Purdue North Central Box Score
Viterbo Box Score
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Bellevue University softball team won a pair of games Tuesday at the Tucson Invitational Games, sliding past Purdue University North Central, 2-1, before capping the day with a 9-3 win over Viterbo University.
The Bruins evened their record at 4-4 on the season with the two wins and are now 3-0 in the tournament.
Bellevue 2, Purdue North Central 1
Senior Kendra Gansz' two-out RBI double in the fifth inning broke a 1-1 tie, lifting the Bruins past Purdue North Central in Tuesday's first game.
Gansz went 2-for-4 with two doubles to lead the Bruins at the plate while senior Aly Bowers picked up the win, giving up six hits and improving her record to 2-3.
Senior Jenny Gawart blasted a solo home run in the top of the second to give the Bruins an early 1-0 advantage. The Panthers tied it up in the bottom of the third before Gansz' game-winning double in the fifth.
Bellevue 9, Viterbo 3
The Bruins erupted for seven runs in the sixth inning, while blasting 13 total hits in a 9-3 win over Viterbo University
Sophomore Brooke Ellis finished 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs and a home run to lead the Bruins at the plate. Junior Allie Bartley went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Sophomore Erica McCoy went 1-for-3 with 2 RBIs coming off a bases-loaded single in the sixth.
Senior Alissa Crumley earned the win, improving to 2-1 on the season. She had a no-hitter up until the sixth inning and finished with a season-high 11 strikeouts, while allowing four hits over the final two innings.
Purdue North Central Line Score
Bellevue............010 010 0 - 2 6 5
Purdue NC........001 000 0 - 1 6 3
WP - Bowers (2-3)
LP - Inglis
2B: BU, Gansz (2); PNC, Bozman
HR: BU, Gawart
Viterbo Line Score
Bellevue........100 007 1 - 9 13 0
Viterbo...........000 002 1 - 3 4 2
WP - Crumley (2-1)
LP - Rathbun
2B: BU, Gansz, Wees; VU, Strait
3B: VU, Boisjoile
HR: BU, Ellis
The Bruins will continue action in the tournament on Wednesday (Mar. 10) with a 5 p.m. (CST) game against Minot State and a 7 p.m. contest against Monmouth College.
