Again displaying some road resiliency, the No. 16 Central College softball team rallied after a disheartening setback and secured a split of its Iowa Conference doubleheader at Nebraska Wesleyan.

Two ninth-inning runs gave Nebraska Wesleyan a 6-5 victory before the Dutch came from behind for an 8-5 win in game two. In all three of Central’s conference defeats, the Dutch have surrendered late-inning leads and tumbled in extra innings. The split drops Central into third place in the league standings.Center Fielder Sara Tallman, from Pella High School, also had two hits and stole three bases on the day, tying the school season record with 37. She’s also six hits shy of matching the season high mark for hits set in 2015.

Central remains on the road for its final two conference season dates, traveling to the University of Dubuque Saturday for a 1 p.m. doubleheader, which can be heard live on 92.1 KRLS.