Softball Splits at Purdue-North Central  (4/4/07)
The Trolls braved the chilly conditions in a conference double-header at Purdue University-North Central. The weather was conducive to runs as games produced a total of 40 runs. The Trolls lost the first game 3-13 in five innings and then came back to win 16-8 in the six innings in the second game. The team is now 5-14 overall and 2-2 in the conference.

The Trolls took advantage of a couple of errors in the first inning of game one to get two runs on the board. However, Purdue-North Central answered back and doubled the scoring output in the bottom of the inning. The game got out of hand in the third inning when Purdue-NC scored five more runs to go ahead 9-2. 

Trinity put one more run on the board in the fifth, but the game ended on the mercy rule in the bottom of the inning when Purdue added four runs to take the 13-3 lead. 

In the second game the Trolls got on base early and then scored three runs on a triple by Jennifer Irvine. Irvine was later brought across the plate for a 4-1 lead after the first inning. 

Irvine opened the third inning out with another triple. That was the start to a four run inning that gave the Trolls an 8-6 lead. The Panthers briefly tied the game in the fourth inning, but the Trolls exploded for five runs in the fifth to re-establish the top spot. 

After two more runs in the sixth inning, Laura Arendsen added a solo homer to make it 16-8. The Trolls held that 8-run lead and ended the game on the mercy rule after that inning. 

The Trolls are scheduled to host Olivet Nazarene University on April 5 in a 3 pm double-header.
 

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