Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Written by Jim Powers

St. Louis – Maryville University could not overcome the big inning and a pair of outstanding pitching performances as the Saints dropped both games of a doubleheader to William Jewell College 5-1 in nine innings and 6-1 in the night cap.

The Cardinals used the long ball to start the scoring in game one as Brittany Madsen took a pitch over the right center field wall to give William Jewell a 1-0 lead after two innings. The Saints had a golden opportunity to score in the third after Sarah Goodman walked to start the inning, then Shelby Steinkamp laced a single into left to runners on first and second with no outs. Syd Tockman earned a walk to load the bases after a groundout to load the bases, but the Saints hit two groundballs for outs to end the inning.

The middle of the Saints order came up big in the sixth inning to tie the game at 1-1 on a Kelsey Kapitzke RBI single to right center to plate Alex Flasch in the frame. William Jewell took control of the game in the ninth with a four-run uprising to put the game away. Kelsey Teneycke draw a walk to start the inning and then advanced to second on a pass ball. After a single by Aerin Creamer put runner on first and third with one out, Ashley Barrnett singled to score Creamer to give the Cardinals a 2-1 advantage. After Creamer scored on a wild pitch to give William Jewell a 3-1 lead, Rachel Hayden helped her own cause with a two RBI single down the left field line to give William Jewell a 5-1 lead. Steinkamp finshed the day going 2-4 at the plate while Casey Ward was also 2-4 for the Saints. Hayden paced the Cardinal offence with a pair of hits and two runs batted in. Hayden earned the victory on the afternoon to improve her season record to 7-4 while Nicole Taylor suffered the loss a dropped to 5-5 on the year.

The night cap of the double header saw the William Jewell start up right where they left off in game one. Barrett started the game with a double to centerfield off of the Saints starter Kelsey Kapitzke, then Hayden continued her strong day at the plate with a RBI double down the left field line to give the Cardinals an early 1-to-0 lead. Hayden then scored on an error while Faith Song ended up at second base for William Jewell. Kelsey Morgan then lifted a blast over the center field wall to give William Jewell a 4-0 lead, and they never looked back. After the Cardinals plated runs in the third and fifth innings to take a 6-to-0 lead, Maryville got an RBI single from Kapitzke to score Taylor from second to plate the only Saints run in the game. Song won her fifth game of the season for William Jewell, who improved to 13-15, 8-8 on the season, only giving up three hits while striking out four Saint batters. Kapitzke fell to 1-2 on the year while Maryville dropped to 11-11, 5-5 in the GLVC.

The Saints head back to the road this Wednesday, April 2, as they travel to Lebanon, Ill. to take on McKendree in a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.