OMAHA, Neb. -
Dana Elsasser turned in yet another shutout on Senior Day, as the Omaha softball team topped the IUPUI Jaguars, 5-0, on Saturday at Westside Field at Westbrook.
The Mavericks improved to 30-16 overall and 9-5 in the Summit League with the win. IUPUI dropped to 20-19 and 7-7 in league play.
Elsasser allowed six hits and no walks while striking out five in the 36th shutout of her career.
IUPUI's Jocelyn Oppenhuis, who one-hit the Mavs on Friday, kept a shutout through three innings as well though. However, the Mavs made her throw 70 pitches through three innings, constantly making her work by extending at-bats. It finally paid off in the fourth inning, as pinch-hitter
Bailey Schulenberg delivered a single to left field to score
Lizzie Noble from second for a 1-0 lead.
Noble doubled to left center in the fifth to score pinch-runner
Megan Stegman from second, making it 2-0. UNO blew it open in the bottom of the sixth on
Allie Mathewson's three-run homer, her 10th of the season.
Mathewson was 3-for-4 with a homer, double, three RBI and a run.
Amber Lutmer was 1-for-2 and drew two walks to add to her school-record career total, as she celebrated her Senior Day along with Elsasser.
Lia Mancuso was 1-for-1 with a run and a triple to begin the three-run sixth inning. Schulenberg was 1-for-1 with her big RBI hit to break the scoreless deadlock.
The Mavericks play their final home game on Wednesday at 6 p.m. against Drake.