| 03.28.09
- The Foresters were shut out in both games of a doubleheader with
Madonna University falling 5-0 and 2-0 to the Crusaders.
In the opener, Madonna pushed one across
in the bottom of the first and then added a pair of runs in both the
third and the fifth while holding HU scoreless with just three hits in
the game.
Lauren Ward took the loss for the
Foresters. She allowed five runs, three earned, in seven innings
of work and gave up five hits and one walk while striking out 11.
Megan Smith had HU's only extra base hit in the game with a double.
The Foresters' struggles at the plate
continued in the second game. They scattered five hits
throughout the seven innings, but couldn't put anything together to
get on the scoreboard. Madonna took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of
the third and added an insurance run in the fifth to complete the
sweep.
Molly Long went the distance in the
loss. She pitched six innings and allowed two runs on five hits
and two walks while striking out seven. Five players recorded a
hit in the contest for HU with Brita Kuiper getting a double.
The two losses even the Foresters'
record at 8-8 on the season. |
