OVERVIEW – GLIAC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

SCORE: Davenport Panthers 10, Northwood Timberwolves 2 (6 innings); Ashland Eagles, Northwood

RECORDS: Northwood 25-22; Davenport 33-19 / Ashland 23-25

LOCATION: Sports Force Park – Sandusky, Ohio

RECAP: Softball splits a pair of games Friday (May 4) at the GLIAC Tournament, dropping game one to Davenport 10-2 before defeating Ashland 9-6. With their win over the Eagles, the Timberwolves stay alive in the tournament and advance to Saturday (May 5).

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood jumped to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the second. Karli Godlewski and Meghan Franz each registered a run-scoring RBI.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Davenport plated five runs to make it 5-2 in the Panthers favor.
• The Panthers tacked on four more runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the 10-2 victory in the first round of the GLIAC Tournament.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 2/5/1, Davenport: 10/10/1
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 6, Davenport: 2
• Winning Pitcher – Mallory Teunissen (22-8): 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R (2 ER), 7 K, 2 BB
• Losing Pitcher – Makenzie Norton (8-7): 4.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R (6 ER), 3 K, 1 BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Torriya Gray-Baker: 2-3, R
• Abby Joseph: 1-3, R
• Godlewski: 1-3, RBI
• Meghan Franz: RBI

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood's Chase Schultz got the scoring started in the second inning on an RBI groundout for the early 1-0 lead. Brooke Wauters then hit a run-scoring double to centerfield to make it 2-0.
• In the third, Abby Joseph registered a run-scoring double to give the Timberwolves a comfortable 3-0 lead after three.
• Ashland put their first run on the board in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI triple to cut Northwood's lead to 3-1.
• The fifth inning proved to be a big innings for both teams. Northwood added 6 runs to their total to push their lead to 9-1. Sydni Pauley, Joseph, Danielle Bartodziej, Chase Schultz, Tara Gross, and Lauren Castellon each registered RBIs in a big scoring rally.
• The Eagles responded in the bottom of the fifth with 5 of their own runs to make it 9-6 going into the sixth inning.
• Ashland added one more run in the bottom of the sixth but would not get any closer as Northwood took the 9-7 victory.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 9/14/2, Ashland: 7/15/0
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 7, Ashland: 8
• Winning Pitcher – Makenzie Norton (9-7): 7.0 IP, 15 H, 7 R (6 ER), 1 K, 0 BB
• Losing Pitcher – Paige McMenemy (7-9): 4.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R (5 ER), 1 K, 0 BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Pauley: 2-4, 2 R, RBI, 2B
• Joseph: 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B
• Bartodziej: 2-4, R, RBI
• Schultz: 2-4, 2 RBI, R
• Godlewski: 2-3, 2 2B

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will continue play in the GLIAC Tournament Saturday (May 5) at 10 a.m. against Tiffin.