Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 | Box Score 4 ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Winona State softball team won three out of their four games at the Lewis Dome Invitational, taking down Wayne State, Truman State, and UW-Parkside.

The Warriors earned a 5-2 victory to start the invitational on Saturday but would split the day overall in a 3-1 loss to Grand Valley State. To finish the weekend, WSU defeated Truman State 10-2 and UW-Parkside, 5-1.

Game One: WSU (5) – WSU (Mich.) (2)
Winona State would start the first inning with an Alyssa Woelfel leadoff triple, and she would get brough in by a sacrifice fly out by Indigo Fish to give Winona State an early 1-0 lead. WSU would keep the momentum rolling going into the third inning where Fish recorded her second RBI of the day getting Tiegan Mancuso across the plate. Lila McNeill was next up to the plate for the Warriors, and she delivered an electric double to right center driving in Fish and giving WSU a 3-0 lead going into the fourth inning.

Wayne State was able to get on the board at the bottom of the third inning, scoring two runs and putting pressure on Winona State. In the top of the fourth, WSU slightly pull away off of a Bryn Elsenpeter ground-rule double scoring Jaden Johnson. On the back of some elite pitching from Izzy Howe, Winona State was able to extend their lead to 5-2 after an insurance run in the top of the seventh from Braelee Jodarski. Howe received the win after collecting eight strikeouts and only giving up two earned runs, she moves to 4-0 on the season. Winona State would win the contest 5-2 in seven innings.

Game Two: WSU (1) – GVSU (3)
Like they have done all season, Winona State struck early, scoring the first run of the game in the top of the first inning. McNeill single to right field to bring in Woelfel across the plate. Grand Valley State was able to counter the Warriors' early lead with an RBI single of their own to tie the game up 1-1 after one. A quick one-two-three offensive inning from the Warriors would allow GVSU to gain some momentum as they would take the lead in the bottom of the third inning on another RBI single.

Winona State's offense would struggle to catch fire for the remainder of the game, and going into the top of the seventh inning GVSU had scored one more insurance run to make the score 3-1. WSU would leave one runner on base but would ultimately fall 3-1. Jayda Berg received her first loss of the season while striking out four batters and giving up three earned runs.

Game Three: WSU (10) – TSU (2)
The story of Winona State's third game was their early pitching master class by Howe, not allowing a Bulldog to cross the plate until the fourth inning. Ava Smith assisted the first run of the game for WSU on a single to right field scoring Elsenpeter. The next two batters would do the same. Nicole Weinberger would single scoring Smith and after her Jenna James would pop up into a fielder's choice scoring Fish giving WSU a 3-0 lead after one.

Winona State extended their lead in the bottom of the fourth inning with Elsenpeter, Fish and McNeill all grabbing an RBI extending their lead to 7-0 with two three innings to play. Truman State would eventually cross the plate in the fifth inning on a Bulldog triple to scoring two runners and shorting the Warrior lead to five. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Winona State was able to call game. After an RBI single from Smith and Weinberger, Taylor Bloohm would enter the game as a pinch hitter and hit a RBI single that would help to call the game an inning early. WSU would win the contest, 10-2 in six innings.

Game Four: WSU (5) – UWP (1)
To finish the weekend for the Warriors, they would find themselves in an early hole to UW-Parkside after a one-two-three inning from the top of their order and a one run inning from the Rangers in the bottom of the first. On the back of Berg at the mound, Winona State would find their rhythm offensively. In the top of two, Weinberger got herself caught swinging into a double play, but Fish would score, tying the game. McNeil gave the Warriors the lead in the top of the third after an enormous RBI single up the middle.

WSU would slowly increase their lead with Fish recording another RBI single in the top of the fifth and the final score coming from the Warriors in the game in the sixth inning from an Elsenpeter two run homerun to deep right field. Winona State would win the final game of the Lewis Dome Invitational, 5-1. Berg increased her record to 4-1 on the season, giving up one earned run and collecting three strikeouts.

The Warriors are in action next, on Friday, February 27th at 10:00am where they will compete with the Missouri Western State Riverhawks to kick off their five-game tournament in Shawnee, Kan.