Posted: May 01, 2025
Third-seeded HU bounced from tourney by red-hot MVNU
Mount Vernon
(28-20)
9
Huntington (IN)
(33-18-1)
1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mount Vernon | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
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Huntington (IN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Upland, Ind. – The 3rd-seeded Huntington University softball team saw their Crossroads League Tournament run cut short Thursday morning, falling 9-1 in five innings to 6th-seeded Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) in a run-rule decision at Taylor's Gudakunst Field.
It marked MVNU's second consecutive upset of the tournament, having already taken down 4th-seeded Saint Francis, 7-4, on opening day.
HU struggled to generate offense, managing just two hits on the day. Kasey Hickle drove in the Foresters' lone run with a two-out double to deep center, scoring Carli Tharp, who had reached base on a walk and advanced to second on a steal.
The Cougars' offense was firing on all cylinders, pounding out 13 hits and scoring five runs in a decisive third inning. HU starting pitcher Kinzie Mollenkopf took the loss after surrendering nine hits, six runs and a walk while striking out two in 2.2 innings.
Despite the early exit, the Foresters wrap up a standout season with a 33-18-1 record, the second-most wins in program history and just the third 30+ win season for HU softball.
The Huntington University Foresters compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 160 NAIA All-America honors and 567 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest