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MIAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

MIAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: Tri-State Downs Alma with Last Out Heroics

May 1, 2008

Alma, Mich.- The Alma College Softball Team (25-10) was one out away from holding all the cards for the rest of the tournament but gave up a two run double in the bottom of the seventh to fall to Tri-State (30-6) by the score of 2-1.

The pitchers dominated this game as they both posted zeros across the score sheet all the way through the sixth inning. In the top of the seventh, the Maroon and Cream broke through as freshman Kelly Koenigsknecht (Fowler) hit a soft fly to right field that scored Houston Verbeck (Flint/Kearsley) and put the Scots up 1-0.

Junior pitcher, Katie Koechling (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North), took the mound in the bottom of the seventh for the Scots and retired the first two batters she faced. However, the following two batters she faced both singled and Head Coach Denny Griffin brought in freshman Tara Leddy (Saginaw/Swan Valley) to save the game. After going to two strikes on both the batters she faced, Sallie Richardson (Jackson/Napoleon) found some green in the outfield as her walk off single scored two runs and gave the Thunder the 2-1 win.

Koechling picked up the loss for the Scots, giving up six hits in six and two thirds innings while striking out eight.

Lauren Hudson (Lafayette, Ind./Harrison) picked up the win for TSU, scattering three hits and one run in her complete game performance to improve to 10-3 on the year.

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The Scots are now faced with the task of having to beat Hope and then beat Tri-State twice in order to win the MIAA Tournament. The first leg of their task will begin at noon tomorrow as they face the Hope College Flying Dutch in a rematch of today's 4-0 game that went to Alma.

Posted: Thu, May 1st, 2008 at 6:49PM

 

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Coach Profile

Gordon Aldrich

Gordon Aldrich was a late addition to the Alma College Coaching Staff in the summer of 2007. Coach Aldrich has joined the Alma College Family as the Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach.

During his 26 years as a varsity Boy’s and Girl’s Cross Country Coach, Aldrich has won a Girls Open State Championship (1978), a Girls State Championship (1995), two Boy’s State Championships (1994, 1997), and was Runner-up on seven other occasions. During the same time, Aldrich coached teams to 17 conference championships, was nominated for the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association Coach of the Year 12 times for cross country, and walked away with the award four times (1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998). He was also named the Boy’s Cross Country National Coach of the Year in 1999 by the National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Association.

Aldrich was also honored with Michigan High School Coaches Association Track Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1998, and has received the Charles Sweeney Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame Track and Field Award.

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