Softball Denied by University of St. Francis  (4/24/06)
The Trolls, who are just on the outside of the conference standings that will get them to the CCAC tournament, needed a couple of wins to help their cause. It did not happen as they hosted the University of St. Francis in a doubleheader and lost 3-1 and 9-1. The team is now 16-29 for the season and 7-9 in the conference.

The only Troll run in the first game was a solo homer by Sarah Lerner in the second inning. St. Francis answered with a home run to tie the game in the fourth inning. They picked up one more in the fifth and one in the seventh to end the game at 3-1. 

In game two the Trolls once again took the lead on a solo-over-the fence shot in the first inning. This time it was Laura Arendsen with the long ball. St. Francis scored once in the second and twice in the third to go ahead 3-1. It was not until the seventh inning that St. Francis added a fistful of runs to widen the gap to 9-1. The Trolls had plenty of opportunities to score as they had runners on base every inning. However they left 14 runners on base throughout the game.    

For the day Sarah Lerner and Michelle Cooke each had three hits. Michelle Wories was on the mound for the first game loss. Vicki Fennema takes the loss in game two with 6.1 innings pitched. 

The Trolls will host Trinity International University in a conference doubleheader at 4:00 pm on April 25.  
 

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