CLERMONT, Fla. (March 10, 2026) - The Buena Vista softball team continued its Spring Games schedule on Tuesday morning, but the Beavers would be dealt a tough 10-1 loss in five innings to begin the day against Northwestern-St. Paul before being edged 4-2 by William Peace University.

The Eagles belted a pair of home runs in the first inning to take control early with a 4-0 lead. BVU, which was held to only two hits in the game, got an RBI single down the right field line by freshman Maddy Raveling in the second inning that played the Beavers' lone run. Northwestern then used another big inning by scoring six times in the third with five of those unearned.

Sophomore Jordan Fabirkiewicz added the other base hit for BVU. Six of the Eagles eight base knocks went for extra bases.

Paige Mahler suffered the loss in the circle after lasting only 0.2 innings and being charged with all four runs on three hits. 

Junior Jillian Garcia gave BVU a 1-0 lead in the first with an RBI single that scored Raveling who had singled to begin the inning. William Peace came back in the top of the second and regained the lead at 2-1 before the Beavers pushed across one run in the home half on an RBI double from Thayer to pull even at 2-2.

All of the scoring in the game happened in the first three innings as WPU would score the final two runs in the top of the third.

BVU finished the game with seven hits but stranded six runners. Garcia was the only multi-hit player for the Beavers, finishing 2-for-3 with the RBI. Raveling was 1-for-4 with an RBI and also stole a base and scored once. 

Karlee Noe pitched well in a losing effort for BVU, tossing her first career complete-game and allowed the four runs on nine hits while walking two and striking out three.

Buena Vista (1-9) has a day off on Wednesday and will look to bounce back on Thursday morning when it faces Skidmore College (9 a.m.) and Lasell University (11:15 a.m.).