Softball Rallies in Game Two for a Win   (4/13/06)
For the third time this week the Trolls split the results of a conference doubleheader. The team got off to a rocky start in the first game against Cardinal Stritch University and lost that game 7-2. They trailed through most of game two until a sixth inning charge that gave them the 6-4 victory. The team is now 12-19 overall and 5-5 in the CCAC. 

After three innings in the first game the Trolls had been through their batting order once and eight of those nine batters had struck out. By that time Cardinal Stritch had two runs on the board. Stritch went ahead 3-0 in the top of the fourth before the Trolls answered back. Stacey Wagner and Laura Arendsen got things started with base hits. They both eventually scored. However those were the only scoring opportunities the team had for the rest of the game. Cardinal Stritch scored two more in the fifth and two in the sixth for the 7-2 win. 

In the second game each tem had two hits for one run in the first inning. A solo homer by Stritch in the fourth inning and two more runs in the fifth inning made it 4-1. Instead of taking a loss the Trolls rallied in the sixth inning. That at bat started with a double by Laura Arendsen, followed by singles by Sarah Lerner and Stephanie Koedyker, and then back-to-back doubles by Michelle Cooke and Gail Landini. Those hits produced four runs to give the Trolls the lead. Two outs later Allison Vanderwerff connected on a single that brought in one more run to make it 6-4. Although Stritch got two runners on base in the seventh inning the Trolls held them for the win. 

For the two games the team had 13 hits, 10 of which came in the second game. Michelle Cooke led the team with three hits, including two doubles. Nichole Heyboer pitched the second game for the win. 

The Trolls will play in a tournament at Iowa Wesleyan College on Friday and Saturday. 
 

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