Hawkeyes Fall to Northern Iowa

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The College of Iowa softball crew fell to Northern Iowa, 11-6, on Friday night time at Pearl Subject in a 9-inning exhibition. The Hawkeyes pitched by committee, with seven completely different pitchers making an look all through the sport.

Northern Iowa was in a position to strike early, plating one run within the high of the primary inning.

Within the third inning, Iowa was in a position to open the scoring as freshman, Avery Jackson, obtained the primary hit of the night time with a longball to tie the sport at one. The Hawkeyes had been in a position to plate two extra runs within the inning off of a fielder’s selection and an RBI single from junior Brylee Klosterman.

The Panthers had been in a position to tie it up, at three, within the high of the fifth inning on a two RBI double. Within the high of the sixth, UNI retook the lead plating three to take a 6-3 lead.

Senior Nia Carter led off the house half of the sixth with a triple. She was in a position to come residence on the RBI double off the bat of Klosterman. Junior Grace Banes adopted that up with an RBI single to chop the Panther result in one.

UNI tacked on three extra on the highest of the seventh to make the rating 9-5. Within the backside of the inning, the Hawkeyes had been in a position to get two runners on however had been unable to carry them in. The Panthers had been in a position to prolong their result in 11-5 within the high of the eighth scoring two.

Iowa was in a position to lower into the lead within the backside of the eighth. Junior Denali Loecker obtained it going with a arise double. She got here residence on one other RBI single from Banes to make it 11-6.

The Hawkeyes completed the sport with six runs on 10 hits and one error. The Iowa arms had 9 strikeouts over 9 innings.

The Hawkeyes return to motion tomorrow afternoon at Bob Pearl Subject as they play host to Iowa State. First pitch is scheduled for five p.m. CT. Admission is free.