DECATUR, Ill. – North Park Softball split a pair of games against Millikin University at Workman Softball Field on Saturday afternoon, concluding the regular season. The Vikings now wait for the result of Sunday's Augustana-Elmhurst doubleheader to determine their status for the 2024 CCIW Tournament.

Game One: Millikin 9, North Park 1

The Vikings were no-hit in game one, manufacturing their only run of the game on an RBI groundout by sophomore shortstop Kayla Lorenz. The Big Blue utilized 11 hits, 10 singles, while stealing five bases to earn a shortened win, 9-1, in six innings.

Game Two: North Park 7, Millikin 4

Sophomore Eden Baker got the start in the circle for North Park in game two, as the first two innings went by scoreless for both teams.

Millikin got a run in the third on Foreman's RBI double, but a two-run homer to right field by North Park sophomore catcher Katie Patton gave the Vikings a 2-1 lead in the fourth. 

Millikin drove the equalizer in the sixth, but North Park would have their biggest inning of the day in their half of the inning. Sophomore first baseman Kathryn Keehn drew a bases-loaded walk before Lorenz cracked a three-run, bases-clearing double to put NPU up, 6-2. Sophomore designated player Sydney Snyder added another run with an RBI single, giving the Vikings a 7-2 lead.

The Big Blue managed two runs in the seventh on a pair of hits and a couple wild pitches, but Baker shut things down, securing the final out with an infield popout.

North Park (11-25, 6-10) has concluded its regular season and needs to hope for Elmhurst to lose one game to Augustana tomorrow, May 5, for their ticket to Bloomington and the 2024 CCIW Tournament.