KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Marian University softball team split a pair of games on Tuesday against Waldorf College (Iowa) and Missouri Baptist University in Kissimmee, Fla. The Knights' record is now 3-1 on the season.

In the first game of the day, the Knights took on Waldorf College out of Forest City, Iowa. MU came away with the 11-3 victory in five innings of play.

Freshman Amy Tamer (Indianapolis, Ind./Scecina) got the win for the Knights after she threw three innings, allowed just four hits and struck out two. Senior Sandy Corum (North Vernon, Ind./Jennings County) close the final two innings where she struck out one and surrendered just one hit.

The Knights offense was, once again, hot on day two. Junior Jessica Slayton (Indianapolis, Ind./Decatur Central) got the offense started with a lead-off single to center. The plate didn't have to wait long to see Slayton again as junior Chelsea Bell (Indianapolis, Ind./Franklin Central) hit her first homerun of the season, scoring Slayton, to give the Knights the early 2-0 lead.

Senior Angie Such (Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg), sophomore Kelsey Uebelhor (St. Anthony, Ind./Forest Park), and Slayton and Bell all singled in the second giving Slayton two RBI and another to Bell on the contest. Freshman Helen Rogers (Avon, Ind./Avon) walked and reached second on a passed ball before junior Mallory Ortwein (Anderson, Ind./Anderson) hit a two-run single to score Rogers and Bell.

Waldorf would score three runs in the third, including a solo homerun.

Slayton would single once again in the third and end up scoring on an RBI-single by Rogers.

Seniors Melissa Coutz (Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard) and Chelsea Young (Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg) started things off for the Knights in the fourth. The Waldorf pitcher walked Coutz, who made her way around the bases on two passed balls before scoring off a Young RBI-single to left.

MU would finish the game in the fifth when Coutz drove in Ortwein on a single to left to give the Knights the win in five innings.

Slayton went 3-for-3 with two RBI and Bell finished 3-for-4 with a homerun and three RBI.

The Knights faced Missouri Baptist University in the second contest of the day. Both teams struggled offensively as the Knights dropped a tough 1-0 ballgame.

Slayton had the lone hit in the contest for the Knights, a single to right field. Freshman Emily Gwaltney (Bargersville, Ind./Center Grove) went the distance for the Knights as she struck out four and allowed three hits in six innings.

The Knights will square off with Albion College (Mich.) tomorrow at 3 p.m., before taking on Geneva College (Pa.) at 5 p.m., in Kissimmee, Fla., as they continue their Florida trip.