Brooke Craig of UNI pitched a terrific game for Ironside Apparel in the Iowa Women's Softball League on Sunday.
Craig tossed a five-hit shutout as Ironside Apparel blanked Emil's Hideaway, 4-0, in the first game at Mount Mercy.
Adara Opiola, one of Craig's teammates at UNI, went 3-for-4 for Ironside Apparel in the victory. Tawny Menster of Mount Mercy was 2-for-3 with two doubles and scored two runs. Morgan Goedken of Wartburg was also 2-for-3.
Erin Kuba of Utah State had two hits for Emil's Hideaway.
HAWKEYE CONVENIENCE STORES 3
IRONSIDE APPAREL 2
Hawkeye Convenience Stores trimmed Ironside Apparel, 3-2, in the middle game at Mount Mercy.
Opiola, Menster, Goedken and Haley McFarlane of St. Cloud State all had two hits for Ironside Apparel. Opiola and Menster had doubles.
EMIL'S HIDEAWAY 4
HAWKEYE CONVENIENCE STORES 1
KyLeigh Becker of Loras tossed a strong game for Emil's Hideaway in a 4-1 victory over Hawkeye Convenience Stores in the final game of the triple-header at Mount Mercy.
Hailey Duwa of Western Illinois went 4-for-4 and drove in a run for Emil's Hideaway. Sydney Robertson and Morgan Braughton, both from Mount Mercy, went 2-for-3 and Braughton drove in a run. Kuba hit a double for the winners.
METRO SPORTS REPORT 8
BOSCH FINANCIAL 1
Lizzy Adams of Coe starred for Metro Sports Report in an 8-1 victory over Bosch Financial in the first game of their doubleheader at Simpson College on Sunday.
Adams pitched three scoreless innings and went 2-for-3 with a ringing three-run double. Olivia Goodale of Missouri Western tossed the last four innings for Metro Sports Report, allowing only one run on five hits.
Melanie Rasmussen of Missouri Western and Lexi Merritt of Grand View had two hits for Metro Sports Report. Merritt and Georgia Porter of Simpson scored twice. Abby Carlin of Western Illinois collected an RBI double. Lauren Watters of Southeastern University drove in a run for the winners.
Madi Parrott of Northwestern Oklahoma State had two hits for Bosch Financial. Meghan Gould of Southwestern had a double and Emma Olejniczak of UNI drove in her team's only run.
BOSCH FINANCIAL 6
METRO SPORTS REPORT 3
Parrott blasted a three-run homer to left field to help Bosch Financial defeat Metro Sports Report, 6-3, and gain a split of their doubleheader.
Parrott was 2-for-3 with four RBIs in the victory. Arianna Kim of Simpson, Ashley Allen of Simpson and Haylee Towers of Western Kentucky all had two hits for the winners. Allen had a double and Towers had an RBI.
Towers pitched four strong innings in relief to gain the victory in the circle. Kim pitched five innings in the doubleheader, with three innings in Game 1 and the first two innings in Game 2, and surrendered only one run.
Watters had two hits for Metro Sports Report and Adams had a double.
IOWA WOMEN'S SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Sunday's Results
Ironside Apparel 4, Emil's Hideaway 0
Hawkeye Convenience Stores 3, Ironside Apparel 2
Emil's Hideaway 4, Hawkeye Convenience Stores 1
Metro Sports Report 8, Bosch Financial 1
Bosch Financial 6, Metro Sports Report 3
Standings
Hawkeye Convenience Stores 7-2-1
Metro Sports Report 5-2
Emil's Hideaway 5-5
Bosch Financial 2-5
Ironside Apparel 2-7-1
Schedule for Sunday, July 15
At Mount Mercy
Hawkeye Convenience Stores vs Ironside Apparel, 12
Hawkeye Convenience Stores vs Emil's Hideaway, 1:45
Ironside Apparel vs Emil's Hideaway, 3:30
At Simpson
Metro Sports Report vs Bosch Financial (2), 1