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Brooke Meeker
0
Taylor (IN) TAYLOR ( 19-14
8
Winner Spring Arbor (MI) SPRING A 24-12
Taylor (IN) TAYLOR (
19-14
0
Final
8
Spring Arbor (MI) SPRING A
24-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Taylor (IN) TAYLOR ( 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Spring Arbor (MI) SPRING A 1 0 0 1 6 8 8 1

W: Hamp, Emmalee (14-5) L: K. Kottlowsk (4-4)

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Taylor (IN) TAYLOR ( 19-15
6
Winner Spring Arbor (MI) SPRING A 25-12
Taylor (IN) TAYLOR (
19-15
4
Final
6
Spring Arbor (MI) SPRING A
25-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Taylor (IN) TAYLOR ( 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
Spring Arbor (MI) SPRING A 1 0 0 0 2 3 X 6 13 0

W: Hamp, Emmalee (15-5) L: M. Foy (7-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball rallies late to complete sweep of Taylor

SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – The Spring Arbor University softball team took two games from Taylor University on Tuesday afternoon at the Cougar Softball Field. The Cougars blanked the Trojans 8-0 in the opener and scored five unanswered runs in the late innings to rally to a 6-4 victory in the night cap.
 
Spring Arbor has now won 10 of its last 11 contests and improved its record to 25-12 on the year with a 17-7 mark in Crossroads League play.
 
 
THE BASICS
SCORES: Spring Arbor 8, Taylor 0
Spring Arbor 6, Taylor 4
LOCATION: Spring Arbor, Mich. | Cougar Softball Field
RECORDS: Spring Arbor 25-12 (17-7 CL), Taylor 19-15 (11-9 CL)
 
 
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Emmalee Hamp continued her torrid streak at the plate, blasting a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first inning to put SAU up 1-0 early.
  • Spring Arbor led 2-0 after four innings before plating six runs in the fifth to enforce the mercy rule.
  • Hamp, the reigning Crossroads League Player of the Week, was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with an RBI and two runs scored. Summer Ambler finished with two hits and two runs scored.
  • Hamp earned her 14th win of the season in the circle after authoring a four-hit shutout with nine strikeouts.
 
 
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Taylor grabbed a 4-1 lead following a three-run third inning.
  • The Cougars began clawing their way back with two runs in the fifth. Matajia Cerroni drew a bases loaded walk and Lexi Cain followed with an RBI single to make it a 4-3 game.
  • A three-run sixth inning put Spring Arbor in front. A single by Maddy Thrush allowed Grace Lentz and Ambler to cross the plate. Two batters later, Payton Grange delivered a clutch, two-out hit to drive in Thrush.
  • Taylor brought the tying run to the plate in the seventh, but Hamp, who entered in relief in the third inning, dashed any hopes of a comeback with a strikeout to end the game.
  • Lentz went 3-for-4 while Thrush, Grange and Cerroni collected two hits apiece.
  • Hamp secured her second win of the day after pitching 4.1 innings of scoreless relief.
 
 
UP NEXT
Spring Arbor travels to Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Saturday, Apr. 13.

 
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