WARRIORS FALL TWICE ON THE ROAD

WARRIORS FALL TWICE ON THE ROAD

Overland Park, KS – The No. 19 Indian Hills Softball team dropped a pair of games on the road on Wednesday afternoon, falling 3-1 to Johnson County Community College and 2-1 to North Iowa Area Community College. The Warriors move to 7-5 overall on the year.

In the opener against Johnson County, the Warriors fell behind early as the Cavaliers plated a single run in each of the first two frames. A third inning RBI single from Destiny Lewis (Indianola, IA/Indianola) scored Eva Fulk (Ankeny, IA/Ankeny) to cut the deficit in half, but the Warriors managed just three base hits the rest of the way as Johnson County tacked on one more run late to preserve the win.

With the RBI base hit, Lewis eclipsed the 100 RBI mark for her Indian Hills career. The sophomore All-American becomes just the sixth player since 2000 to reach the 100-hit, 100-run, and 100-RBI marks and just the second during the same stretch to also include 30 or more career home runs. Lewis joins Kacey Duffield (2015-16) in the latter group.

In game two vs. NIACC, the Trojans struck first for an initial 1-0 lead over the Warriors. Indian Hills was held hitless until Julia Kwakernaak's (The Hague, Netherlands/Segbroek College) fifth-inning double, but the Warriors failed to produce a run.

Trailing 2-1 in the top of the seventh, Kwakernaak once again delivered with a one-out single before scoring on a Carly Campbell (Homestead, IA/Williamsburg) double with two outs. The Warriors' rally ended with a runner stranded in scoring position as NIACC stole the pitcher's duel.

Kwakernaak has now hit safely in five of the team's last six games with a .500 batting average during the stretch.