Parsons, KS – Indian Hills Softball Head Coach Lindsay Diehl won her 100th career game on Tuesday as the Warriors defeated Labette Community College (KS) 10-2 and 9-8 in the doubleheader sweep. Indian Hills improves to 7-6 on the year.
Diehl, in her fourth season at Indian Hills, improved to 100-44 all-time for a .694 winning percentage. The Warriors have won at least 40 games in each of Diehl's two full seasons at the helm of the Warrior program, with the 2020 season cut short due to COVID-19.
Tuesday's sweep was the second in as many days for Indian Hills after the Warriors dropped Independence Community College (KS) twice on Monday. The Warriors have now scored 43 runs during its four-game winning streak.
The Warriors did all of their damage in game one in the fourth inning, breaking out for 10 runs in the frame after holding Labette scoreless for the first three innings. Indian Hills used a series of home runs from Destiny Lewis (Indianola, IA/Indianola), Breanna Newton (Bettendorf, IA/Bettendorf), and Kennedy Preston (Carlisle, IA/Carlisle) to pull away.
Lewis and Newton each used a three-run home run to spark the Warrior offense while Preston added a solo shot. Sophomore Madi Huisman (Ankeny, IA/Ankeny Centennial) went 3.2 innings to earn the win in the circle for the Warriors, striking out three batters with just one earned run.
Labette responded in game two with two runs in the opening frame, before a Yanna Roberts (Davenport, IA/Davenport North) RBI single in the second followed by a run-scoring double from Lewis tied the game.
Gretta Hartz (Runnells, IA/Southeast Polk) and Sydney Anderson (Elkhart, IA/North Polk) delivered back-to-back home runs in the fourth to give the Warriors their first lead of the nightcap. Lewis connected on another home run in the fifth, a three-run shot to push the Warrior lead to 8-2. Preston completed the scoring in the fifth with an RBI single to score Anderson.
The Cardinals made a late surge with six runs in the seventh inning, but the Warriors closed out the game with a strikeout from Margot van eijl (Oosterhout, Netherlands/Calandlyceum).
Anderson and Lewis each collected three hits in the win while Preston, Roberts, and Bryanna Mehaffy (Burlington, IA/Burlington) added two apiece to contribute to the Warriors 15 hit total on the day.
Madie Anderson (Mt. Pleasant, IA/Winfield Mt. Union) went 6.1 innings to earn the win while van eijl was credited with the save.
The Warriors make their home opener on Saturday afternoon with a doubleheader vs. State Fair Community College (MO). First pitch is set for 2:00 PM.