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Tevis and Hicks
Garry Jones
Marlee Tevis blasted a three-RBI homer and hurled a shutout in game two.
2
Winner Drury University DU 7-12, 1-2 GLVC
1
Bellarmine BU 12-13, 2-1 GLVC
Winner
Drury University DU
7-12, 1-2 GLVC
2
Final
1
Bellarmine BU
12-13, 2-1 GLVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Drury University DU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0
Bellarmine BU 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1

W: Kjeldgaard, Jessica (1-5) L: Kurtz, Madeline (1-5)

0
Drury University DU 7-13, 1-3 GLVC
6
Winner Bellarmine BU 13-13, 3-1 GLVC
Drury University DU
7-13, 1-3 GLVC
0
Final
6
Bellarmine BU
13-13, 3-1 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Drury University DU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Bellarmine BU 0 3 0 0 3 0 X 6 7 0

W: Tevis, Marlee (2-4) L: Kjeldgaard, Jessica (1-6)

Game Recap: Softball | | by Sydney Windell, Bellarmine Sports Information

Knights fall in extra innings, but recover in game two against Drury

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After 11 innings in two hours and 40 minutes, the Bellarmine softball team fell in game one to Drury University 2-1.  The Panthers improved their Great Lakes Valley Conference record 1-3, 7-13 overall.  But the Knights (13-13, 3-1 GLVC) shook off the loss quickly in game two with Marlee Tevis pitching a shutout and homering in the 6-0 win.
 
Game 1 BU 1, DU 2 (BOX SCORE HTM)
 
Both teams had a slow start and a long grind before a decision was reached in game one.  Freshman pitcher Madeline Kurtz bailed the Knights out of a bases loaded jam in the top of the fourth with the score still locked at zero.  
 
The Knights made it on the scoreboard first late in the fifth inning.  Katie Stamper singled through the right side to start Bellarmine's offense, advancing to second on Lillie Nitzken's sacrifice bunt.  Drury's Shelby Weissenbach walked Rachel Fox, and a wild pitch on ball four allowed Fox to advance to second and Stamper to third.  Melissa Hammer's single up the middle drove in Stamper, but Fox was cut down at the plate.
 
After three foul balls, the Panthers' Chantal Oelrich singled to center in the top of the sixth.  With Kendyl Frerking in to pinch run, Abbey LeJong singled to left field to drive in Frerking to tie the game at one.
 
The Knights were unable to get Erica Knollman home to win the game after she doubled to left in the bottom of the seventh.  The tie game grind continued until the top of the 11th inning where a sacrifice fly with a runner on third put Drury up 2-1.  Bellarmine was unable to answer back.
 
Kurtz (1-5) was saddled with the loss after hurling an eye-popping 167 pitches and striking out five batters.  Stamper led the Knights offense by going 2-for-4 at the plate.
 
Game 2 BU 6, DU 0 (BOX SCORE HTM)
 
The quick turn around between games worked in favor of the Knights.  Megan Bretz hit a one-base screamer up the middle, advancing to second on Ciara Incorvati's sacrifice bunt to start the home half of the second inning.  Drury's Jessica Kjeldgaard walked Tabby Shewmaker, setting the stage for a potential Bellarmine score.  Fox's single through the right side loaded the bases.  Knollman found the answer with another double that pushed Bretz, Stamper and Fox across home plate for a 3-0 lead.
 
The Panthers changed pitchers in the bottom of the fifth, but Miki Andrus couldn't find the answer as she walked the first batter Knollman.  Hammer's sacrifice bunt advanced her to second, and Kelly Ely reached first base after being hit by a pitch.  Tevis continued the scoring by smacking a three-RBI homer over left field to put the Knights up 6-0.
 
Tevis solidified the win with her arm in the circle, as Drury was unable to get a runner home in the final innings.
 
Knollman went 1-for-3 with three RBIs and one run, while Tevis also went 1-for-3 and tallied three RBIs and a run of her own.
 
The Knights hit the road on a long bus trip to take on William Jewell on March 19 at 1 p.m. and Rockhurst on March 20 at 1 p.m.  
 
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