Softball team swept at Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Olivet College softball team fell in both games of a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) doubleheader against Kalamazoo College, 23-0 and 8-5, today at the K Softball Field.

Final Scores: Kalamazoo 23, Olivet 0 (5); Kalamazoo 8, Olivet 5
Location: K Softball Field; Kalamazoo, Michigan
Records: Olivet 1-23 overall, 0-14 MIAA; Kalamazoo 7-17 overall, 3-9 MIAA

• The Hornets batted around twice and scored 14 runs in the home half of the first inning.
• Kalamazoo sent 13 players to the plate and pushed across their final nine runs in the third inning.

• Olivet had only two base runners in game.
• Senior Paige Poulter led off the game and was hit by a pitch, and sophomore Kaitlyn Horstdaniel hit a single in the third inning.

• All nine starters had at least one hit.
• Five players finished with three hits apiece.
• Brynna Garden hit two doubles and drove in five runs.
• Keelin McManus helped her own cause, as she had three hits (two singles and a triple), two RBI and four RBI.
• In the circle, McManus threw all five innings and struck out eight.

• Per MIAA rules, Kalamazoo batted as the visitors and scored three runs in the top of first and one run in the second inning for a 4-0 lead.
• The Comets battled back to level the score in the bottom half of the third. Senior Kaylee Clothier blasted a three-run home run and Horstdaniel hit a solo home run.
• The Hornets came back with a three-run fourth to go up 7-4.
• Clothier hit a solo home run to lead off the fifth inning.
• Kalamazoo capped its scoring with a single tally in the sixth inning.

• Clothier finished the game with a three hits (two home runs and double) and four RBI.
• Five other players each had one hit.

• Kelsey Diekman recorded three hits.
• Garden, Lizzy Rottenberk and Nina Szalkiewicz tallied two hits apiece.
• Garden and Sam Moss each drove in two runs.
• Sammi Luzarde earned the win in relief of McManus.

• After taking time to concentrate on spring semester final examinations, Olivet concludes its season with a doubleheader next Saturday, May 1, at Calvin University. First pitch from game one is slated for 1 p.m.