Softball Results: April 26
CONCORD 12, WARSAW 0
An Alysa Marcin single started the carousel for Concord in a blowout Northern Lakes Conference win.
Marcin’s RBI single in the first inning got Concord on the board, which the Minutemen scored two in the second, three in the third and six in the fourth for the home win.
Molly Friedauer had three hits and a pair of RBIs, and Alexis Kern also drove in two in the win. Makenna Carrington added a triple and three runs scored.
Kern worked all five innings in the circle, allowing three hits and striking seven. Courtney Chookie was on the hook for the loss, giving up 10 hits and just three earned runs as Warsaw again struggled in the field with six errors.
Hailey Locke had two of Warsaw’s hits, Izzy Dittmar had the other.
Warsaw (4-8, 2-4 NLC) is scheduled to take on Huntington North Saturday morning in a doubleheader.
GOSHEN 7, WAWASEE 0
Brynn Shoup-Hill was dealing Friday in a big performance against the Warriors.
Shoup-Hill scattered seven hits, walked none and struck out seven for the complete-game shutout. The sophomore also had two hits in an 11-hit attack for the RedHawks. O Koshmider had a triple and three RBIs and M Snyder added two hits and two RBIs in the win.
Madison Mottern had two hits and Wawasee’s only extra-base hit in a double. Beth Flannery took the loss, giving up four hits and six walks in 2.1 innings, tagged for three runs.
Wawasee (8-6, 4-2 NLC) will visit head coach Chloe McRobbie’s alma mater, East Noble, Saturday morning.
MOUNT VERNON 7, GRACE 6
MOUNT VERNON 5, GRACE 1
Grace’s softball team came up short on Senior Day, losing to Mt. Vernon Nazarene twice on Friday.
The Lady Lancers (10-36, 6-28 Crossroads League) outhit MVNU in the opening game at Coach Phil Dick Field. But the Cougars still pulled out a pair of wins by the score of 7-6 and 5-1.
Grace amassed 16 hits in the opener, but the Lady Lancers struggled to consistently score runs.
In the first inning, Grace scored the majority of its runs. Grace started the inning with five straight hits. Sam Heim doubled and was brought in to score by a single from Erin Lawhon.
Not long after, Jessica Kaurich unleashed a three-run home run to left field for a 4-0 lead.
The Cougars responded with a four-run outburst of their own in the third, and MVNU pulled ahead 7-4 in the top of the fourth.
Heim scored for Grace in the bottom of the sixth, and Grace had the makings of a rally in the seventh.
Olivia Scarbrough led off the inning with a double, and she stole third base. Scarbrough then plated off an RBI single by Andrea Castillo to make the score 7-6. But Castillo was left on base with a fly out to center field to end the game.
Heim hit 3 for 5 with two runs and two stolen bases, and she also pitched the final 3 2/3 innings with no runs and five strikeouts.
Lawhon batted 3 for 3 with 1 run, 1 hit and 1 walk, and Kaurich was 3 for 4 with a run and three RBIs. Young had two hits, Jess Vandenboom doubled, and Scarbrough was 2 for 4.
Grace stranded 10 baserunners in the game to go along with a 16-12 advantage in hits.
In the second game, the contest was a pitchers’ duel for the first five innings. MVNU plated a run in the first, and Grace answered in the second.
Hannah Harless hit a two-out double in the second, and she raced home after a single by Michaela Lee.
The game remained 1-1 until the top of the fifth. The Cougars plated four runs, all with two outs in the inning. MVNU had a timely two-run double and stayed alive thanks to a throwing error by Grace.
The Lady Lancers had no response offensively and went hitless for the final two innings.
Emily Bobb batted 1 for 2, Harless was 1 of 3 with a run, and Lee was 1 for 3 with an RBI.
The Lady Lancers will end their season at home on Saturday with a doubleheader against Goshen. The games will start at 10 a.m. with weather expected to be a factor at some point during the day.