in a thrilling first game then dropped the night cap in heartbreaking fashion, 2-1.  
Game 1: Central Missouri 4, West Florida 3
            Jaydee Young (Peculiar, Mo.) hit a single up the middle of the field in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring Alex Groeger (Fort Collins, Colo.), breaking a 3-3 tie, giving the Jennies a thrilling 4-3 win over the Argonauts in the first game of a scheduled Monday doubleheader.
            The Jennies took their first lead of the contest in the bottom of the first inning on a Jakki Prater (Nixa, Mo.) single to third base, allowing Medora West (St. Louis, Mo.) to cross home plate and put Central Missouri on-top early, 1-0. 
            Neither team would score a run until five inning later when, in the top of the sixth, the Argonauts plated three runs, taking the 3-1 lead . The Jennies answered right back though in the bottom half of the inning beginning with an Ashlea Bengtson (Wichita, Kan.) single to right field, scoring Nicole Norberg (St. Louis, Mo.) and pulling the Jennies within one of the Argonauts, 3-2. West then hit a fly-ball to left field, giving Brittany Martin (Warrensburg, Mo.) just enough time to cross home plate and knot the game up 3-3 heading into the final inning.
            The Jennies defense held the top-half of the inning, allowing no runs to score and give them the chance to win the game in the bottom of the inning. The final play sequence began when Groeger singled up the middle, reaching first base with no outs. Prater then flied out to left field but Norberg sent another single through the middle of the field the next at bat, advancing Groeger to second with one out. Katie Groves (Bluffdale, Utah) then popped out to third base bringing up Young, who hit the winning play with two outs, sealing the 4-3 victory for the Jennies.
            Jennies' pitcher Sarah Espy (Olathe, Kan.) pitched a complete game, allowing nine hits with only two earned runs and striking out two, improving to 5-3 overall on the year.
 
Game 2: West Florida 2, Central Missouri 1
            The Jennies could only muster a single run in the nightcap against the Argonauts, dropping the contest 2-1.
            Central Missouri's only run came in the top of the first when Jakki Prater (Nixa, Mo.) singled to left field, driving in Medora West (St. Louis, Mo.), giving the Jennies their first, and only lead of the game, 1-0.
            West Florida responded in the bottom of the first with a run of their own before getting the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a single to short stop.
            The Jennies were outhit by the Argonauts 9-4 in the contest and committed two errors, compared to only one miscue by West Florida.
            Central Missouri looks to rebound Tuesday morning with another doubleheader against the Argonauts beginning at 10 a.m. in Pensacola, Florida.