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Bobcat Softball Splits with Graceland

Will go to Baker for HAAC Tourney Friday

 (Peru, Neb.) – The mission was to sweep a double header from the home team and beat them by 16 runs – an almost impossible task.
 
Unfortunately, for the Peru State College (PSC) Bobcat softball team, they were not completely successful on Tuesday as they travelled to Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.
 
However, the Bobcats did gain a split with the YellowJackets by winning game one 3-1, before falling in the nightcap 7-2.
 
The 'Cats did assure themselves of the fifth seed for the upcoming Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) post-season tournament as they finished the regular season with a 10-8 conference mark.  Overall, the Bobcats are 29-23 for the year.
 
With the split, Graceland snagged the third seed and are 12-6 in the HAAC and 21-18 on the year. 
 
Peru State will travel to Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan., on Friday, April 28, to face Baker University in the best of three series.  A double header will take place on Friday with a third game, if necessary, being played on Saturday. 
 
Game One Action
 
Blackwell, Toni
Peru State first got on the board in the top of the third inning.  After one out, Miranda Lyndes (Peyton, Colo.) reached on a YellowJacket error.  Lyndes, however, was forced out at second as Stephanie Holdsworth (Bennet) reached on a fielder's choice.  Holdsworth advanced to second when Brittany Hoock (Elkhorn) singled in the infield.  Toni Blackwell (Papillion) followed with a single driving in Holdsworth giving PSC a 1-0 lead.
Bodyk, Kristen
 
The 'Cats added two more in the sixth inning.  Blackwell got on board with a single and Kristen Bodyk (Paris, Ontario, Canada) stepped to the plate and on a 1-2 count, hit a two-run home run over the left-center fence.  At that point, PSC had a 3-0 advantage.
 
Graceland was able to plate one run in the bottom of the sixth, but that was all they were able to muster as PSC won 3-1.
 
Blackwell went two for three and had one RBI for PSC.  Bodyk's lone hit of the game gave her two RBI.
 
Massengale, Devon
Devon Massengale (Elkhorn) threw her 11th complete game of the year, going seven innings, and gaining her 11th win of the year.  Massengale scattered seven hits, gave up one earned run and struck out eight.    With her 11 wins this year, combined with her 17 from last, Massengale has moved solely into seventh on the Bobcat all-time victory mark with 28 wins.  This moves her ahead of Melanie Tramp, who had 27 wins in 1998-99.  With the eight strikeouts, Massengale's season  total now stands at 110, which also moves her up one spot in the single-season career stats, into third.  It moves her ahead of Hall of Famer, Erin (O'Grady) Sayer who had 106 K's in 1987. 

GAME ONE BOX SCORE
 
Game Two Action
 
The Bobcats drew first blood in the second game in the second inning.  With two outs, Tesla Oldfield (Nebraska City) reached on a walk and then stole second base, her eighth of the year.  Hoock followed with a single and Oldfield went to third.  Later, Oldfield scored on a wild throw, giving PSC a 1-0 lead.
 
That lead stood until the bottom of the fourth when GU was able to score one to tie it at 1-1. 
 
Then, in the bottom of the fifth, Graceland came to life.  The YellowJackets were able to push across six runs in the inning, including a grand slam.  At the end of five, it was GU 7-1.
 
In the top of the sixth, PSC did add one run, but had other opportunities as they left the bases loaded.  Bodyk was hit by a pitch and was replaced by pinch runner, Casee Ford (Fort Collins, Colo.).  Ford's time on base was short as Emily Maresh (Central City) reached base on a fielder's choice and Ford was out at second.  Devin Choate (Beatrice) singled to center with Maresh advancing to second.  Massengale singled to left to load the bases.  Toni Moffatt (Morden, Manitoba, Canada) reached on a fielder's choice, allowing Maresh to score.  Lyndes reached on a walk, which loaded the bases for PSC, but the next batter grounded out to end the scoring threat. 
 
That proved to be the final scoring for either team and the YellowJackets won 7-2.
 
Hoock, Choate, Massengale, and Moffatt each had one hit with Moffatt being credited for one RBI.
 
Lyndsay Drumm (Bennington) started the game for PSC and threw four innings, giving up six hits, and two earned runs.  Drumm was given the loss as she was responsible for the first batter in the fifth inning for Graceland who eventually scored giving them the 2-1 lead.  Lauren Johnson (Seward) pitched one-third of an inning.  Johnson gave up one hit and three earned runs.  Massengale finished the game by throwing one and two-thirds innings and allowing two hits and two earned runs.

GAME TWO BOX SCORE
 
Upcoming Action
 
The Bobcats will participate in their first-ever post-season action as members of the HAAC.  The quarterfinals will be at the host team's site, the fourth-seeded Baker University.  Game time for Friday's double header is anticipated to be at 4:00 p.m.
 
With two wins, the Bobcats would then advance to the HAAC tournament that will be held the following week on Friday and Saturday in Olathe, Kan.  The tourney would be a four-team, double-elimination event.
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