SPRINGFIELD, MO. – The No. 8 ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis softball team earned two wins at Drury on Saturday in a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader. The Tritons posted a 9-1 win in the nine-inning opener and posted a 2-0 shutout in the nightcap.
 
UMSL improves to 39-4 and 17-3 in the GLVC, while Drury slips to 11-27 and 5-15 in the conference.
 
The Tritons wrap up their weekend roadswing tomorrow at Missouri S&T. First pitch is at 1 p.m. in Rolla, Mo.
 
GAME 1: UMSL 9, Drury 1 (9 inn.)
It took nine innings, but the Tritons finally broke through with an eight-run ninth to garner the win. UMSL recorded nine of its 16 hits in that frame in 13 at bats with freshman Carly Kingery tallying two singles and three RBIs.
 
Senior pinch runner Kelly McGovern stole home for the eventual game-winner, breaking a 1-1 tie, while sophomore Jennah Perryman added an RBI single and freshman Serena Olson delivered  a two-run home run.
 
Perryman, Kingery and junior Sara Kern all finished with three hits in the game.
 
Senior Hannah Perryman struck out a season-best 19 in the two-hit victory without issuing a walk. Both hits and the run came in the second inning, but Perryman retired 22 straight to end the game.
 
UMSL's first run came in the first inning on Kern's RBI single.
 
GAME 2: UMSL 2, Drury 0
An RBI single from freshman Alicia Shivers in the second inning and a solo home run from junior Alex Stupek in the third inning was all the offense UMSL needed as H. Perryman tossed her 19^th shutout of the year, improving to 34-2 in the circle. She struck out 12 without issuing a walk, while scattering five hits.
 
The Tritons tallied nine hits and left eight on base. Stupek, Shivers and junior Ryan Logan all finished with two hits.