Softball Moves To 4-0 On Spring Trip With Pair of Victories

OVERVIEW – LE MOYNE AND BEMIDJI STATE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 6, Le Moyne Dolphins 1; Northwood 5, Bemidji St. Beavers 1

RECORDS: Northwood 5-2; Le Moyne 14-5 / Bemidji St. 2-7

LOCATION: Hancock Park – Clermont, FL.

RECAP: Softball posts its second sweep at Florida with a 6-1 victory over Le Moyne and a 5-1 win over Bemidji St. Sunday (March 11).

LE MOYNE HIGHLIGHTS

• The first inning was a pitchers' dual between Taylor Wright and Lauren Nichols, as neither team was able to get a hit.
• Northwood got into rhythm in the second inning and jumped out to the early 1-0 lead thanks to Lauren Castellon's first RBI single of the day. During the next at bat, Tara Gross hit a sacrifice fly to plate Danielle Bartodziej to make it 2-0.
• In the third inning with two outs, Abby Joseph hit a solo home run out over center field to make it 3-0. Castellon came up clutch later in the inning with a two-run scoring single to make it 5-0.
• Sydni Pauley recorded the second NU home run of the game with a solo shot out to center field to push the Timberwolves' lead to 6-0.
• Le Moyne cut into Northwood's lead in the bottom of the seventh to make it 6-1 for their only run of the day.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 6/7/1, Le Moyne: 1/5/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Le Moyne: 6
• Winning Pitcher: Taylor Wright (3-1): 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 10 K
• Losing Pitcher: Lauren Nichols (2-1): 2.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 3 BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Pauley: 1-3, R, RBI, HR
• Joseph: 1-4, R, RBI, HR
• Castellon: 2-2, 3 RBI
• Bartodziej: 2-4, 2 R

GAME NOTES

• Joseph's solo homer in the third inning was the first home run of her collegiate career.

BEMIDJI ST. HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood opened up the scoring in the bottom of the second on a T. Gross RBI triple to score Castellon.
• A trio of RBI doubles by Castellon, Karli Godlewski, and Torriya Gray-Baker respectively in the fourth inning plated three more runs to make it 4-0.
• In the fifth inning, NU increased its lead by adding a second T. Gross run-scoring single to make it 5-0.
• With two outs in the seventh, Bemidji St. got on the board to make it 5-1. The Beavers had the chance to knot the game at five a piece with the game tying run up to bat, but could not complete the rally as third baseman Chase Schultz caught a pop up in foul territory to give the Timberwolves the victory.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 5/11/2, Bemidji St.: 1/3/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 9, Bemidji St.: 8
• Winning Pitcher: Shayna Frank (2-0): 7.0 IP, 3 H, R, 2 BB, 6 K
• Losing Pitcher: Sami Dullum (2-3): 3.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• T. Gross: 3-4, 2 RBI, 3B
• Castellon: 3-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI
• Godlewski: 1-4, R, 2B, RBI

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will continue play at the PFX Spring Games with two games Monday (March 12). Game one against Lock Haven is set for 9 am, and game two is against Slippery Rock at 11:30 am.