Softball team falls to Hope, 14-1 and 11-1

HOLLAND, Mich. – The Olivet College softball team was swept by Hope College, 14-1 and 11-1, in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) doubleheader this afternoon at Wolters Stadium.

Final Scores: Hope 14, Olivet 1; Hope 11, Olivet 1
Location: Wolters Stadium; Holland, Michigan
Records: Olivet 2-13 overall, 0-6 MIAA; Hope 13-5 overall, 4-0 MIAA

• Olivet manufactured a run in the first inning. Senior Erin Brady led off with a single, went to second on a sacrifice bunt by freshman Summer Smith and came around to score on a double to the right-center field gap by sophomore Katie Lenz.
• The Flying Dutch answered with six runs in their half of the first and never looked back.

• Olivet was held to the two first-inning hits.
• Lenz was the losing pitcher, giving up 14 runs (13 earned) on 19 hits.

• Four players – Grace Henry, Arinn King, Lexi Potapczak and Cayley Ebeling – each had three hits.
• King and Potapczak scored three runs apiece.
• Potapczak hit a double and home run, while driving in five runs.
• Haley Bennett collected three RBI.
• Avery Slancik earned the pitching win, as she allowed the run on two hits over the first four innings.

• The Flying Dutch plated five runs in the second inning and another run in the fourth inning to go up 6-0.
• Olivet scored its run in the bottom half of the fourth inning. Smith hit a leadoff single, advanced to second base on a ground out and crossed the plate on Lenz's double over the right fielder's head.
• Hope capped its scoring with two runs in the sixth and three final runs in the seventh.

• Smith registered two of the five Olivet hits. One of the hits was a double.
• The other two hits were Lenz's RBI-double, a single by Brady and single by freshman Mikayla Hammond.
• Freshman Malaya Shireman was charged with the pitching loss. She allowed the 11 runs on 15 hits over six and two-thirds innings.
• Sophomore Emily Keeler inherited a full count to a batter and threw a change up for a called third strike to end the seventh inning.

• King and Kaelin Callow each recorded three hits. King's hits comprised two doubles and a single, while Callow had three singles.
• Callow drove in four runs.
• Three pitchers combined to throw the seven innings. Maddie Gracin picked-up the win in relief of starter Chloe Haskins.

• Olivet is scheduled to play at Adrian College for a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon, starting at 3 p.m.