Northwestern University Athletics
Softball Downs Northern Illinois, 6-4
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 30, 1999
EVANSTON, Ill. - Sophomore Brooke Siebel hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Northwestern (16-15) a dramatic 6-4 victory over visiting Northern Illinois.
The game was close throughout. Northern Illinois scored a pair of runs in the top of the first, and Northwestern answered with one run in their half on an RBI-single by Lindsey Prezell. After the Huskies added two in the fourth, Gretchen Barnes ripped a two-run double to pull the Wildcats within a run, 4-3. After missing an opportunity in the sixth, Tami Jones was hit by a pitch with one out in the seventh. Erin Jancic followed with an infield single before Siebel greeted reliever Christy Dalton by sending her 2-1 pitch over the right-centerfield fence for her second home run of the season. Siebel leads the team with 20 RBIs.
Siebel (12-10) also earned the victory on the mound, going the distance allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits. She leads the Big Ten with 131.1 innings pitched on the season.
Northwestern returns to action tomorrow, hosting in-state foe, Bradley for a doubleheader. Game one begins at 2 p.m. in Evanston.
