Softball team shutout by Trine twice

OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College softball team was on the losing end of a pair of mercy-rule games (13-0 and 8-0) against Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) foe Trine (Ind.) University today at the Cutler Athletic Complex.

• Final Scores: Trine 13, Olivet 0 (5); Trine 8, Olivet 0 (5)
• Location: Cutler Athletic Complex; Olivet, Michigan
• Records: Olivet 0-10 overall, 0-4 MIAA; Trine 21-3 overall, 4-0 MIAA

• Trine scored three runs in the first inning before adding single tallies in the second and third to go up 5-0. The Thunder added three more runs in the fourth and five runs in the fifth to post the five-inning run-rule victory.
• Olivet totaled five hits, including two by freshman Corina Hernandez. The lone extra-base hit was a double by senior Jessica Barnes. In the circle, Barnes gave up all 13 runs (five earned) on 11 hits and four walks over the five innings. She struck out four.

• The Thunder pushed across one run in the first and second innings before plating five one runs in the fourth and one run in the fifth for the 8-0 mercy-rule win.
• In the circle, Trine's Lauren Clausen threw a perfect game, as she retired each of the 15 Olivet batters she faced.

• Olivet hosts Adrian College Saturday for a MIAA doubleheader, starting at 1 p.m.