Alma Slips By Calvin 2-0, Falls 2-1 in Nightcap
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Alma College softball team dropped
its first MIAA conteest of the season defeating Calvin 2-0 and falling
to the Knights 2-1 Thursday (Apr. 14) in Grand Rapids, improving its
record to 19-7 (9-1 MIAA).
In game one freshman catcher Shannon Harrington (Dewitt/St. Johns) went 2-for-3 to pace the Scots with an RBI. Senior pitcher Leigh Ann LaFave (Bark River/Escanaba) threw a complete seven-inning game, scattering seven hits and striking out five.
Anne Westerman (Gaylord/St. Mary Cathedral) scored the game-winning run with a two-out triple in the top of the third.as Megan Knochel (Pinconning) drove her in with another triple. The Scots scored again in the top of the sixth when Amy Gaudard (Mt. Pleasant) led off with a single and head coach Denny Griffin sent Andrea Lunsted (Haslett)
in to pinch run. Lunsted headed to second with a passed ball when
Harrington doubled into left center to drive the insurance run across
the plate.
In game two, Calvin got on the board with two runs in the top of the
fourth and Alma could muster just one run in the bottom of the sixth,
not enough to defeat the Knights.
Senior pitcher Melissa Tavidian (New Hudson/South Lyon) scattered eight hits, allowing two earned runs while striking out six.
Westerman got on base in the top of the sixth with a base on balls to
give the Scots a base runner before Knochel flied out to center field. Laura Bell (Walled Lake/Western) came to the plate and doubled down the right field line to score Westerman. The Scots went down with a Megan Colligan (Northville/Novi)
fly ball to center and a Gaudard ground out to the pitcher to end the
inning and, in the end, the Scots chances of an undefeated MIAA season.
Alma returns to action Saturday at Scots Park when the Maroon and Cream host St. Mary's at 2 p.m.
Posted: Thu, April 14th, 2005 at 11:10PM
