(Peru, Neb.) - After playing their last thirteen games on the road, the Peru State College (PSC) Bobcat softball team seemed to have no problem getting back into the swing of things after sweeping Midland University (MU) at home.
 
The 'Cats took game one 2-0 and kept a steady lead for most of game two to win 6-3.  With the two wins, PSC improved to 11-8 while Midland fell to 1-10.
 
Game 1 Action
 
Neither team was able to put a point on the scoreboard until the top of the fifth inning when PSC scored two runs, which coincidentally would be the only two runs of the game, giving the Bobcats the win.
 
Devon Massengale (Elkhorn) had two hits, while Toni Blackwell (Papillion), Devin Choate (Beatrice), and Kristen Bodyk (Paris, Ontario, Canada) each had one hit.  Stephanie Holdsworth (Bennet) and Blackwell had one RBI each. 
 
Massengale pitched a complete game, only giving up four hits and no earned runs.   Massengale added five strikeouts while improving to 3-1.

GAME ONE BOX SCORE
 
Game 2 Action
 
Game two brought another win for PSC with a score of 6-3.  The game started off with a little more action with Midland scoring two runs in the bottom of the first.  However, the Bobcats answered back quickly in the top of the second with five runs scored.
 
Bodyk started things off with a single, followed by Emily Maresh (Central City) getting walked.  Following a Bobcat out, Jordan Walker (Peyton, Colo.) reached first on a fielder's choice, with Bodyk being put out at third. Miranda Lyndes (Peyton, Colo.) singled, which brought in Maresh and Walker went to third.  Lyndes then stole second and Walker scored on the throw to second.  Blackwell stepped up the plate and was hit by a pitch.  Tesla Oldfield (Nebraska City) singled and then Toni Moffatt (Morden, Manitoba, Canada) singled which brought in Blackwell and Lyndes.  Choate then singled bringing in Oldfield for the final run of the inning, as the next batter flied out.
 
The score remained 5-2 until the top of the sixth when PSC scored one run off of a single by Moffatt, allowing Blackwell, who had also singled, to come in for the lone run for the inning and final run of the game for the Bobcats. 
 
Midland was able to pull off one more run in the bottom of the seventh, but was not enough as the Bobcats finished with the win.
 
Moffatt had four hits, while Choate and Lyndes each contributed two hits.  Moffatt provided three RBIs, while Choate and Lyndes each had one.
 
Lauren Johnson (Seward) pitched six and one-third innings giving up seven hits and three earned runs, and got the win.   Johnson had four K's and improves to 3-2 for the season.  Trista Hutchings (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada) pitched two-thirds innings giving up no hits or runs.  Hutchings earned the save and had one strikeout.

GAME TWO BOX SCORE
 
Upcoming Games
 
The Bobcats will host a home double header with Ottawa University on Wednesday, March 14, and then will travel to Crete on Thursday, March 15, to take on the Doane College Tigers.  Game time for both days is 3 p.m.
 
Then, on Monday, March 19, the 'Cats are traveling to Seward to play the Concordia University Bulldogs.  Another trip west on Tuesday, March 20, will find the Bobcats playing the York College Panthers.  Monday's game time is 4 p.m. and Tuesday, the games will begin at 3 p.m.