Softball Splits During Day Five Action In Florida

OVERVIEW – Notre Dame (Ohio) & (RV) Seton Hill

SCORES: Northwood 0, Notre Dame (Ohio) 2 / Northwood 4, Seton Hill 0

RECORDS: Northwood 11-9, Notre Dame (Ohio) 5-6/ Northwood 12-9, Seton Hill 5-6

LOCATION: The Spring Games – Clermont, Fla.

RECAP: Northwood softball traveled to Clermont, Fla. for their annual spring break trip. Following their first off-day of the week, the Timberwolves would fall to Notre Dame (Ohio) in game one, 0-2, followed by a shutout win of Seton Hill, 4-0, in game two.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood's offense struggled through the first five innings. Haley Frank led off the third and fifth innings with doubles to left center and center. In either inning, Northwood would not be able to score Frank from second.
• Later in the fifth, NDC's three straight singles gave the Falcons the 0-2 advantage, forcing a Northwood pitching change.
• In the sixth, baserunning cost Northwood another opportunity to score. A blooper down the right field line confused runners on the basepaths allowing NDC to catch two NU runners in a rundown and ending the two-on, one-out threat.
• The Timberwolves would not score in the seventh, getting shutout by the Falcons, 0-2 NDC.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 0/7/0, Notre Dame (Ohio) 2/5/0
• Runners left on base: Northwood 11, Notre Dame (Ohio) 6
• Winning Pitcher – Grace Fisher (3-3) 7 IP, 7 H, 0 R (0 ER), 4 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Brynn Polega (2-3), 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R (2 ER), 4 BB, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Frank: 2-4, 2 2B
• Bennett: 2-2, BB

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

• All of game two's action occurred in inning number two. Northwood capitalized on two Seton Hill errors. With two outs and a base runner of second, Frank doubled to deep left center, scoring Fantin from second to open the scoring, 1-0 NU.
• As the second continued, Gabby Schloop's single to left scored Frank, Schloop would advance to second on a fielding error in left, 2-0 NU.
• Capping off the second, Delanie Gale hit her team-leading third bomb of the year, 4-0 NU.
• Hailey Leister would continue her dominant stretch, throwing her third shutout (7 CG) of the year, allowing just three baserunners over seven innings. She lowered her ERA to 1.21 over her 69.1 IP this season.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 4/5/0, Seton Hill 0/3/5
• Runners left on base: Northwood 9, Seton Hill 2
• Winning Pitcher: Hailey Leister (7-4) 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 8 K
• Losing Pitcher: Lauren Dellett (4-2) 2 IP, 3 H, 4 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 0 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Frank: 1-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB
• Gale: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI, R
• Schloop: 2-4, RBI, R

UP NEXT

• Softball is set to take on Missouri St. Louis and Purdue Northwest, Saturday, March 11 for day seven of the spring trip to Clermont, Fla. at Sleepy Hallow Fields. The Timberwolves will play UMSL at 10 a.m. followed by a battle with PNW at 12:30 p.m.