April 17, 2026 Northern Iowa at Southern Ill.

(22-18, 10-7 MVC)

(27-14, 16-5 MVC)

Line Score
Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Northern Iowa	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	0
Southern Ill.	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	3	9	1

Box Score

Northern Iowa

Southern Ill.

Northern Iowa Batters
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
2b Skylar Benesh	4	0	1	0	0	1	5
dp/ph Brynn Acton	3	0	2	0	1	1	0
cf Paige Peterson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1b Kate Lappe	3	0	0	0	1	2	0
rf Katelyn Callahan	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
cf/dp Ava Smithson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
dp Addison Brunner	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
ss Sykora Smith	2	0	1	0	0	1	2
lf Peyton Johnson	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
c Drew Hinrichs	3	0	2	1	0	0	0
pr Adalyn Reynolds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3b Finley Netten	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
p Anna Wischnowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
p Kelsey Endress	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	27	1	8	1	3	6	8

Batting

RBI: Drew Hinrichs

GIDP: Katelyn Callahan

Baserunning

SB: Brynn Acton

Fielding

DP: Skylar Benesh , Paige Peterson , Kate Lappe , Sykora Smith , Drew Hinrichs

Southern Ill. Batters
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
rf Maleah Blomenkamp	4	1	1	0	0	1	0
c Sydney Potter	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
dp/ph Emily Williams	4	0	2	2	0	0	3
Brooklyn Pritchett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1b Hayden Kurtz	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
pr Sarah Cook	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3b Amanda Knutson	3	1	0	0	1	0	2
lf Sage Grann	2	0	0	0	1	0	2
cf Mikaela Coburn	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
2b Erin Lee	3	0	2	0	0	0	1
ss Jordan Stewart	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
ph Haley Wilkerson	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
p Hailey Lucas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
p Emily Delgado	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	25	3	9	2	7	3	11

Batting

2B: Emily Williams , Hayden Kurtz

RBI: Emily Williams (2)

GIDP: Emily Williams

Baserunning

SB: Amanda Knutson , Mikaela Coburn

Fielding

E: Erin Lee

DP: Hayden Kurtz , Erin Lee

Northern Iowa Pitchers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	AB	NP
Anna Wischnowski (L, 10-8)	4.0	8	1	1	3	3	22	19	130
Kelsey Endress	2.0	1	2	1	4	0	10	6	14
Totals	6.0	9	3	2	7	3	32	25	144

Pitching

Batters faced: Anna Wischnowski (22) , Kelsey Endress (10)

Pitches-Strikes: Anna Wischnowski (130-70), Kelsey Endress (14-8)

Southern Ill. Pitchers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	BB	SO	BF	AB	NP
Hailey Lucas (W, 8-6)	5.0	6	1	2	4	24	21	111
Emily Delgado (Sv, 4)	2.0	2	0	1	2	7	6	29
Totals	7.0	8	1	3	6	31	27	140

Pitching

Batters faced: Hailey Lucas (24) , Emily Delgado (7)

HBP: Hailey Lucas

Pitches-Strikes: Hailey Lucas (111-65), Emily Delgado (29-17)

Scoring Summary
Innings	Play	V - H
Southern Ill. 3rd	Emily Williams singled to center field, RBI (2-1 KBB); Sydney Potter advanced to second; Maleah Blomenkamp scored.	0 - 1
Southern Ill. 5th	Mikaela Coburn stole second, advanced to third; Amanda Knutson scored on a passed ball, unearned.	0 - 2
Northern Iowa 6th	Drew Hinrichs singled to center field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw (1-1 BK); Peyton Johnson advanced to third; Sykora Smith out at third cf to c; Addison Brunner scored, unearned.	1 - 2
Southern Ill. 6th	Emily Williams doubled to right field, RBI (2-2 BBKF); Sydney Potter advanced to third; Haley Wilkerson scored.	1 - 3

Other Information

Location:

Carbondale, IL

Stadium:

Charlotte West

Attendance:

205

Duration:

2:27

Umpires:

