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Emmalee Hamp
0
Taylor (Ind.) TAYL 22-11, 10-7 CL
5
Winner Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU 11-17, 7-7 CL
Taylor (Ind.) TAYL
22-11, 10-7 CL
0
Final
5
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU
11-17, 7-7 CL
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Taylor (Ind.) TAYL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 6 0

W: Hamp, Emmalee (1) L: Evans, Maddi (1)

3
Winner Taylor (Ind.) TAYL 23-11, 11-7 CL
1
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU 11-18, 7-8 CL
Winner
Taylor (Ind.) TAYL
23-11, 11-7 CL
3
Final
1
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU
11-18, 7-8 CL
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Taylor (Ind.) TAYL 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 11 2
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 1

W: Kanai, Lauren (1) L: Laurin, Hannah (1) S: Lewis, Cassy (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball splits pair with Taylor

SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – The Spring Arbor University softball team split a doubleheader with Taylor University on Tuesday at the Cougar Softball Field. The Cougars shut out Taylor 5-0 in game one behind an excellent pitching performance by Emmalee Hamp, but the Trojans battled back to win game two 3-1.

 
THE BASICS
SCORES: Spring Arbor 5, Taylor 0
Spring Arbor 1, Taylor 3
LOCATION: Cougar Softball Field | Spring Arbor, Mich.
RECORDS: Spring Arbor 11-18 (7-8 CL), Taylor 23-11 (11-7 CL)

 
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Spring Arbor took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Cora Millay scored on a double steal.
  • That was how the score stayed until the fifth inning when the Cougars pushed two more runs across. Millay drove in Chloe Gignac with a base hit to center field, and would come around to score on a double by Hamp. SAU would add two more in the sixth to increase the margin to 5-0.
  • Hamp, the reigning NAIA National Player of the Week, continued her torrid streak at the plate collecting three more hits and an RBI. Millay added two RBI's and scored twice.
  • Hamp also pitched a complete game shutout allowing just six hits and striking out four batters.
 

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Taylor led 2-0 after three innings, but Spring Arbor got one run back in the fourth.
  • The Trojans scored in the fifth to push the lead back to two, 3-1.
  • Spring Arbor brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh, but the visitors escaped with the win to avoid the two-game sweep.
  • Sarah Matlock and Millay had two apiece while Matlock scored the only SAU run.
 

UP NEXT
Spring Arbor will travel to Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Saturday, Apr. 10.

 
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