SCORE: IT 5, MVNU 1
RECORDS: Indiana Tech (5-7), Mt. Vernon Nazarene (1-5)
LOCATION: Clermont, Fla. (Hancock Park #5)
 
BRIEF: The Indiana Tech softball team continued their winning ways on Tuesday morning with a 5-1 victory behind the offense of Sophia Johantgen and Juliaclare Plezbert and the pitching of Maggie McCrory and Tori Simper. A three-run fifth inning propelled the Warriors to the win.
 
FLOW:
- The Cougars got on the board first with a bases loaded walk in the third
- Katie Bird even the score in the fourth with an RBI single, plating Plezbert
- MVNU gave the Warriors a run with a bases loaded walk and an Alli Watson single plated a pair of runs with the help of a Cougars throwing error
- Plezbert showed some power in the seventh, homering to right field for the final margin
 
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Johantgen, Plezbert and Hannah Foltz each tallied two hits
- Plezbert scored three runs and drove in one
- Johantgen and Jenevie Rivas each scored once while three others collected an RBI
- McCrory allowed just one run on three hits in 2.1 innings
- Simper got the win, allowing just one hit, striking out one in 4.2 innings of relief
 
UP NEXT: Thursday, Mar. 19, doubleheader vs. Calvin College at Hancock Park #5 in Clermont, Fla. First pitch at 1 p.m.
 
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Softball Contact:  Zachary Shore | 260.422.5561 x. 2492 | zrshore@indianatech.edu
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