Home plate - Philip Troutman , First base - Charles Phipps , Third base - Donnie Whitehead

Play By Play

Scoring Summary
Innings	Play	V - H
Southern Ill. 3rd	Emily Williams singled to center field, RBI (2-1 KBB); Sydney Potter advanced to second; Maleah Blomenkamp scored.	0 - 1
Southern Ill. 5th	Mikaela Coburn stole second, advanced to third; Amanda Knutson scored on a passed ball, unearned.	0 - 2
Northern Iowa 6th	Drew Hinrichs singled to center field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw (1-1 BK); Peyton Johnson advanced to third; Sykora Smith out at third cf to c; Addison Brunner scored, unearned.	1 - 2
Southern Ill. 6th	Emily Williams doubled to right field, RBI (2-2 BBKF); Sydney Potter advanced to third; Haley Wilkerson scored.	1 - 3

All Plays

Northern Iowa Top of 1st Inning

Skylar Benesh lined out to 3b (1-1 BK). (1 out)

Brynn Acton singled to center field (2-1 BKB).

Kate Lappe flied out to cf (2-0 BB). (2 out)

Katelyn Callahan fouled out to rf (2-2 KKBFB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Southern Ill. Bottom of 1st Inning

Maleah Blomenkamp struck out looking (3-2 KBKBBK). (1 out)

Sydney Potter singled to right center (0-1 K).

Emily Williams grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-0 B); Sydney Potter out on the play. (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Northern Iowa Top of 2nd Inning

Ava Smithson popped up to lf (3-2 KFBBB). (1 out)

Sykora Smith singled to left field (3-1 BBKB).

Peyton Johnson flied out to cf (1-1 KB). (2 out)

Drew Hinrichs singled to left field (1-2 FKB); Sykora Smith advanced to second.

Finley Netten walked (3-2 FBBKFBB); Drew Hinrichs advanced to second; Sykora Smith advanced to third.

Skylar Benesh struck out looking (1-2 KFBK). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 3 LOB

Southern Ill. Bottom of 2nd Inning

Hayden Kurtz singled to right field (3-1 FBBB).

Amanda Knutson flied out to lf (1-0 B). (1 out)

Sage Grann walked (3-2 KKFFFBBBFFB); Hayden Kurtz advanced to second.

Mikaela Coburn struck out looking (1-2 KBKK). (2 out)

Erin Lee singled to center field (0-0); Sage Grann advanced to second; Hayden Kurtz advanced to third.

Jordan Stewart reached on a fielder's choice to third base (2-0 BB); Erin Lee advanced to second; Sage Grann out at third 3b unassisted.

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 3 LOB

Northern Iowa Top of 3rd Inning

Brynn Acton walked (3-2 BBKKBFFB).

Kate Lappe struck out swinging (2-2 BBKKS). (1 out)

Brynn Acton stole second.

Katelyn Callahan singled to shortstop (1-2 KBF); Brynn Acton advanced to third.

Ava Smithson grounded out to p (1-2 FBK); Katelyn Callahan advanced to second. (2 out)

Sykora Smith struck out swinging (0-2 KFS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Southern Ill. Bottom of 3rd Inning

Maleah Blomenkamp singled to third base (3-2 FKFBBBFF).

Sydney Potter singled to third base (1-0 B); Maleah Blomenkamp advanced to second.

Emily Williams singled to center field, RBI (2-1 KBB); Sydney Potter advanced to second; Maleah Blomenkamp scored.

Brooklyn Pritchett pinch ran for Emily Williams.

Hayden Kurtz flied out to cf (3-2 BKBBF). (1 out)

Amanda Knutson flied out to cf (0-2 KF). (2 out)

Sage Grann grounded out to 2b (1-0 B). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 3 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Northern Iowa Top of 4th Inning

Peyton Johnson grounded out to 2b (0-2 KK). (1 out)

Drew Hinrichs flied out to 3b (2-2 BFBF). (2 out)

Finley Netten popped up to 2b (2-2 FBBS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Southern Ill. Bottom of 4th Inning

Mikaela Coburn struck out swinging (2-2 SFFFFBBFFS). (1 out)

Erin Lee singled to left center (2-0 BB).

