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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Northeastern State softball team is set to play the first conference games of the 2015 season. The RiverHawks (8-8) will first host Missouri Western State (7-7) in a doubleheader beginning at noon March 7. NSU will then meet Northwest Missouri State (2-4) in a doubleheader beginning at noon March 8. All four games will be played at RiverHawks Park.

Northeastern State had an eight-game winning streak snapped recently, dropping four games in Minnesota. Four RiverHawks are hitting .400 or above this season, led by Alli Eales. The senior transfer is currently 21-for-49 (.429) with three doubles, four homeruns, 12 runs scored and 15 RBI. Redshirt freshman Paige Gann is 21-for-50 (.420) and leads the team in homeruns (five) and RBI (18). Sophomore Madison Boyd is averaging .407 (22-for-50) with 16 runs scored and 12 runs batted in, while redshirt freshman Brianna Trujillo is hitting .400 (10-for-25). Junior Kayce Wooldridge (4-3) has a 3.39 ERA in the circle this year with six complete games. She has recorded 41 strikeouts in 51.2 innings pitched. Senior Laura Fleck has made four relief appearances, giving up one run to own a 0.68 ERA with 10.1 IP.   

SCOUTING THE GRIFFONS                    
Missouri Western State University is located in St. Joseph, Missouri, and the team competes in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. The Griffons, picked third in the MIAA Preseason Poll, are 7-7 in 2015, losing five of their last seven games. MWSU finished 2014 39-18, defeating the RiverHawks to win the MIAA Championship tournament. Katie Klosterman leads the team with a .360 batting average (9-for-25). Tiffany Gillaspy (.308, 12-for-39) leads the Griffons in homeruns (three), while Kailey Green (.243, 9-for-37) has 11 RBI to lead the squad. Shaynne Saladino is 4-3 in the circle for Missouri Western, throwing four complete games with a 3.62 ERA. She was named the first MIAA Pitcher of the Week this season. Janie Smith (3-4) has a 4.81 ERA, striking out 38 in 58.2 IP.
 
SCOUTING THE BEARCATS
Northwest Missouri State University is located in Maryville, Missouri, and the team competes in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. The team is 2-4 in 2015, beginning the season with a victory over Southern Arkansas before losing to Arkansas Tech, East Central and University of Illinois-Springfield. The Bearcats then split a doubleheader with Rockhurst. Northwest Missouri State was picked to finish eighth in the Preseason MIAA Coaches' Poll after finishing 20-30 in 2014. Stephanie Mark leads the way for NWMSU, hitting .500 (11-for-22) with three doubles, one homerun, five runs scored and 10 RBI. Sarah Baldwin is 2-0 in the circle with a 3.68 ERA. Baldwin has struck out 14 in 19.0 innings pitched.
 
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