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5
Winner Simpson SIMSB 12-3
3
North Park NPU 2-6-1
Winner
Simpson SIMSB
12-3
5
Final
3
North Park NPU
2-6-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Simpson SIMSB 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 5 5 1
North Park NPU 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 8 2

W: Barrick (5-3) L: Malicki, Alyssa (1-4)

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Winner North Park NPU 3-6-1
2
Loras LORSB23 7-4
Winner
North Park NPU
3-6-1
3
Final
2
Loras LORSB23
7-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
North Park NPU 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 1
Loras LORSB23 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 1

W: Lafnear, Maya (2-0) L: Ashlyn, Hemm (3-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Tyler Woolbright

Viking Softball Splits Florida Getaway Day Games

Offense aplenty in North Park's spring break trip

Thanks to Mya Lorenz for the pictures

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – North Park softball split their final day in Florida on Friday, losing the first game to Simpson 5-3 before earning a getaway 3-2 win over Loras in game two.

SIMPSON

Storm starter Taryan Barrick-Wesse had an impressive outing against a strong North Park offense, blanking the Vikings through five innings of work. Meanwhile, a solo homer in the second and two-run single in the third by Cameron Martin, RBI single by Ashlyn Steen in the fourth, and RBI groundout by Megan Heidelbauer in the fifth gave Simpson a 5-0 lead.

North Park began to mount a comeback in the sixth inning when Maddy Tan and Emily Reczek scored on Salyssa Garcia's two-run single. The Vikings added one more run in the seventh on Kayla Lorenz' homer, but the comeback fell short.

LORAS

The final game of the Vikings' participation in the 2023 Dot Richardson Spring Games was a pitchers' duel. North Park's Maya Lafnear and Loras's Laurissa Klapatauska traded scoreless innings all the way to the fifth. Once the Duhawks pulled Kalpatauskas in the top of the fifth, the Vikings went to work. 

Kathryn Keehn doubled to left field and was joined on base after Eden Baker dropped down a bunt single. Next, after Baker swiped second, Isa Santos loaded the bases with another bunt single. Now with two outs, Maddy Tan cracked another clutch hit with a bases-clearing double into right-center field.

Loras got a couple back in their half of the fifth with an RBI groundout and RBI single but Lafnear shut the door after that, securing the complete-game win, 3-2.

Quick Hits:

  • Lafnear punches out four while allowing no earned runs in her complete-game win
  • Two-hit games against Loras for Baker (2-for-4), Garcia (2-for-3), and Keehn (2-for-3, 2B)
  • Tan doubles twice on the day
  • Two-hit games against Simpson for Lorenz (2-for-4, HR) and Tan (2-for-4, 2B)




What's Next?

North Park (3-6-1) heads back to the Midwest and resumes its non-conference schedule at Concordia (IL) on Wednesday, March 22. First pitch for the doubleheader  in River Forest is set for 3 PM CT.


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