Spring Arbor, MI. – The Spring Arbor softball team welcomed nationally ranked Indiana Wesleyan University to the Cougar Softball Complex, and were pushed to their limits in the two games.
In game one, The Wildcats showed why they are worthy of their #20 ranking throughout the game, making life difficult for the Cougars at the plate, and on the mound. The Cougars produced just four hits and saw the Wildcats swat thirteen hits en route to a game one loss, 1-4.
The second game again saw the Wildcats flex their muscles early. The Cougars found themselves down 0-6 before putting up their first runs of the game, but that would be the end of the Cougar comeback, as they wound up dropping game two as well, 2-6.
THE BASICS
SCORES: Spring Arbor 1, Indiana Wesleyan 4
Spring Arbor 2, Indiana Wesleyan 6
LOCATION: Spring Arbor, MI.
RECORDS: Spring Arbor 26-12 (17-11 CL) , Indiana Wesleyan 31-11 (20-8 CL)
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
- Hannah Laurin produced the lone RBI in the game for Spring Arbor, a single to center field in the third inning.
- Despite the loss, the Cougars only struck out four times to the Wildcats' four.
- The loss snaps Emmalee Hamp's 13-game win streak on the mound. She now falls to 15-2.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
- It was Laurin again who snapped the Cougars' scoreless streak in game two, hitting a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning that scored one.
- Maddy Thrush followed Laurin up with an RBI single of her own, but sadly the Cougars would be unable to put any more runs on the board after that.
- Grace Lentz also had a nice game, going 2-for-3 on the afternoon.
