Softball Drops Two Conference Games  (4/6/06)
The softball team suffered two conference losses in a doubleheader at Olivet Nazarene University (IL). The Trolls, who entered the game with a 2-0 CCAC record, lost the first game 6-1 and then dropped the second game, 8-3. The team is now 6-16 for the season. 

In the first game each team was able to get hits, but Olivet produced more runs out of their at bats. The Tigers scored one run in the first inning and one run in the third inning to make it 2-0. The Trolls only run of the game came in the fourth inning as Sarah Lerner had a single and was brought in by a Michelle Cooke hit. Olivet gained two more in the fifth and two in the sixth for the 6-1 final. 

Olivet took the lead in the second game on a 2-0 start after two innings. The Trolls came back in the top of the third to tie the game when Lerner drove in two runs. However Olivet answered with three more hits in the bottom of the inning to make it 5-2. Each team scored a run in the fourth inning. Finally in the sixth inning Olivet took a larger lead and made it 8-3, which held until the end of the game.  

For the two games the Trolls had 14 hits with a .269 batting average. Allison Vanderwerff was 6 for 8, Michelle Cooke was 3 for 6, and Amber Heaney and Sarah Lerner were at .400. Michelle Wories pitched the first game with a 4.67 ERA. Vicki Fennema was on the mound for five innings of the second game and Nichole Heyboer finished the final inning. 

The Trolls will play in a tournament in Elgin, IL on Saturday. Their game times are 10:00 am, 11:45 am, and 2:30 pm.
 

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