SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tawny Menster collected her 12th victory and drove in three runs Friday as the Mount Mercy softball team split a Heart of America Conference doubleheader with Evangel.
Menster (12-3) pitched a complete game as the Mustangs won the opener, 6-2. Evangel took the nightcap, 9-3.
The split left Mount Mercy at 29-19 overall and 20-14 in the conference. Evangel is 21-23 overall and 12-20 in the league.
Jess Heick went 3-for-4 for Mount Mercy in Game 1. Jessica Miller was 2-for-3 and scored twice. Payton Bruner had two doubles and Menster drove in two runs to help her own cause.
Emily Oler drove in two runs for the Mustangs in the 9-3 loss in the nightcap.
GAME 1
Mount Mercy 300 012 0 - 6 10 2
Evangel 001 010 0 - 2 7 3
Menster and Miller. Rippe and Raley. W - Menster (12-3). 2B - Bruner 2, Shield. RBI - Miller, Heick, Shield, Menster 2, Braughton. SAC - Braughton.
GAME 2
Mount Mercy 300 000 0 - 3 3 3
Evangel 101 322 0 - 9 11 0
Irwin, Witzany (4) and Miller. Emmitt and Lange. W - Emmitt. L - Irwin (7-5). RBI - Menster, Oler 2. SB - Bruner, Heick, Menster.
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