SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- For the third time in five games, the Drury Panthers won via run-rule as they defeated Upper Iowa 14-5 on Sunday to wrap up the Drury Invitational tournament at Thompson Field in Springfield.
 
The Panthers finished their opening weekend 3-2 while Upper Iowa headed north with a 3-6 record.
 
Drury scored three runs in the first inning but fell behind 5-3 going into the bottom of the third. The Panther bats then rallied with a six-run frame highlighted by a three-RBI triple by Abby Tiemann.
 
Drury scored three more in the fifth as Hannah Chambliss drove in two runs with a double. The Panthers ended the game an inning later as freshman Rylee Kolb slammed a two-run home run.
 
Chambliss finished the game 3 for 4 with three runs and three RBI's, while Tiemann drove in three runs from the lead-off position going 2 for 4 with a double and a triple.
 
The Panthers are back on the field on Thursday when they host Missouri Western State in a doubleheader starting at 2 pm at Thompson Field.
 
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