(TUCSON, Ariz., March 13)- The McKendree University softball team picked up two wins on Tuesday at the Tucson Invitational.

The Bearcats will close out its spring break trip in Arizona on Wednesday with three games. McKendree will face Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (Calif.) at 9 a.m., followed by games against Edgewood College at 1:30 pm MT, and Lubbock Christian University at 3:30 p.m. MT.

March 13
McKendree 5, Park 0
The game was scoreless until the Bearcats broke the game open with a grand slam by junior Emily Mouyard (Johnson City, Ill./Johnson City) in the sixth inning to take a 4-0 lead. A single by sophomore Caitlin Stredde (Pingree Grove, Ill./South Elgin) in the seventh scored sophomore Kendyll Koester (Lebanon, Ill./Lebanon HS) from second to give the Bearcats the 5-0 win.

Stredde had two hits in the win, while senior pitcher Autumn Allen (Fairview Heights, Ill./Belleville East HS) improved to 6-2 overall and had six strikeouts.

March 13
Huntington 3, McKendree 1
Huntington scored two runs in the fifth inning to take a 3-1 lead and deal McKendree the loss. Mouyard and freshman Morgan Schulte (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township) each had tow hits in the loss, while senior BethAnn Swartz (Urbana, Ill./Urbana HS) fell to 1-4 overall and had four strikeouts.

March 13
McKendree 4, Waldorf 3  (9 inn.)
Freshman Eleni Polites (Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove) scored the game-winning run on a groundout by freshman Caty Ponce (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) in the ninth inning to give McKendree the win.

Redshirt junior Cassi Brown (Trenton, Ill./Wesclin HS) was 3-for-3 in the win and Swartz earned the win in relief with three strikeouts.