SOFTBALL DROPS DOUBLE HEADER TO OLIVET NAZARENE  (4/8/04)

The softball team faced the NAIA No. 10 Olivet Nazarene University (IL) in a conference double header. The first game was a close 4-3 loss, but the second game was a 13-3 defeat. The Trolls are now 8-18-1 for the season and 3-3 in the conference. 

In the first game the Trolls faltered in fielding and a few errors cost them one run in the 1st inning and one run in the 2nd inning. They came back in the top of the 4th inning and tied the game 2-2. Erica Bruner singled to get on base and Michelle Wories followed her with a walk. A double by Amber Heaney drove in one run and a single by Amanda Wilkins brought in the second one. The Trolls then went ahead in the top of the 6th as a triple by Heany brought Wories across the plate. Olivet made up for that run plus one in the bottom of the inning as they put together back to back doubles to score 2. The Trolls last effort in the 7th to keep the game alive fell short. 

In the second game the Trolls played catch-up from the beginning. By the end of the 3rd inning they were down 2-5. Olivet cranked out 5 more runs in the 4th inning to go ahead 2-10. The Trolls stayed alive in the 5th inning by scoring on a solo homer by Stephanie Koedyker. Olivet put an end to things in the bottom of the inning as a 3-run homer ended the game on the mercy rule. 

In all the Trolls had 16 hits for the day with Heaney grabbing 4 of those and Bruner claiming 3. Wories pitched all 6 innings of the first game and gets that loss while Vicki Fennema gets the loss in game 2. 

The Trolls will play this weekend at Millikin University (IL) at 10:00 am.
 

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