ALLENDALE, Mich. -- The Saginaw Valley State University softball team faced the 24th-ranked Grand Valley State University Lakers in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader on Saturday.
The host Lakers took both games of the doubleheader, winning the first one by a score of 2-1, and taking the second game 5-0 over the Cardinals. SVSU is now 18-12 overall and 4-4 in the GLIAC.
Game One Breakdown:
- The game was scoreless until the top of the sixth inning, when Jackie Popko came across to score for the Cardinals after a Laker error that allowed Sara Moos to reach base.
- GVSU took the victory with a walk-off two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning.
- Maddie Campanga led the Cardinals at the plate with two hits, while Popko, Moos, and Sarah Gersch each had one.
- Emily Depew (6-7) took the loss on the mound after pitching 6.2 innings, allowing seven hits, two runs, and striking out nine.
Game Two Breakdown:
- SVSU's offense struggled in the second game of the doubleheader, as they only managed two hits, with one coming from Blasia Moyler and the other from Jessica Kreuzer.
- The Lakers got their first run of the game in the bottom of the second inning before adding another in the third.
- In the bottom of the fourth, GVSU scored three runs on their way to the victory.
- On the mound for the Cardinals, Julia Mundy went 6.0 innings, allowing seven hits, five runs, and posting four strikeouts.
Up next:
SVSU remains on the road to face Davenport University in a doubleheader at noon Sunday in Caledonia, Mich.
