Recap | Williams Homers Twice as Softball Falls, 6-5, in Game One at Northern Iowa

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The Southern Illinois University softball team (25-16, 16-2) fell in a heartbreaker, 6-5, at Northern Iowa on Friday, snapping an eight-game winning streak for the Salukis.

Inside the Box Score

Southern Illinois out-hit UNI, 11-5, in the loss. Neither team committed an error on Friday night.
Freshman Kaytee Dahlstrom (6-2) took the loss after allowing four hits, six earned runs, four walks, with four strikeouts across 5.2 innings pitched.
The Salukis hit three home runs, with Emily Williams supplying two and Anna Carder tallying one. Five different players, including Williams and Carder, had multiple hits in the ballgame with Emma Austin, Mikaela Coburn, and Addi Baker all finishing the night with two hits each.

How it Happened

With two outs in the top of the first inning, Anna Carder hit a solo home run to left center to give SIU an early 1-0 lead. The home run was Carder's sixth of the season.

Kaytee Dahlstrom was sharp in the first, producing three ground balls to preserve the Southern lead.

Northern Iowa's offense got going in the second, tying the game off of a bases-loaded walk. One inning later, the Panthers went ahead after hitting back-to-back home runs to make it 4-1.

The Salukis answered back quickly in the top of the fourth. The reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week, Emily Williams, hit a two-run shot to right center to cut the deficit to one. Then, with two outs in the inning, Addi Baker doubled to right field to score Erin Lee and tie the game at 4-4.

UNI, with two outs in the bottom of the fourth, homered to left to go up, 5-4.

After both teams were held scoreless in the fifth, Williams homered for the second time in the game to tie it up at 5-5. The sophomore is now up to a team-high 14 home runs on the year.

A one-out double by the Panthers in the sixth pushed the hosts ahead, 6-5.

After a Jackie Lis double and a pair of Carder and Williams walks, the Salukis loaded the bases in the seventh but were unable to bring home the game-tying run and fell by a final score of 6-5.

Up Next
The Salukis will play a doubleheader at UNI tomorrow starting at 2 p.m.

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