SOFTBALL TAKES TWO OVER WHEATON COLLEGE   (3/20/04)

The softball team picked up their first wins of the season as they defeated Wheaton College (IL) in both games of a double header. The Trolls grabbed a 5-2 win in the first game and a 15-8 win in the second game. The team is now 2-7 for the season. 

Up until today the team had struggled from the plate, but that was not the case as they produced a total of 21 hits in these two games. The team also set a school record for most home runs in a single game with 4. Stephanie Koedyker and Michelle Cooke also tie the school record for home runs in a single game as both had 2 in the second game. In all Cooke ended with 3 homers for the day. 

In the first game the Trolls were up 1-0 in the 4th inning when singles by Cooke, Michelle Wories, and Amber Heaney drove in 2 runs. With two outs in the 6th inning Jill Olson got on base with a hit before Cooke homered to bring in those 2 runs. Wories pitched the 7 innings of the game with just 5 hits and one earned run. 

In the second game the Trolls came up big in the 2nd and 3rd innings. Three of the homers for the game were hit in those innings to help produce 8 runs. Then again in the 5th and 6th innings the Trolls scored 7 more runs. In all 7 players got hits for the game as Amanda Wilkins and Koedyker each had 3.  Vicki Fennema pitched 5.1 innings for the win and Wories closed the game out. 

Game 1                                                R     H    E
Wheaton                    000   001   1         2     5     4
Trinity Christian          100   202   X          5     7     1

Game 2                                                 R    H    E
Wheaton                    101   312   0          8    11    2
Trinity Christian           035   034   X         15   14    4
 

The team plays next on March 23 at Judson College (IL) at 3:00 pm.
 

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