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APR.
26 — Lack Of Offense Leads To Losses At St. Mary's
Leafs
muster just five total hits in double-dip against Belles;
fall 1-9 and 1-6 |
Notre Dame, IN — With another
pair of respectable defensive and pitching games into the record
books, it was again a lack of offense that led to losses for the
Goshen College softball team, the most recent in 1-9 and 1-6 defeats
at St. Mary’s College on Wednesday afternoon.
Goshen (2-24, 2-16) could muster just five total hits on the afternoon — leading
to a total two runs — while holding the Belles to one or
fewer runs in eight of a total 13 innings played on the day.
“When we can’t hit we can’t win,” said
Linda Bontrager, Goshen head coach. “It really is as simple
as that.”
Sophomore Tera Brackman returned to the pitcher’s circle
in the first of the day’s double-header, after being sidelined
for four weeks with a shoulder injury. Brackman lasted four innings
against the Belles, giving up just three runs while getting no
run support.
“Tera did well considering it was her first time back,” Bontrager
said. “She had a good four innings of work.”
Goshen pulled within two runs in the top of the fifth inning, when
sophomore Faith Borrell crossed the plate after singling. That
push was short-lived, however, as the Leafs allowed the Belles
six runs in the bottom of the inning, cutting the game off after
five in a 1-9 defeat.
Borrell led the way at the plate, going 1-2 with a run scored.
Freshman Kim Yeakey was 1-3, while senior Kris Polega finished
1-2.
In the day’s second contest, again it was a severe offensive
drought that gave St. Mary’s multiple opportunities to pull
away. Freshman Haly Williamson suffered the loss on the mound,
striking out four and walking none. Goshen’s lone run again
came in the final inning of play — this time the seventh — as
Borrell again crossed the plate. Brackman and sophomore Erin Layman
shared game-best batting honors, each going 1-3 from the plate.
The Leafs will return to the Goshen College Softball Complex for
a final home contest on Friday, when the team will host Rochester
College. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m.
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Game 1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
R |
H |
E |
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Goshen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
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SMC |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
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Game 2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
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Goshen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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SMC |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
6 |
10 |
2 |
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  Sophomore
Faith Borrell
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