Seward, Nebraska — Kameryn Etherington pitched a complete-game, four-hitter in leading the Northwestern softball team to a 7-1 win in game two of a GPAC doubleheader played Saturday in Seward, Neb. Northwestern dropped game one 4-3 and is now 2-2 in the conference, 15-7 overall; Concordia dropped its first league game (3-1) and is now 17-3 this season.
Game Two: 7-1 win
Erike McKenney put Northwestern in front 1-0 with a RBI single in the first, scoring Jennifer Boeve. Northwestern plated four runs in the third; McKenney hit an RBI single, Kameryn Etherington drove in two with a triple and scored on an RBI single by Emily Strasser. Boeve drove in Madysn Grotewold with an RBI single in the fourth, giving the Raiders a 6-0 lead. Concordia plated its lone run in the fifth on a lead-off double by Hhana Haro who scored after a groundout from Regan Karel. Northwestern capped the scoring with an RBI single in the seventh, scoring pinch runner Alayna Bakke.
Etherington (10-2) earned her 10th win of the season, giving up three singles and one double, in the full seven innings. The freshman retired the first nine Concordia hitters; she struck out six. Northwestern totaled 11 hits, led by Erika McKenney who went 3/4 with 2 RBI. Jennifer Boeve, Emily Strasser and Madysn Grotewold all had two hits; Etherington belted a two-run triple. Jerzi Rowe (5-2) took the loss, giving up six hits, five runs in 2.2 innings
Game One: 4-3 loss
A three-run, third inning put Concordia in front 3-0; Tori Homolka hit a three-run double, scoring Kylee Nixon, Jenessa Jarvis and Camry Moore. Northwestern tied it with a three-run fifth inning; Emily Bosch drove in two with a triple and scored after an RBI single from Jessica Mouw. Concordia scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh with two outs on a ball hit by Haro.
Etherington (9-2) took the loss, giving up an unearned over the final 2.1 innings. Samantha Ubben earned the no-decision after pitching the first 4.1 innings. Both teams accounted for seven hits. Bosch and Etherington paced the Raiders offense with two hits each. Homolka was the top hitter for Concordia, going 2/4 with two RBI. Moore (10-1) earned the complete-game win, striking out two.
