Ariel Morbeck and Aly Daniels provided the only two Thunderbird hits, while walks, hit batsmen, and four hits combined for six IPFW runs in a 6-0 Mastodon shut out win on Thursday.

Morbeck singled through the left side in the first inning.  Daniels' singled down the left field line in the second, but beyond that Thunderbird bats offered little response to IPFW pitcher Courtney Cronin.

The 'Dons plated single runs in the first, fourth, and fifth, including a first inning home run by Cassie Wolfe.

IPFW doubled its run output in the bottom of the sixth with three runs on one hit, three walks, and two hit batsmen.

The Thunderbirds went down one-two-three in the top of the seventh to end the game.

This week's scheduling was altered with Southern Utah already in the area having played Toledo on Wednesday, and with anticipated storminess in Ft. Wayne later this weekend.

Instead of a Friday double-header followed by a single game on Saturday, SUU and IPFW played the single game on Thursday, and will play the Friday double-header as scheduled. 

Friday's game one is slated for a 3:00pm (Eastern) start time, with the second contest to immediately follow.  Live stats are available at the IPFW athletics website www.gomastodons.com/.