Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Fort Hays State softball team picked up their 20th win of the season on Sunday (March 25) after splitting a doubleheader against Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. The Tigers won the first game 7-0 but fell to the Lions in the second by a score of 9-3. Fort Hays State is now 20-8 (7-1 MIAA) on the year.
 
Fort Hays State 7, Lindenwood 0
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Maddie Holub allowed a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Lions got nothing else in the first game as the Tigers picked up their 20th victory of the season.
 
The teams were scoreless through the first three innings before the Tigers broke through in the fourth with an RBI single from Chelsey Rottinghaus to go on top 1-0. Adriana Wortley hit a two-run home run, her fifth on the year and second in as many days, in the top of the sixth before Rottinghaus hit an RBI triple, her first of the year, to put the Tigers ahead 4-0 after six.
 
Madison Putman led off the seventh with her first triple of the season and came around to score on a Taylor Nelson single as FHSU picked up some insurance runs in the top of the final inning. Nelson came around to score after a Lion error and Rottinghaus got her third RBI hit with a single later in the inning.
 
Holub was the real story of the game for the Tigers, allowing just one hit and striking out 10 batters and improving her record to 11-5 on the year.
 
Lindenwood 9, Fort Hays State 3
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The Tigers got on top early in the second game, with Nelson drawing a leadoff walk and coming around to score on a Lindenwood error to put FHSU up 1-0. The Lions came back with three runs in the bottom of the second inning off Tiger starting pitcher Katelyn Shattleroe to go up 3-1.
 
Morrison relieved Shattleroe in the second inning and retired the first eight batters she faced, allowing the Tigers to get back into the game. Nelson led off the fifth inning with a double and ended up scoring on an error by the Lions. FHSU would get another run on an Amanda Vaupel RBI single, which tied the game at 3-3.
 
Lindenwood responded in the bottom of the fifth, scoring three runs to go back on top 6-3. The Tigers mounted a rally in the sixth, getting runners on second and third with one out, but they were unable to push either across and cut into the deficit. The Lions added three insurance runs in the sixth for the final margin of 9-3.
 
Shattleroe started the game for FHSU, but lasted just 1.2 innings and allowed three runs before coming out. Morrison took the loss and drops to 2-2 on the year. She pitched the final 4.1 innings, allowing seven hits and six runs.
 
Fort Hays State, who is currently in third place in the MIAA standings, will meet the two teams that are ahead of them next weekend. The Tigers take on Missouri Western on Friday (March 30) and travel to Emporia State on Saturday (March 31).