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Eagles Bounce Back
to Sweep Hillsdale in GLIAC Softball |
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Complete Box Scores Every softball season will have some ebb and flow to it, but for the Ashland University Eagles, this season has had all the ups and downs of an EKG machine that’s gone out of control. Sunday, AU lost a twinbill at home to Findlay, providing the Oilers with their first two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference wins of the year. Tuesday (Apr. 20) at Brookside Park, the Eagles regrouped and took two games from Hillsdale, stopping the Chargers, 1-0 and 7-1. As those scores indicate, the only thing predictable about the 2004 Eagles is that they are unpredictable. AU is 21-15, 6-4 in the GLIAC. Hillsdale is 14-16-1, 7-9 in conference action. AU senior Josie Nelson and HC senior Joelle Frantz hooked up in a pitching duel in the opener. The game’s only run came in the bottom of the seventh when freshman Jill Alldering raced home to score from third base on a wild pitch. Nelson improved her record to 10-8 with the victory. She gave up seven hits, didn’t walk a batter and struck out six. Frantz allowed three hits. She walked one and whiffed two. Ashland gave senior righty Leslie Eberhardt a nice cushion to work with in the second game as AU scored five times in the first inning. The Chargers had two errors in the second game and four for the day and some of that erratic defensive play helped AU throughout the second game. AU ended up with nine hits, but scored only two more times after the first inning. Sophomore outfielder Ashley Mayle went 3-for-3 with two RBI. Mayle had a single, double and triple. Junior outfielder Michelle Congrove was 2-for-2. As for Eberhardt, she struggled with her control early, but quickly settled into a groove and allowed only one hit in completing her 12th game of the season. She walked two and struck out three. She’s 10-6. Hillsdale’s lone safety was a double by Jamie Meyers. The Eagles will entertain Wayne State on Wednesday (Apr. 21, 3:30 p.m.) at Brookside West. |