Mustangs battle hard in spring break opener

WICHITA, Kan. — The Morningside softball team started off its week full of games with a 3-1 loss to Friends (Kan.).

The Mustangs scored first in the contest, as Jenna Skradski drove in Ellie Gengler with an RBI single during the fifth inning. They collected four total hits, and Paige Schuster had the lone extra-base hit with a double. Schuster had two hits.

Bralen Biddlecome took the loss. She allowed two earned runs on seven hits. She struck out one, and walked two.

Morningside will play in Kansas and Gulf Shores, Alabama, throughout the week while the student-athletes are on spring break.