Softball Takes Two Versus Ursuline In Decisive Fashion

OVERVIEW – Ursuline

SCORES: Northwood 11, Ursuline 0/ Northwood 9, Ursuline 0

RECORDS: Northwood 23-13 (7-4 G-MAC), Ursuline 0-22 (0-7 G-MAC) / Northwood 24-13 (8-4 G-MAC), Ursuline 0-23 (0-8 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Midland, Mich.- Fisher Stadium

RECAP: Northwood softball played the Arrows of Ursuline Saturday (April 8). The doubleheader would end in two Northwood wins. The Timberwolves won 11-0 in game one before their 9-0 wing in game two.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood got the scoring started in the second. Jillian Krawczak's single up the middle with the bases loaded led to two scoring, 2-0 NU.
• Haley Frank followed Krawczak with a blistering triple to right center, clearing the others off the bases, 4-0.
• In the third, Gianna Fantin's laser passed the first basemen got her to third for a triple. Two batters later, Karlie Moore roped a singled to center, scoring Fantin, 5-0 NU.
• Following a wild Krawczak double that landed just 15 feet down the first baseline, with Moore on third, Frank single to center to score them both, 7-0 NU.
• One batter later, Ashley Ziel drilled a double to the left-center gap, scoring Frank, 8-0 NU. Delanie Gale followed an identical double to right center to score Ziel, 9-0 NU.
• Later in the third, a walk to Ashlyn Lundquist followed by a wild pitch and a passed ball scored Gale, 10-0 NU.
• The Timberwolves capped their scoring with an RBI single by Madison Jordan in the third, 11-0 NU.
• Leister had another great game by only allowing three hits, no runs, and tallying four strikeouts in a five-innings. This is Leister's second straight shutout (seventh this season).

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 11/11/0, Ursuline 0/3/2
• Runners left on base: Northwood 4, Ursuline 3
• Winning Pitcher – Hailey Leister (16-5) 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Kelsey Jakosh (0-2), 2.2 IP, 8 H, 8 R (7 ER), 1 BB, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Frank: 2-3, 3B, 4 RBI, BB
• Krawczak: 2-2, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R
• Jordan: 2-3, RBI, R
• Fantin: 2-3, 3B, R
• Ziel: 1-2, 2B, RBI, R, BB

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

• Defensively, Frank had a spectacular catch off a line drive hit to third base that ricocheted off Gale's glove at third.
• Northwood started game two with a bang, Ziel's started off the scoring in the first. Her fifth home run of the year landed outside the left field fence as NU jumped out to a 2-0 lead.
• Moving to the second, the Timberwolves capitalized on a throwing error and wild pitch that scored Fantin after her single, 3-0 NU.
• Still in the second, three walks to Moore, Krawczak, and Ziel resulted in another Timby run, 4-0 NU.
• Following a pitching change, with bases loaded, Gale's single to left got underneath the fielder's glove, clearing the bases as Northwood jumped out to a 7-0 lead.
• Jordan finished off, Northwood's six-run second with an RBI single to third to score Gale, 8-0 NU.
• Ziel capped off a great day for herself by hitting as she smashed her second homer of the game (team-leading sixth this season). Her homer was identitical to her first as it also flew over the left field fence.
• Polega and Cox both had good stretches on the mound, only allowing just hits with zero runs. The two combined for six strikeouts on the day.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 0/0/0, Ursuline 0/0/0
• Runners left on base: Northwood 0, Ursuline 0
• Winning Pitcher: Brynn Polega (3-4) 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher: Kathleen Wack (0-1) 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 1 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Ziel: 2-2, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB
• Gale: 2-2, 2 RBI, R, BB
• Fantin: 2-2, R

UP NEXT

• Softball is set to travel to Grand Valley Statdo doubleheader tarting1) in a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. & 5 p.m.