SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH TRINITY INTERNATIONAL    (4/13/04)

The softball team hosted Trinity International University (IL) in a conference double header. The Trolls let the first game get away from them, 5-6, but come back in the second game to grab a 7-1 victory. With the split Trinity Christian is now 9-19-1 for the season and 4-4 in the conference. The team is half way through their conference schedule. 

The Trolls got off to a rocky start in the first game as Trinity International capitalized on fielding errors to jump to a 3-0 lead. A home run by Erica Bruner in the 2nd inning gave the team 2 runs. TIU had their own 2 run homer in the 4th to make the score 5-2. A couple of good hits in the 5th inning allowed the Trolls to close the gap to 5-4. Trinity International made things difficult in the 7th inning by adding one more run on a solo homer. In the bottom of that inning Jill Olson got on base with a hit. Two outs later Stephanie Koedyker drove a ball to center field to bring Olson across the plate. Koedyker was then tagged out as she rounded the second to end the game. 

The second game gave the Trolls a win and put them in the record books. A solo homer for Koedyker in the 2nd inning gave her 6 home runs for the season and ties the school record for individual season home runs. Gail Landini then hit a two run homer in the 4th inning to give the team a total of 14 homers for the season, which breaks the previous school record of 13.  In all the team had 8 hits for the game and scored in every inning but the first. 

The team will play next on Wednesday at home against Cardinal Stritch University (WI) at 3:00 pm. 
 

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