GOSHEN, Ind. – The Spring Arbor University softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader at Goshen College on Friday. The Cougars fell 6-5 in eight innings in game one before suffering a 7-2 setback in game two.
THE BASICS
GAME 1 SCORE: Spring Arbor 5, Goshen 6
GAME 2 SCORE: Spring Arbor 2, Goshen 7
LOCATION: Goshen, Ind.
RECORDS: Spring Arbor 15-20 (7-17 CL), Goshen 13-17 (9-11 CL)
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
- Spring Arbor built a 5-1 lead after five innings. The Cougars scored a run in four of the first five frames, including a home run by Summer Ambler in the third inning.
- Goshen got a run back in the sixth inning, but a SAU responded with an RBI double by Taylor Clark in the seventh to widen the margin back to four, 6-2.
- The Maple Leafs tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on a three-run homer, and then completed the comeback with a run in the home half of the eighth.
- Clark continued to swing a hot bat, picking up two more hits. Ambler and Elaina Walker also finished with two hits while Ambler notched her team-best sixth long ball of the season.
- Underwood pitched 7.0 innings and allowed five runs on eight hits while striking out seven batters.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
- Goshen grabbed the lead in the third inning after plating four runs.
- Spring Arbor got two runs back in the fourth – highlighted by another Clark RBI double.
- The Maple Leafs answered in the bottom of the fourth when the reigning Crossroads League Player of the Week, Shea VanScoter, hit a two-run home run. The home team added one more run in the fifth inning.
- Clark extended her hitting streak to six games after going 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored. She has now hit safely in 13 of her last 14 games.
- Ava Poulson surrendered seven runs on nine hits in 4.2 innings of work. Ambler added 1.1 innings of scoreless relief.
UP NEXT
Spring Arbor plays host to Taylor University on Saturday, Apr. 12. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. from the Cougar Softball Field.
