(Peru, Neb.) – What normally, in the past, had been very competitive games did not turn out that way on Wednesday night as Midland University swept a double header from the Bobcat softball team. In each game the run rule was invoked as the Warriors took game one 9-1 in five innings and then won game two 12-0 in five innings as well.
 
With the pair of wins, Midland went above .500 as the Warriors are now 20-19. Peru State fell to 10-28 with the two losses.
 
Game One Recap
 
After Midland scored two in the bottom of the first, the 'Cats did get on board in the top of the second. Leah Quick (Kansas City, Mo.) hit a home run which turned out to be the only Bobcat score of the day.
 
The Warriors added one run in the second, one in the third, four in the fourth, and then one in the bottom of the fifth which allowed for the mercy rule to be invoked.
 
Midland scored their nine runs on 12 hits and committed no errors. Peru State scored their one run on two hits and had two errors.
 
Besides Quick's home run, only Brittany McNeese (Gretna) added a single.
 
Kayla Guerrero (Omaha) took the loss as she threw three and two-third innings. Guerrero allowed 11 hits, eight runs – four earned, and struck out three. Brittany McNeese threw two-thirds of an inning and allowed one hit and one earned run.

MIDLAND GAME ONE BOX SCORE
 
Game Two Recap
 
While the Bobcats got more hits in the second game, they were not able to push across any runs. Their best chance of scoring came in the top of the fourth inning as Peru State had the bases loaded with only one out.
 
Midland scored one in the first, one in the second, eight in the third, and two in the fourth. They got their 12 runs on ten hits and did not have any errors. Peru State did manage five hits, but had three errors – two of which occurred in the Warriors' third inning.
 
Nicole Reznicek (Omaha), Molly Holbrook (Lincoln), Cheyenne Dalrymple (Stockton, Calif.), Guerrero, and Meghan McPolin (Orland Park, Ill.) each had a hit in the game.
 
McNeese was tagged for the loss as she threw two and two-third innings. She gave up seven hits, ten runs – five earned, and struck out two. Reznicek pitched the final one and one-third innings and allowed three hits, two earned runs, and struck out two.

MIDLAND GAME TWO BOX SCORE
 
Upcoming Games
 
The Bobcats have a pair of Heart of America Athletic Conference double headers coming up on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, Peru State will host Benedictine College beginning at 2 p.m. Currently, the Ravens are sitting in fourth in the conference with an 8-4 mark and are 21-12 overall. This double header will be dependent on Mother Nature as it appears it could rain.
 
Then, on Saturday, the 'Cats travel to league-leading Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo. The eighth-ranked Eagles have won 24 in a row and are 16-0 in conference play. Overall, Central Methodist is 35-6.
 
The games are key for Peru State to have any hope of making the post-season tournament. The Bobcats would have to win at least one of the four to match Graceland University and Culver-Stockton College, the two teams Peru State split with earlier in the season. In addition, Graceland and Culver-Stockton would have to lose all of their remaining conference games as well.