Softball team drops doubleheader at MIAA-rival Albion, 7-0 and 15-3

ALBION, Mich. – The Olivet College softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader, 7-0 and 15-3, to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) rival Albion College today at Dempsey Field.

Final Scores: Albion 7, Olivet 0; Albion 15, Olivet 3
Location: Dempsey Field; Albion, Michigan
Records: Olivet 1-15 overall, 0-10 MIAA; Albion 9-9 overall, 3-5 MIAA

• The Britons took a 2-0 lead after scoring single runs in the second and third innings.
• Albion extended its lead to 4-0 on a two-run home run in the fifth inning.
• The Britons capped their scoring with a three-run sixth inning.

• Olivet was held to just two hits, a single by freshman Sarah Shevenell and a double by sophomore Kaitlyn Horstdaniel.
• In the circle, Shevenell was the losing pitcher after surrendering all seven runs (five earned) on seven hits over the six innings.

• The Britons tallied seven hits, including 2-for-4 efforts by Skyler Herman and Olivia Palasek.
• Herman drove in three runs.
• Grace Connolly recorded two RBI.
• Palasek scored two runs.
• Ashley Pion threw the complete game, two-hitter to earn the win. She struck out 10 and did not walk a batter.

• Albion took a 7-0 lead after scoring four runs in the first inning, one run in the third and two runs in the fourth.
• Olivet got three runs back in the bottom half of the fourth inning.
• The Britons plated three runs in the fifth and five more runs in the sixth inning for the run-rule victory.

• Olivet finished the game with five hits, all singles and one each for five different players.
• Sophomore Jessica Barnes, junior Karina Marin and freshman Madison Potter drove in one run apiece.
• Freshman Katie Lenz was tagged with the pitching loss after allowing 10 runs on 17 hits over four and one-third innings. She had six strikeouts and zero walks.
• Barnes tossed the final inning and two-thirds, yielding five runs on six hits.

• The Britons registered 23 total hits.
• Palasek was 5-for-5 with five RBI and four runs scored.
• Connolly had four hits and also collected five RBI. Two of her hits were doubles.
• Pion pitched the first three and two-thirds innings to pick-up the win.

• The Comets are at Alma College Friday for MIAA triangular. Olivet faces the host Scots at 12 p.m., followed by a game against Albion.