Story by David Rebstock, Morningside Athletics

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Morningside’s Elin Landgren tied the NAIA softball national record for most times hit by a pitch in a career during the 10th-ranked Mustangs’ doubleheader sweep of Dordt College on Tuesday in Sioux Center, Iowa.

Landgren was hit twice when the Mustangs won the opener 8-1 to raise her career total to 71 times hit by a pitch. She tied a NAIA national record previously set by Lindsey Krippel of Olivet Nazarene University, who was hit 71 times during her career from 2013-16.

Landgren went two-for-three with a pair of RBIs to help lead the Mustangs to a 4-2 victory in the nightcap.

Morningside improved its record to 28-7, including a league leading 10-2 mark in the GPAC.