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Monmouth and Lake Forest locked horns and came away with a split in windy conditions Saturday in Monmouth. The Scots took Game 1 5-3 before the Foresters rallied for a 7-3 Game 2 win.
 
With the wind blowing in, Michaela Guthrie launched a grand slam over the right centerfield fence to give the Scots a 5-1 lead in the opener and all the runs Liz Hippen would need in a big fourth inning. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth, the Scots loaded the bases and with one out, Guthrie drilled her second homerun of the season.
 
Lake Forest countered with two runs on three hits in the sixth to cut the Monmouth lead to 4-3. Hippen helped herself in the bottom of the inning, driving in Johnna Schultz with an insurance run for a 5-3 edge. Hippen then got out of a two-on, one-out jam in the seventh, inducing a game-ending double play. Hippen fanned seven and scattered five hits to earn her fourth win.
 
Monmouth jumped on Lake Forest in Game 2 with three runs in the second inning when Kirstyn Ozga supplied a two-run base hit with two outs. Lake Forest got one run back in the third on three consecutive hits before starter Brianna Perschall stopped the bleeding.
 
The Foresters then rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the sixth, taking advantage of a leadoff error and pounded a pair of doubles to take a 5-3 lead. Lake Forest added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh and held on for the win.