SMRYNA, Tenn. – The Trevecca Nazarene University softball team (6-2) continued the Music City Invitational on Saturday by sweeping games with Purdue Northwest and Ferris State University at Cedar Stone Park.   
The Trojans beat Purdue Northwest (3-2), 3-0, to open play and then later defeated Ferris State University (1-5), 7-2 to close out the afternoon. 
  
GM 1: HOW IT HAPPENED 
Trevecca 3, Purdue Northwest 0
Through two innings of play, both sides managed a combined four hits before the Trojans broke through in the third. The first three Trojans reached base as Kendall Andrews RBI single to right field proved to be the game winner. Andrews brought in Anna Bennett who led the inning off with a walk. Addy Grace Summers was later driven in off the bat of Annabelle Ellis who singled to third base. Trevecca plated its final run of the game in the fifth when Summers scored on an error by the first baseman after leading the inning off with a single.
  
CIRCLE AND BOX NOTES 
·      Addy Grace Summers went 3-3 with two runs scored. 
·      Annabelle Ellis went 2-3 with one RBI. 
·      Kendall Andrews was 2-3 with one RBI.
·      Sensing picked up the win (2-2) by tossing a complete game shutout with 13 strikeouts allowing just five hits. 
  
GM 2: HOW IT HAPPENED 
Trevecca 7, Ferris State 2 
The Trojans put one run past home plate in each of the first two innings before the Bulldogs tied it in the bottom of the third with a two-run double. Trevecca responded with a three run fourth inning when Malone Thrift grounded out to score Sarah Kinderdine. A Kyleigh Burgett triple allowed Annebelle Ellis to score and Burgett later scored in the frame off a wild pitch. The Trojans added one more run in the sixth when Anna Bennett singled through the right side to score Thrift. Trevecca closed out the scoring with one more run in the seventh when Andrews scored on an error by the third baseman to help the Trojans to the 7-2 win.
 
CIRCLE AND BOX NOTES 
·       Anna Bennett went 3-4 with an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base. 
·       Annebelle Ellis went 2-4 with two runs scored and a double. 
·       Halle Grace Patton (3-0) tossed a complete game while allowing just one unearned run over six hits with five strikeouts.
 
MUSIC CITY INVITATIONAL NOTES 
This is the fifth season the Trojans have hosted the Music City Invitational and the third consecutive year the tournament has been played at Cedar Stone Park in Smyrna. Including today's results, Trevecca is 14-4 all-time in MCI games and has now played 11 different opponents over the years. 
 
For a full preview of this weekend's games, click here. 
  
NEXT ON THE SOFTBALL SLATE 
The Trojans play Quincy University on Monday, February 19 finishing out the Music City Invitational on the Trevecca campus. The game with Quincy is the first official home game and the last home game until the Trojans host Lake Erie College on March 22.