HUNTINGTON, Ind. – After suffering a pair of losses over the weekend, the Spring Arbor University softball team bounced back with two key Crossroads League victories on Monday, going on the road to defeat Huntington University 8-1 and 13-5.
 
The wins bring Spring Arbor's overall record to 27-14 with a 19-9 mark in league play.
 
 
THE BASICS
SCORES: Spring Arbor 8, Huntington 1
Spring Arbor 13, Huntington 5
LOCATION: Huntington, Ind.
RECORDS: Spring Arbor 27-14 (19-9 CL), Huntington 18-24 (10-18 CL)
 
 
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS

• Spring Arbor scored three runs in the first inning with two of those coming on a base hit by Grace Lentz.
• The Cougars held a 4-1 lead after five innings but broke the game wide open with four runs in the sixth.
• Payton Grange went 2-for-3 with an RBI while Lentz finished with three RBIs.
• Emmalee Hamp pitched a complete game allowing one run on four hits while striking out eight batters.

 
 
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• Huntington used a five-run second inning to take a 5-3 lead.
• Spring Arbor pulled ahead with a three-run third inning on RBI hits by Brooke Meeker and Elaina Walker.
• The Cougars erupted for five runs in the fifth inning – highlighted by a three-RBI triple by Hamp – to put the game out of reach.
• Walker posted three hits and four RBIs while Summer Ambler also collected three hits. Hamp finished with three RBIs and three runs scored.
• Elena Jones pitched 4.2 innings of shutout relief allowing only two hits and striking out two.

 
 
UP NEXT
Spring Arbor plays its next eight games at home to close out the regular season beginning with a matchup against No. 7 ranked Marian University on Friday, Apr. 19 starting at 3 p.m.