BOX SCORE FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Saint Francis University softball fell to Nebraska 7-6 before its second game of the day against No. 18 Arkansas was canceled in the third inning due to inclement weather. The game against Arkansas will not be made up.
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
» Ashley Orischak went 2-for-3 with one run scored and two RBIs.
» Ashley Wruble went 1-for-4 with one run scored and two RBIs.
» Rachel Marsden went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
» Grace Vesco (5-5) went six innings and allowed seven runs (six earned) with five walks and five strikeouts.
 
TURNING POINTS OF THE GAME
» Saint Francis and Nebraska started with three scoreless innings before the Huskers stuck for two runs in the fourth inning with a double down the right field line.
» Saint Francis responded in the fifth inning with RBI singles from Orischak and Aliya Garroway to tie the game at two.
» Nebraska added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth behind a sacrifice fly and RBI groundout and took a 4-2 lead.
» After a scoreless sixth, Saint Francis added four runs in the seventh inning and took a two-run lead. Orischak started the rally with an RBI double, followed by a Wruble two-run single. Savannah Nash capped off the seventh inning scoring with an RBI single to open a 6-4 lead.
» In the bottom half of the seventh, Nebraska struck for three runs on a Red Flash throwing error, RBI single to center and then a walk-off single to center.
 
FLASH NUGGETS
» Wruble recorded her fifth multi-RBI game of the season with her then-go-ahead two-run single in the seventh inning against Nebraska. She already has 15 RBIs through the first 21 games.
» Orischak recorded the first multi-RBI game of her collegiate career and her second two-hit game of the season. She raised her season batting average to .310.
» Vesco raised her season strikeout total to 61 and now has 647 in her career.  

UP NEXT
Saint Francis continues the Razorback Rumble on Saturday, March 9 against Nebraska at 11 a.m. eastern time and Northern Iowa at 3:30 p.m. eastern time.