The Basics
Game 1: Minnesota-Duluth 7, Saginaw Valley 3
Game 2:
Hancock Park - Clermont, Fla.
CLERMONT, Fla. - The SVSU softball team
Game One
The Bulldogs got out to a 4-0 lead after putting up all four runs in the top of the third inning. They would extend that lead out to 7-0 after the top of the sixth inning after adding single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, respectively.
SVSU responded with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the sixth frame, using an RBI double off the left field fence by Shelby Weeks that scored Danielle Hamilton and a Meredith Rousse single through the middle that plated Weeks. That made the score 7-2.
After setting Minnesota-Duluth down 1-2-3 in the top of the seventh, SVSU had pinch-hitter Jessica Wood reach base on a walk and Lauren Bachert would pinch run for her. Madison Burgess would follow with a single, putting runners on first and second for the Cards. Hamilton was due next and she hit a slow grounder to second and reached on a fielder's choice when the defense got Burgess at second. Bachert was rounding third already and would score the team's third run when the second baseman forced for the out at second.
That would be all the scoring for the game though, as the Bulldogs came away with the 7-3 victory.
Inside the Boxscore
- Burgess had two of SVSU's four hits in the contest.
- Weeks and Rousse had the other two, each adding an RBI and Weeks a walk and run scored as well.
- Hamilton had an RBI, walk and run scored for SVSU.
- SVSU allowed just 10 hits but walked 10 batters and committed six errors defensively.
- Annie Hansen (0-1) took the loss in the circle, allowing four runs on four hits, walking five and striking-out one in her 3.1 innings pitched.
Game Two
