LEBANON, Ill. (March 2, 2019) - Central Missouri Jennies Softball finished up their six game in three day trip to Illinois by splitting a doubleheader with McKendree. The Jennies dropped game one 8-2, before earning a split with a 6-4 win in game two. The split puts UCM at 8-6 overall this season.

Game Two - Central Missouri 6, McKendree 4
Play-by-Play
• After both teams went down in order in the first, Jessica Sader got the Jens on the board in the second with a run scoring single following Makenzie McAtee's leadoff double.
• The Jens scored twice in the fourth on a two-out rally. Sader got it started with a single before Alexis Koop moved her to third with a double. Taylor Dames drove them both in when she poked a single and it was 3-0 UCM.
• In the bottom of the inning, McKendree responded with three of their own. A double to left scored their first run, and a two-out, two RBI single to center tied the game at three.
• No issue though for the Jens as Lauryn Deer knocked a one out single to left in the fifth and Ashlyn Cook put UCM back in front with a two-run homer.
• The Beracats got a run back with a double in the sixth, but UCM added an insurance run in the seventh as Hailey Crabtree's single brought in Cook. 
• McKendree got the tying run to the plate in their final at bat, but a fly ball ended the game.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Jessica Sader reached base all four times with two hits and two walks. She scored a run and drove one in.
• Ashlyn Cook delivered a home run and was 1-3 with two RBI and two runs.
• Taylor Dames knocked in two runs and reached base with a single and a walk.
• Lauryn Deer was 1-4 with a single, stolen base and a run scored.
• Alexa Bradley tossed the first 5.2 innings to get the win. She struck out five allowing four runs on eight hits.
• Sarah Brown pitched the final 1.1 hitless innings in relief.

For the Bearcats
• Jenny Homann was 2-3 wtih a single, double and an RBI.
• Konnor Arrowood went 2-2 with two RBI.
• Haegen Boyer scored twice and was 1-3.
• Kylee Silliman started and pitched the first 4.1 innings giving up five runs on eight hits.
• Hannah Murphy and Arrowood allowed an unearned run in 2.2 innings out of the bullpen. 

Game One - McKendree 8, Central Missouri 2
Play-by-Play
• McKendree scored in the first inning as the first two runners reached base and scored.
• The Jens responded to tie with two in the top of the second. Jessica Sader and Taylor Dames both doubled to drive in a run and it was 2-2 after two innings.
• But the Bearcats reclaimed a 3-2 lead in the third on a one-out solo hole run and a two-run shot in the fifth made it 5-2 Bearcats.
• McKendree put another three-spot on the board in the sixth getting a two-RBI single and executing a double steal with a runner crossing the plate.
• Central Missouri had just one base runner over the final five innings and fell 8-2. 

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Jessica Sader finished 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
• Taylor Dames also collected two hits and an RBI.
• Jordan Johnson started and threw the first four innings. She gave up five runs (four earned) on eight hits.
• Amolee Hawkins finished the game allowing three runs on seven hits.

For the Bearcats
• Shelby Summer went 2-3 with a home run, three RBI and three runs scored.
• Whitney Boschert also drove in three runs on two hits with a home run.
• Caitlyn Lowry was 3-4 with three runs scored.
• Jenny Homann and A. Bailey were each 2-3.
• Miranda Gajewski threw a complete game allowing two runs on four hits with a walk and two strikeouts.

News and Notes
• The Jennies struck out just four times combined in the two games.
• UCM went 4-2 in their six games this weekend in Illinois.
• The Jens hit .444 today with runners on base and .462 with a runner in scoring position.
• Jessica Sader had four hits in five at bats. She moved her hitting streak to 10 games.
• Hailey Crabtree has successfully reached base in each of her last 12 games.

Up Next
• The Jennies have already moved their Tuesday doubleheader against Truman State to April. Next on the schedule is their MIAA opener. A doubleheader with Fort Hays State Friday, March 8 in Warrensburg.