UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State
University softball team took game one from Hillsdale College today
(Apr. 3) 13-3, and game two is postponed until Monday (Apr. 5) at
4:00 pm.
Game One
The Cardinals came out swinging in the first inning when they
scored seven runs on five hits. Sophomore Lauren
Memmer (White Lake, Mich. / Lakeland HS) led off the inning
with a base hit to the left side of the field, she then stole both
second and third base. Memmer came around to score after an
error by the shortstop. Jessica
McKeith (River Rouge, Mich.) dug into the box with one out and
bases loaded and hit a line shot double to the fence to clear the
bases. Sophomore Kalie
Burdick (Milford, Mich.) ripped a double to right center
scoring McKeith. Both pinch runner Tory
Watson (Talawanda, Ohio) and senior Shannon McLaughlin (Benton Harbor, Mich. / KVCC) scored
on errors by Hillsdale.
Senior Angela Kaiser hit her third homerun of the
season in the bottom of the second inning to put Saginaw Valley up
8-0 on the Chargers. Hillsdale scored one unearned run in the
top of the third inning. Sophomore Allison Jaskullka (Madison Heights, Mich. / Lamphere
HS) had a leadoff walk in the bottom of the third and came around
to score after an error on Hillsdale. Junior Jill
Peterson came up to the plate and drove a single up the middle
and Kaiser walked to load the bases once again for McKeith.
McKeith hit a grand slam into right field and had her seventh run
batted in on the day. The Chargers would try to come back
when they scored two runs on a homerun in the top of the fifth
inning.
McKeith led the day for Saginaw Valley hitting two-for-two with
seven runs batted in, while Memmer was two-for-two, and Kaiser
scored three times.
Junior Jade Fulton (Byron, Mich.) got the start in the circle
pitching 3.2 innings with five strikeouts and giving up only two
hits. Fulton's record improves to 8-1. Junior Amanda Astor (Dyer, Ind. / Marion Catholic HS) pitched
1.1 innings of relief for the Cardinals.
Game Two
Game Two is being postponed until Monday (Apr. 5) at 4:00
pm.
With the win Saginaw Valley improves to 18-2 overall on the
season, and 3-0 in the GLIAC, while Hillsdale falls to 6-13 overall
on the season and 1-4 in the GLIAC. The Cardinals will be
back in action Monday (Apr.5) when they will finish the remainder
of the second game at 4:00pm.
