| 04.26.08
- As the regular season came to a close, the Foresters had an
opportunity to even their season record, but dropped a doubleheader
5-3 and 4-2 to Olivet College to finish 14-18-1. HU will now
head into post-season play where they are the fifth seed for the MCC
Tournament. The Foresters will face Indiana Wesleyan, the fourth
seed, in opening round action at 12 noon on Wednesday, April 30 at
Indiana Wesleyan. In the opener
at Olivet, HU things started right out of the gate. Kendra Stahl
led off with a single and Brittney Bateman brought her in with a
triple to right-center. Brittany Gower then drove in Bateman
with a double down the leftfield line.
Unfortunately, the lead was short-lived
as the Comets plated three in their half of the frame. Olivet
increased its advantage to 5-2 with a pair of runs in the bottom of
the sixth. The Foresters made things interesting in the top of
the seventh. With two outs, they put the tying runs on base.
Megan Smith scored on a passed ball, but the other two were stranded
at second and third when Gower grounded out to end the game.
Lauren Ward (8-9) took the loss for HU.
She threw six innings and allowed five runs on seven hits and a walk
while striking out eight. Stahl led the Foresters at the plate
with a 3-4 performance.
In game two, three Forester errors that
led to three unearned Comet runs created a deficit to large for HU to
overcome. Olivet scored once in the third, once in the fourth
and twice in the fifth before the Foresters finally got on the board.
HU pushed one across in the sixth and another in the seventh, but
couldn't catch the Comets.
Ashley Scally (4-8) went the distance
in the loss. She allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks
in six innings of work. Kendra Stahl and Tabitha Truax each had
two hits in the game for the Foresters.
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