ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (March 18, 2019) - Central Missouri Jennies Softball finally got their first MIAA games under their belt with a doubleheader against Missouri Western Monday evening in St. Joseph, Mo. After dropping game one 8-6, the Jennies responded to split the series with a 6-3 win in game two. The Jennies move to 10-8 this season and start their MIAA record at 1-1.

Game Two - Central Missouri 6, Missouri Western 3
Play-by-Play
• Missouri Western opened the scoring in the second with a solo home run. They added two home with another long ball in the third, this time a two-run shot, giving them a 3-0 lead.
• Central Missouri came back though with two in the fourth and four in the fifth. Taylor Dames made it a one-run game blasting a two-run home run over the centerfield fence.
• An inning later, Hailey Crabtree tripled home Lauryn Deer to tie the game. She scored the go-ahead run on Jessica Sader's infield single before Makenzie McAtee put the Jens up three launching a two-run home run to right.
• Jordan Johnson found her groove and fired off 3.1 scoreless innings before Alexa Bradley recorded the final two outs.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Jordan Johnson got the win throwing 6.1 innings with three runs on six hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
• Alexa Bradley got the final two outs to earn the save.
• Jessica Sader was 2-4 with two runs and an RBI.
• Makenzie McAtee each were 2-4 with a home run, two RBI and a run scored.
• Lauryn Deer and Hailey Crabtree each had two hits and scored a run.

For the Griffons
• Brea Blanton collected two hits with a home run, run scored and two RBI.
• Cassidy Kelsheimer also went deep and was 2-4.
• Sydni Hawkins reached base on a hit and a walk and scored a run.
• Kenzie Hilzer started and threw 4.1 innings giving up five runs on seven hits with two strikeouts.
• Olivia Goodale allowed a run in 2.2 innings of work on four hits.

Game One - Missouri Western 8, Central Missouri 6
Play-by-Play
• The Jennies got on the board first as Taylor Nickel drove in Makenzie McAtee with the games first run.
• Missouri Western tied it in the second with a two-out RBI single to score an unearned run and then exploded for seven runs in the third.
• The first eight batters all reached base against the Jennies in the third as MWSU scored seven runs on six hits.
• The biggest hit of the inning was a two-run home run to center which made it 5-1. They added three more on an RBI single, fielders choice and sacrifice fly.
• Central Missouri scored in each of the final three innings, but couldn't score enough to complete a comeback. With two outs in the fifth, Brenlyn McCoy's RBI single to right made it an 8-2 game.
• UCM scored three in the sixth as Taylor Nickel picked up her second RBI of the game with an opposite field single. One batter later, Kaitlyn Markin drove a single up the middle with the bases loaded to score two more.
• Leading off the seventh inning, Hailey Crabtree made it a two-run game with a solo home run to right center.
• The Jennies got the tying runs on base with one out, but a groundout and strikeout ended the game at 8-6. 

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Taylor Dames picked up a hit in all three at bats with a double. She scored twice as well.
• Lauryn Deer and Taylor Nickel each had two hits. Nickel drove in two runs.
• Kaitlyn Markin was 1-4 with two RBI.
• Brenlyn McCoy had a hit and a run.
• Alexa Bradley started and lasted two innings allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits with two strikeouts.
• Gentry Wishard came out of the bullpen to throw four shutout innings allowing four hits.

For the Griffons
• Cassidy Kelsheimer was 3-3 with a run scored, RBI and stolen base.
• Taylor Hoelscher was 2-4 with a home run and two RBI.
• Sydni Hawkins and Brea Blanton each had two hits and an RBI.
• Kaili Hinds started and threw the first six innings. She allowed six runs on 10 hits with two walks and two strikeouts.
• Olivia Goodale got the save with a scoreless seventh.

News and Notes
• The Jennies have split their last three double headers. 
• Hailey Crabtree's game two triple was her fifth this season which already is tied for ninth most in a single season in Jennies history. 
• The save for Alexa Bradley is the seventh of her career, which puts her fourth all-time at UCM.
• Five different Jennies had two hits in game two.
• Jordan Johnson has now won each of her last four starts. Her five wins this season are the second most in a single season in her career.

Up Next
• Central Missouri has a busy week as they'll play eight games in four days, Wednesday-Saturday. It all starts with another MIAA doubleheader Wednesday, March 20 against Missouri Southern in Joplin, Mo.