No. 6 Titans Win Pair of Games at Mizuno Invitational

3/22/2015 7:55:00 PM

By: CONTACT: Matt Kinney, Sports Information Assistant, mkinney@iwu.edu

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Senior pitcher Chloe Montgomery (pictured) picked up winning decisions in two games as the No. 6-ranked Illinois Wesleyan softball team won a pair of contests at the 2015 Mizuno Invitational on Sunday, March 22, in St. Louis, Mo.

IWU worked eight innings to get a 15-8 win over Buena Vista Univeristy before scoring four runs in the top of the sixth to complete a 6-5 comeback win over No. 18-ranked Washington U.

In the opener, IWU jumped out to an early lead with four runs in the top of the first, and would lead 7-2 after three innings. The Beavers would claw their way back by scoring three in the fifth and two in the sixth to tie the game at seven and force extra-innings. With the international tiebreaker rule being placed in effect for the eighth inning, IWU would pound out eight of their 16 hits and score eight runs in the frame to take a commanding 15-7 lead. Montgomery, who came into pitch with one out in the seventh, would shut down the Beavers in the bottom half of the inning allowing one run to pick up the win.

Sophomore Katie Caulfield led the Titan attack with four hits and three runs batted in while Mary Rankin and Hannah Bowen recorded three hits each.

Montgomery (10-0) came back to start against the Bears and pitched a complete game, giving up five runs on seven hits while striking out three to remain perfect on the mound this season.

Junior Sam Gudat batted in three runs in a two-for-four effort at the plate while Caulfield went a perfect two-for-two and had two RBI's including the go-ahead run in the sixth. Kyley McKeown recorded the only other RBI for Titans.

What's Next?
The No. 6 Titans return to action with a single road game at Illinois College on Tuesday, March 24 at 5 p.m.

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