At Marshall on Friday, May 15, the Lady Wildcats were narrowly defeated, 11-7: an improvement from their last matchup where Belleville was dominated by the Cardinals 9-2.

The Wildcats had 11 hits with six earned runs.

Junior Ryley Helwig was two for four with two runs scored; sophomore Alli Kowalski was three for three with three runs scored and three RBI; senior Claire Johnsrud was two for four with three RBI; and junior Tara Hanna was one for three with a double and two RBI.

Going the distance for the Wildcats was freshman Cassidy Heller, who walked two and struck out three while giving u...