Softball Splits Series With Walsh In North Canton

OVERVIEW – Walsh Cavaliers

SCORES: Northwood 7, Walsh 8 (9 Innings) / Northwood 5, Walsh 1

RECORDS: Northwood (18-9, 5-1 G-MAC), Walsh (6-14, 1-1 G-MAC)

LOCATION: North Canton, Ohio – WU Softball Complex

RECAP: Northwood softball traveled to Walsh for a Sunday (March 17) doubleheader against the Cavaliers. In game one, Walsh scored three in the seventh to force extras before walking it off in the ninth, 8-7. Northwood took the series split winning game two, 5-1.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

• Walsh capitalized on a Northwood fielding miscue to start the game. An RBI single to left brought around two Cavaliers to score, giving the Cavs a 2-0 lead in the first.
• Gabby Schloop closed the Cavs lead in the second. Her bloop single to right brought home Madison Jordan, who led off with a hit by pitch, 2-1 WU.
• The Timberwolves would tie it with an RBI single from Ashlyn Lundquist, 2-2.
• A first and third double steal from Lundquist and Schloop gave the Timberwolves the lead, 3-2.
• Northwood capped a four-run second via a double from Brittany Steimel into the right field corner, bringing Lundquist in to score, 4-2 NU.
• A Walsh solo shot to left brought the Northwood lead back to one in the third, 4-3 NU.
• Northwood extended the lead to three with a Lundquist single to left, plating Chloe Cooper from third and Schloop from second, 6-3 NU.
• Lundquist would later score off an RBI single to center from Steimel, making it 7-3 NU going into the bottom of the fourth.
• The Cavaliers brought the lead back to three with a first and third play. A run would score, but Northwood would get the out at second, 7-4 NU.
• Walsh rallied in the seventh scoring three on four hits to tie it at 7-7, pushing the game to extra innings.
• Heading to extras, the Cavaliers led off the ninth with a triple to left. Walsh would later walk it off with a single to center, coming back from a three-run deficit to later defeat Northwood 8-7.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 7/15/1, Walsh 8/14/2
• Runners left on base: Northwood 11, Walsh 6
• Winning Pitcher – Chloe Sayre (2-1), 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Brittani Mutter (3-3), 1.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Lundquist: 3-5, 3 RBI, 2 R
• Steimel: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI
• Schloop: 2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R, BB
• Krawczak: 2-5, 2B, R
• Ziel: 3-5
• Cooper: 1-3, R, BB

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

• Walsh jumped out to an early 1-0 lead with an RBI double to right in the first.
• Schloop's triple to right in the third, brought home Cooper for Northwood's first run of the inning, 1-1.
• Lundquist would follow Schloop with a single to right to give the Timberwolves the 2-1 advantage.
• Moving to the fourth, Lundquist notched her fifth RBI on the day, doubling home Krawczak with a double to center with two outs, 3-1 NU.
• Northwood cashed in on a Walsh miscue when Steimel singled home Lundquist, extending NU's lead to three, 4-1 NU.
• Singles from Ziel and Gage Lambert led off the seventh for the Timberwolves. A sac bunt from Elexia Fuentes gave NU another insurance run, 5-1 NU.
• Emily Cox went on to win her eighth game of the season, allowing just one hit going into the seventh as Northwood prevailed 5-1.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 5/10/0, Walsh 1/3/3
• Runners left on base: Northwood 11, Walsh 3
• Winning Pitcher – Emily Cox (8-1), 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 8 K
• Losing Pitcher – Maci Smythe (2-4), 6 IP, 10 H, 5 R (4 ER), 1 BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Lundquist: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R
• Steimel: 3-4, RBI
• Schloop: 1-4, 3B, RBI, R
• Ziel: 2-4, R
• Delanie Gale: 1-4, 2B

UP NEXT

• Northwood softball is back in action Monday (March 25) for a doubleheader at Malone beginning at 3 p.m.