Kortlan Olinger and Ellie Rizor hit home runs in the nightcap to lead Linn-Mar to a 9-4 win over Kennedy and a split of their Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader Tuesday night at Linn-Mar.

Kennedy won the opener, 5-4.

Kelsey Duggan had six hits, three in each game, for Linn-Mar. Kortlan Olinger had four.

Tanner Rathjens had three hits and Maddie Flesner two hits for Kennedy in the opener. Kassi Nunnikoven scattered 10 hits to earn the win for the Cougars in the opener.

Linn-Mar scored three runs in the first and five runs in the second inning of the nightcap.  Lauren Swanson pitched the first five innings and was the winning pitcher in the nightcap.