SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – Behind a complete game, one-hitter from junior pitcher Lauren Wirgau, the Spring Arbor University softball team defeated Taylor University 1-0 in game one of Friday's doubleheader.
Taylor avoided the doubleheader sweep by hanging on to defeat the Cougars 8-5 in game two.
THE BASICS
SCORES: Spring Arbor 1, Taylor 0
Spring Arbor 5, Taylor 8
LOCATION: Cougar Softball Field | Spring Arbor, Mich.
RECORDS: Spring Arbor 12-23 (5-18 CL), Taylor 24-10 (16-6 CL)
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
- Wirgau blanked Taylor over seven innings, retiring 21 of the 22 batters she faced. The junior pitcher allowed just one batter to reach base all afternoon, a leadoff single in the top of the fourth inning. However, Wirgau would sit down the next three Trojans to escape the inning without any damage.
- Spring Arbor scored the lone run of the game in the home half of the fourth inning. Kyla Semones reached on a one-out double and, two batters later, scored on a base hit by Jade Nowe.
- Four different Cougars recorded hits. Along with Semones and Nowe, Chloe Gignac and Abbey Burdgick collected one hit apiece.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
- Taylor jumped on Spring Arbor right away in game two, scoring in each of the first three innings.
- The Cougars answered though with two runs in the first and another in the second. In the first, Cora Millay scored on a sacrifice fly by Hope Longenbarger and Nowe followed with an RBI double, bringing home Gignac. SAU took advantage of a TU error to plate their run in the second inning as Amber Beal scored on Brookelyn Stafford's single up the middle.
- Trailing 7-5 in the sixth, Spring Arbor brought the go-ahead run to the plate, but Taylor escaped the jam with no further damage.
- Stafford finished a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate while Gignac, Semones and Sydney Taylor picked up two hits apiece.
UP NEXT
Spring Arbor welcomes Bethel College (11-23, 6-16 CL) to the Cougar Softball Field on Saturday, Apr. 13. First game of the doubleheader is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
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