DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University softball team swept Southern Illinois in a Sunday doubleheader at Ron Buel Field. Drake won game one by a score of 4-0 before holding off SIU, 5-3, in the second game as the Bulldogs improved to 19-11 and 9-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference with their third-straight MVC sweep.
Drake received outstanding pitching from sophomore Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.) and senior Mariah McKinnon (Oxford, Iowa) on Sunday. Newman started the first game and then closed out the second game for her first save of the season.