Scots Take Two From Defiance
The Alma College softball team collected 26 hits on Saturday to sweep
Defiance College by the scores of 10-0 and 9-1 in two five-inning
games. The doubleheader was originally scheduled at Scots Park but due
to the late winter was moved to Defiance College and then changed again
on Friday night to Adrian College due to rain in Ohio.
In the first game Missy Morcom (Chelsea) led off the game with her
first solo shot of the year. Two outs later Megan Colligan (Novi)
doubled and Andrea Lunsted pinch ran for Colligan. Shannon Harrington
(St.Johns) plated Lunsted with a double to left field.
The Scots added
three more runs in the second with singles by Amy Gaudard (Mt. Pleasant)Anne Westerman (Gaylord), Morcom, Megan Knochel (Pinconning) and
Colligan. The offense continued in the third with Morcom hitting her
second home run of the day, a three-run version knocking in Audra Reynolds (Montabella) and
Westerman. Christy Brewer (Clare), with her first of the season,
tallied the final run of the game with a lead off homerun in the fourth.
Leigh Ann LaFave (Bark River/Escanaba) notched her third win of the year with a three-hit shutout while striking out three.
In the nightcap the Scots did not let down with their offense. In the
first inning Knochel walked, Harrington reached base on an error and
they both advanced on a passed ball. Colligan scored Knochel on a
ground out and Gaudard hit a single up the middle to plate Harrington.
Eileen Butler (Vestaburg) led off the second with her first round
tripper of the year. Then the Scots opened the coiffers with five runs
in the third on four hits and three walks.
Defiance tallied their only run of the day in their half of the
third on two walks, a hit and a fielders choice. Melissa Tavidian (New
Hudson/South Lyon) shut down the Yellow Jackets the rest of the way to
secure her fourth win of the season. In the fourth inning Alma
responded with two runs of their own on doubles by Emily Blahnik
(Corunna), Kim Light (Howell) and a single by Westerman.
The 8-6 Scots will open the MIAA season on Wednesday as they take on Hope College at Scots Park at 2:30 p.m.
Posted: Mon, March 28th, 2005 at 10:23AM
