Missouri Southern State University traveled to the Kansas side of the Kansas City area Saturday to play a pair of games on the softball diamond in Shawnee, Kansas.

The No. 9 Lions earned a 4-2 win over Wayne State College (12-2) and blanked Minnesota State University-Moorhead (1-11) in an 8-0 run-rule win in five innings. The Lions’ pitching staff limited its opposition to just nine hits in 12 innings.

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