After winning their first matchup with Bradley on Saturday afternoon, the UNI Panthers looked to finish the job with two wins on Sunday, April 2, and they did just that. The Panthers closed out the weekend scoring 23 straight runs over nine innings across the two games.

In the second game of the series on Sunday afternoon, UNI got out to a slow start. Luckily for the Panthers, Bradley also took the first few innings off as well. A three-run inning by the Braves broke the tie followed by a one-run seventh inning to pull away with a 4-0 lead. 

While looking up at their deficit, the Panthers found the will to fight back with a four-run seventh inning of their own. Three Panthers; Daryn Lamprecht, Kylee Sanders and Alexis Pupillo, combined for four RBIs in the inning to tie the game. Finally, a Taylor Hogan walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning gave UNI the 5-4 victory.

A short time later, the two teams met up for the third and final game of their series. At this point, UNI unleashed as dominant of a performance as possible, scoring 18 runs in just four and a half innings. 

The first inning featured RBIs from Mya Dodge, Brooke Snider and Hannah Kelley to give the Panthers a 3-0 lead. Two second inning home runs from Pupillo and Dodge totalling four runs gave UNI a 7-0 lead.

A high scoring third inning for the Panthers extended their lead even further. Two UNI batters were walked with the bases loaded in back-to-back at bats to score two runs. Snyder, Hogan and Addison McElrath combined for four more RBIs in the inning to boost the UNI lead to 13-0.

Following a fourth straight scoreless inning for Bradley, UNI continued their scoring. Hogan and McElrath combined for three RBIs before Ellie Owen capped off the weekend’s scoring with a two RBI shot of her own. The top of the fifth proved to be scoreless again for Bradley leading to a mercy rule victory for the Panthers as they won 18-0.

UNI finishes the weekend with three straight victories over Bradley and now holds a record of 20 wins and 10 losses. However, they are still undefeated in conference play with nine wins and zero losses. 

The Panthers were scheduled to play the Cyclones of Iowa State on Tuesday, April 4, but, ironically, due to the possibility of tornadoes the game was canceled. The next action for the Panthers will take place in Terre Haute, Ind. to play three games against the Indiana State Sycamores on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 7, 8 and 9. The games are also available to be viewed on ESPN+ and ESPN3.