MISHAWAKA – Bethel Softball split a doubleheader with Taylor on Friday—their third straight splitting a doubleheader—dropping game one 5-2 before rallying in game two for a 4-2 victory. Marissa Navarrete produced a pair of two-run hits—a game-tying double in the fourth and the go-ahead single in the sixth—to give the Pilots all the offense they needed for the win. 

GAME VITALS

• Game 1 Score: Taylor def. Bethel 5-2
• Game 2 Score: Bethel def. Taylor 4-2
• Records: Bethel (8-28, 7-21) | Taylor (21-81, 18-10)
• NAIA Top 25 Coaches' Poll:  Bethel – NR | Taylor – NR
• Location: Gardner Field | Bethel University | Mishawaka, Ind.

GAME 1 STAT TRACKER

• Chloe DeJonge: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI
• Emmie Pugh: 1-3
• Quinn Slattman: 1-3

GAME 2 STAT TRACKER

• Marissa Navarrete: 2-3, 2B, 4 RBI
• Quinn Slattman: 2-3, 2 R
• Emmie Pugh: 2-2, 2 R
• Ryann Norris: 7.0 IP, CG, W, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 K

INSIDE THE BOXSCORES

• The Pilots took a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning of game one but gave up five unanswered in the last two at bats in the loss.
• All of the Pilots runs on the day came with two outs in the respective inning.

NEXT TIME OUT

• The Pilots welcome Saint Francis to Gardner Field on Saturday at 1:00 pm.

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