DES MOINES – No. 17 Grand View University handed (RV) Benedictine Softball its first sweep in Heart play on Wednesday.
The Vikings earned a 2-1 walk-off win in 8 innings to open the doubleheader and then wrapped up the sweep with an 8-4 win in game two.
After the game played to a scoreless tie through five innings, Rhiannon Martin doubled to score Alena Velilla. The Vikings answered with a double of their own in the sixth inning before winning on a solo home run in the eighth.
Bailey Selvage suffered the loss, throwing 7 innings. She allowed 2 runs off 6 hits with 7 strikeouts.
The Ravens four hits were all for extra bases at the plate. Martin was joined by Kaleigh Small, Lauren Gaitley and Abby Reynolds with doubles.
In game two, the Vikings used a 5-run sixth inning to erase a 4-3 deficit to earn the sweep.
Ashley Rindom got the scoring started for the Ravens with a 2 RBI single in the second. Amanda Waymire hit the first of her two home runs in the third to give the Ravens a 3-0 lead.
A Grand View home run in the fourth tied the game at 3 before Waymire's second home run pushed Benedictine back into the lead, 4-3.
Lily SinghDhillon earned the start inside the circle and pitched a total of 4 innings. She was relieved by Kaeyln Conrad who went 1.1 innings before Lacey Foster took over in the fifth, recording one out while allowing 2 runs off 2 hits to suffer the loss.
The Ravens return home on Friday and Saturday to close out the regular season. They host a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Friday with MNU before celebrating Senior Day on Saturday at 1 p.m. against Peru State.
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