SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- Drury got two strong pitching performances but split a doubleheader with Quincy winning game one 2-0 but falling in game two 2-1 at Thompson Field in Springfield on Sunday.
 
The Panthers ended the day 17-18 and 5-7 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Quincy went to 11-15 and 5-7 in the league.
 
Drury scored two runs in the first inning of game one and held that up for a 2-0 win. Panthers starting pitcher Jessica Kjeldgaard (9-10) got the win and her second shutout of the season as she went seven innings and allowed seven hits with two walks and one strikeout. The win was Kjeldgaard's 40^th career victory and she became Drury's all-time leader in wins during the weekend surpassing Kelsey Garthoff (2009-12).
 
The Panthers got back-to-back doubles in the first inning from Kaelie Smith and Taylor Ellestad who picked up a RBI with her extra-base hit. Ellestad scored later in the inning on a ground ball by Rachael Michaelis.
 
Drury made a late threat in game two but fell short to the Hawks 2-1. Quincy scored a run in the second and it stayed 1-0 until the Hawks added a run in the top of the seventh. Drury mounted a rally in the bottom of the seventh sparked by back-to-back walks to Hannah Hearst and Miki Andrus. Dominque Salinas got the Panthers within a run of the lead with a RBI single but Quincy starter Emily Griskill got a strikeout to end the game and left Drury runners stranded at second and third.
 
Griskell (8-6) got the win going seven innings and allowing five hits and one run with four walks and eight strikeouts. Destiny Bolen (8-8) took the loss for the Panthers as she allowed seven hits and two runs over seven innings with one walk and one strikeout.
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Drury returns to action on Tuesday when they play at Missouri S&T in a conference doubleheader. Game one begins at 2 p.m. in Rolla.
 

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