CONCORDIA, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley
State University softball team took two games form Concordia
University Saturday (Mar. 20), beating them 12-0 in the first
game and 15-7 in the second.
Game 1
Saginaw Valley returned to the diamond for the first time since
the Rebel Spring Games in Florida last week. The Cardinals came out
swinging, scoring in every inning of the first game.
Senior Angela Kaiser (Waterford, Mich. / Our Lady of
the Lakes HS) would get the scoring started for Saginaw Valley as
she ripped a shot up the middle that scored Lauren
Memmer (Lakeland, Mich. / Lakeland HS) and Ashley
Jordan (Freeland, Mich. / Freeland HS). The Cardinals would
tack on three more runs in the second inning to give them a five
run advantage. Jordan reached first on a fielder's choice and
scored Memmer. Junior Jill
Peterson (Freeland, Mich. / Freeland HS) had a hit to left
field that scored Jordan and Billi
Hoeppner (Hemlock, Mich. / Hemlock HS).
Saginaw Valley continued to build on its lead in the third,
where they scored one run on a double to center field off the bat
of Kailah Happ (Waterford, Mich. / Waterford Kettering
HS), scoring Jordan Stuart (Richmond, Mich. / Richmond HS).
In the fourth inning, Happ drove in three runs on a triple through
the left side of the field, while Shannon McLaughlin (Benton Harbor, Mich. / KVCC)
singled to the left side of the field and scored Happ.
Jade Fulton (Byron, Mich. / Byron HS) got the start in
the circle throwing three innings with six strikeouts and allowing
only two hits, while Memmer came in and pitched one inning with
three strikeouts. Amanda Astor came in and closed the game and
posted one strikeout. The Cardinals totaled 16 hits in the first
game.
Game 2
Saginaw Valley started right where they left off in game two,
scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. Kaiser put the
Cardinals on the board first with a single up the middle scoring
Jordan and Hoeppner. Kim
Sills (Clinton Twp., Mich. / Chippewa Valley HS) reached first
on an error and Kaiser came around to score on the error. Concordia
answered back, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first giving
them the 5-4 advantage.
Saginaw Valley came back in the fourth when they scored six runs
to take the lead for the rest of the game. Sills doubled to right
field, scoring two runs, while Kalie
Burdick (Milford, Mich. / Milford HS) hit a sacrifice fly to
center field scoring one. Jordan singled to center field and scored
one, and Peterson singled to right field scoring one for the
Cardinals.
Concordia would try to come back one more time as they scored a
two run homerun in the bottom of the fourth inning to make the
12-7. The Cardinals tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the
fifth to end the game with a score of 15-7.
Kari Bowlby (Elkhart, Mich. / Elkhart HS) started the
game for Saginaw Valley, striking out one. Megan
Samassa (Holly, Mich. / Powers Catholic HS) pitched 2.1 innings
of relief while picking up the win and striking out three , while
Dana
Velzy pitched two innings.
Saginaw Valley improves to 13-2 on the season. The Cardinals
will travel to Ferris State on March 31 to begin GLIAC play for the
2010 season. The doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm.
