Scots Pick Up Back-to-Back Wins at Ohio Wesleyan
DELAWARE, Ohio - Alma softball picked up back-to-back wins Saturday
(Mar. 19) with 1-0 and 7-2 victories against Ohio Wesleyan University
in Delaware, Ohio. With the 7-2 win, Alma head coach Denny Griffin -
already one of the NCAA's Winningest Coaches - picked up his 500th
career win.
The Scots scored the only run of game one on an
unearned run in the sixth inning, holding off an Ohio Wesleyan rally in
the second game to complete the sweep Saturday at Mingo Park in
Delaware, Ohio
The No. 14 Scots broke the scoreless tie in the top of the sixth when,
with two outs, Megan Colligan (Northville/Novi) lined a single to left field and
continued to second when the ball got past Bishop outfielder Meredith
Krajewski. Shannon Harrington (Dewitt/St. Johns) followed with a single to center, and
pinch-runner Andrea Lunsted scored when OWU outfielder Carli Wittman
did not field the ball cleanly.
In the nightcap, Alma took a 2-0 lead in the second on back-to-back RBI
doubles by Emily Blahnik (Corunna) and Eileen Butler (Vestaburg) and tacked on a
third run on Missy Morcom's (Chelsea) RBI single in the inning. Butler drove in
another run in the third and Colligan lined a two-run single to
highlight Alma's three-run fourth.
The Bishops got on the scoreboard in the fifth when King reached on a
fielder's choice, moved to second on a ground out and took third when
catcher Janelle Dangler reached on an error. Dangler then got
caught in a rundown between first and second, with King scoring before
the tag was applied to end the inning.
Ohio Wesleyan added a run in the sixth when Wittman walked with one
out, moved to second on a wild pitch, stole third on ball four to
Longstreth, then scored on a wild throw by Scot catcher Butler in
attempting to pick Longstreth off at first.
With two OWU outs in the bottom of the sixth, the game was called on account of rain.
Melissa Tavidian (New Hudson/South Lyon) picked up the win, pitching a complete game for the Scots.
Alma returns to action Tuesday, Mar. 22 at 3 p.m. at Northwood.
Posted: Sun, March 20th, 2005 at 9:13AM
