DeKALB, Ill. – One game was a pitchers' duel. The other game was not.
The Bowling Green State University softball team used different methods to achieve the same outcome, sweeping Friday's (May 7) Mid-American Conference doubleheader against host Northern Illinois University by scores of 1-0 and 15-4 at Mary M. Bell Field.
picked up the win in each game, with a complete-game shutout in the opener and nearly five innings of no-hit relief in the nightcap.
The Falcons (25-25, 17-18 MAC) had six hits in the first game, and the game's only run was unearned.