Strong Hitting Leads Scots To Sweep of Wittenberg
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Alma College softball put together strong
back-to-back games to improve to 9-3 on the season with 7-2 and 3-0
wins against Wittenberg Sunday (Mar. 19). Paced by sophomore Amy Gaudard (Mt. Pleasant) who went 5-for-8 on the day and solid pitching efforts from Kay McDonald (Rosebush/Mt. Pleasant) and Katie Koechling (Wheaton, Ill./North) the Scots picked up two more wins.
In game one, the Scots were anchored by McDonald's arm as she struck out five and walked two. Alyssa Gooch (Charlotte)
came in to pitch the seventh inning, allowing one earned run and and
another unearned to finish Wittenberg scoring for the game.
Alma scoring came with two runs in the first, another in the fourth and
two more in the fifth and again in the sixth inning. Gaudard went
2-for-4 at the plate, with two doubles and two RBI. Laura Bell (Walled Lake/Western)
went 3-for-4 with four RBI, including her first home run of the season
- a two RBI shot in the fifth. Rounding out top hitters for the Scots, Emily Blahnik (Corunna) went a perfect 3-for-3, giving the team 15 hits.
Game two put Katie Koechling in the middle, allowing just three hits on
10 strikeouts and no walks. It marks Koechling's third win of the
season as she is a perfect 3-0 for the 2006 campaign.
Gaudard and Bell stayed hot in the second game as Gaudard went 3-for-4 with an RBI while Bell was 2-for-3. Missy Morcom (Chelsea) hit her second home run of the season with a shot in the third. Megan Colligan (Northville/Novi) was an impressive 2-for-4 while Taylor Erwin (Fenton) went 3-for-3 for the Maroon and Cream.
The Scots are next scheduled to travel to Northwood University for a
Wednesday (Mar. 22) game and they are scheduled to open up their home
schedule Mar. 25 against Ohio Wesleyan.
Posted: Sun, March 19th, 2006 at 7:57PM
