BRANSON, Mo. - Kansas Wesleyan Softball got one full game and six innings of another in the books before Mother Nature struck yet again at the KCAC Softball Tournament at the Branson RecPlex.
The eighth-seeded Coyotes dropped the first game of the day to top-seeded Friends 6-2, and got six innings into an elimination contest against Oklahoma Wesleyan before the game was suspended due to weather.
Against Friends, the Coyotes were on the board first as Jenna Soule walked and then scored on Trenity Miller's double.
Friends scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, taking advantage of five walks and an error in the inning.
The Coyotes got a run back in the fourth as Briannah Kutschkau singled and went to second on an error and then scored on Brooklyn Lange's single to left field.
In the bottom of the fourth, Friends added three more runs to make it 6-2.
Lange had two of KWU's four hits in the game. Starting pitcher Bella Allen took the loss allowing three unearned runs after issuing five walks in the first inning. Alycyn Nash went the rest of the way, allowing three runs on four hits.
Against Oklahoma Wesleyan, the Coyotes were trailing 5-4 when the weather moved in.
KWU had to play from behind allowing OKWU to take a 3-0 lead before the Coyotes cut it to a run at 3-2. OKWU against pushed the lead out to 5-2 in the sixth, but the Coyotes were back within a run in the bottom of the inning before the suspension.
More coverage of game two will be available after its completion.