GRINNELL, Iowa—The Prairie Fire softball team dropped a pair of games to Grinnell in their Midwest Conference openers on Saturday.
Knox (1-9, 0-2 MWC) failed to get on the board in the first game and fell 7-0. The Prairie Fire scored first in the nightcap, but the Pioneers came out on top 5-2.
Chelsey Howard (Galesburg, IL, Galesburg) led the Prairie Fire with three hits in six at bats. She also scored a run.
Emily Stevenson (Tinley Park, IL, Andrew) added an RBI and
Valerie Froeming (Alturas, CA, Modoc) scored a run.
Knox returns to action when they host Cornell on April 2.
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