The Seward softball team braved the road for the first time in the 2023 season.  Seward traveled to Neosho, Missouri to play the Crowder Roughriders on Saturday.  Crowder won 3-2 in game one and 12-3 in game two.

In game one, the Roughriders plated one in the first.  Seward came back with two in the fourth to lead 2-1.  Seward scored a run in the fifth to tie it.  Crowder scored in the bottom of the seventh to walk it off.  Crowder out-hit Seward 8-3.  Avery Ragsdale hit a home run for Seward in the loss.  NaTalia Sewell pitched a solid game for the Saints.  She went this distance with five strikeouts and one walk.  She allowed one earned run.

Game two was a different story as Crowder scored two in the first, second, and third innings before scoring six in the fourth.  Seward committed five errors in the loss.  Marisela Landa hit a home run in the loss.

Seward falls to 1-5 and Crowder is 4-0.  Seward plays at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M at 11am Sunday morning.