Jordan Stewart walked (3-2 KFBBBB); Erin Lee advanced to second.

Maleah Blomenkamp lined out to lf (0-0). (2 out)

Sydney Potter walked (3-1 BBFBB); Jordan Stewart advanced to second; Erin Lee advanced to third.

Emily Williams pinch hit for Brooklyn Pritchett.

Emily Williams popped up to 2b (1-0 B). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 3 LOB

Northern Iowa Top of 5th Inning

Skylar Benesh singled to third base (3-2 KBBBF).

Brynn Acton singled through the right side (2-1 BKB); Skylar Benesh advanced to second.

Paige Peterson pinch ran for Brynn Acton.

Kate Lappe struck out looking (2-2 BKKBK). (1 out)

Katelyn Callahan popped up to 1b (0-1 K). (2 out)

Paige Peterson out at first 1b unassisted, runner left early. (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Southern Ill. Bottom of 5th Inning

Drew Hinrichs to dp.

Ava Smithson to c.

Paige Peterson to cf.

Hayden Kurtz doubled to left field (3-1 BKBB).

Sarah Cook pinch ran for Hayden Kurtz.

Kelsey Endress to p for Anna Wischnowski.

Sarah Cook advanced to third on a passed ball.

Ava Smithson to dp.

Drew Hinrichs to c.

Amanda Knutson walked (3-0 BBBB).

Amanda Knutson stole second.

Sage Grann flied into double play cf to c (3-2 BBKKB); Amanda Knutson advanced to third; Sarah Cook out on the play. (2 out)

Mikaela Coburn walked (3-0 BBBB).

Mikaela Coburn stole second, advanced to third; Amanda Knutson scored on a passed ball, unearned.

Erin Lee popped up to 2b (1-1 BK). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Northern Iowa Top of 6th Inning

Hayden Kurtz to 1b for Sarah Cook.

Addison Brunner pinch hit for Ava Smithson.

Addison Brunner reached first on a throwing error by 2b, advanced to second (3-2 KBKBB).

Sykora Smith hit by pitch (3-2 KBKBBH).

Emily Delgado to p for Hailey Lucas.

Peyton Johnson singled to left field (2-2 BKFB); Sykora Smith advanced to second; Addison Brunner advanced to third.

Drew Hinrichs singled to center field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw (1-1 BK); Peyton Johnson advanced to third; Sykora Smith out at third cf to c; Addison Brunner scored, unearned.

Finley Netten struck out looking (1-2 KKFBK). (2 out)

Adalyn Reynolds pinch ran for Drew Hinrichs.

Skylar Benesh grounded out to ss (2-1 BBF). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 2 Hits , 1 Errors , 2 LOB

Southern Ill. Bottom of 6th Inning

Addison Brunner to dp.

Drew Hinrichs to c for Adalyn Reynolds.

Haley Wilkerson pinch hit for Jordan Stewart.

Haley Wilkerson walked (3-2 KKBBFFBB).

Maleah Blomenkamp popped up to ss (2-2 KBSBFF). (1 out)

Sydney Potter walked (3-2 BKFBFFBFB); Haley Wilkerson advanced to second.

Emily Williams doubled to right field, RBI (2-2 BBKF); Sydney Potter advanced to third; Haley Wilkerson scored.

Hayden Kurtz fouled out to 1b (0-0). (2 out)

Amanda Knutson grounded out to 3b (1-1 BS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Northern Iowa Top of 7th Inning

Jordan Stewart to ss for Haley Wilkerson.

Brynn Acton pinch hit for Paige Peterson.

Brynn Acton struck out looking (1-2 BKFK). (1 out)

Kate Lappe walked (3-0 BBBB).

Katelyn Callahan grounded into double play 2b to 1b (1-2 SKB); Kate Lappe out on the play. (3 out)