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Sophomore pitcher Brooklyn Rhodes throwing a pitch
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MUW MUW 14-12, 9-2 SLIAC
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Winner Greenville GREENVIL 25-8, 10-1 SLIAC
MUW MUW
14-12, 9-2 SLIAC
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Final
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Greenville GREENVIL
25-8, 10-1 SLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
MUW MUW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Greenville GREENVIL 0 0 3 1 0 0 X 4 10 1

W: Sarah Salas (8-3) L: Garvin, Trinity (5-3)

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Winner MUW MUW 15-12
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Greenville GREENVIL 25-9
Winner
MUW MUW
15-12
12
Final
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Greenville GREENVIL
25-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
MUW MUW 4 0 7 1 0 12 10 1
Greenville GREENVIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1

W: Rhodes, Brooklyn (5-5) L: Kayla Kocher (11-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Owls softball splits with Greenville to retain a share of SLIAC top spot

GREENVILLE, Ill. – The W softball team and Greenville University did exactly what one might expect when the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's (SLIAC) co-leaders squared off head-to-head: they split a doubleheader, with each winning in dominant fashion. The Owls (15-12, 10-2 SLIAC) lost the first game, 4-0, but bounced back to throttle the Panthers (25-9, 10-2 SLIAC), 12-0, in a run-rule shortened game two.
 
Both teams remain perched atop the SLIAC leaderboard, entering the home stretch of the regular season.
 
Each win highlighted pitching by the respective teams.  In game one, Greenville's Sarah Salas was unhittable, almost. Salas took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and with two out. Ironically, it was her Owls' counterpart, freshman pitcher Trinity Garvin, who slapped a single to right that broke up the no-no, but not the shutout win by the Panthers' hurler.
 
For her part, Garvin (5-3) also threw a complete game in taking the loss. She struck out four and walked one.
 
In game two, it was sophomore Brooklyn Rhodes (5-5) cobbling together her best outing of the season from the circle and harkening back to 2025, when she was one of the SLIAC's top pitchers and earned a share of the league's Freshman of the Year award. Rhodes limited the potent Panthers to just four singles, striking out five, and walking none.
 
The W's offense played some small ball, as well. Nine of MUW's 10 hits were singles that, combined with showing great patience in drawing seven walks, led to the five-inning win. MUW tallied four runs in the first, seven in the third and one in the fourth.
 
A quartet of Owls had multi-hit games. Gillion Eaves, Addison Owen and Brianna Byrd all went 2-for-4 in the game. Owen and Byrd each scored twice, while Eaves had two RBI.
 
Garvin, the designated player in game two, was 2-for-2, with two runs and an RBI.
 
Firstbaseman Kaylee Crawford was 1-for-2, with three RBI, a walk, and a run scored. Her lone hit was a first-inning double that drove in two runs and built a 4-0 cushion for her team.
 
Shortstop Avery Johnston couldn't get an official at-bat, drawing three walks in her plate appearances. Johnston scored once and had one RBI.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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