Eastern Michigan Athletics
Wednesday, April 1
South Bend, Ind.
4 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
8-19
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at
10
Notre Dame
24-11
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2nd innning2
3rd innning3
4th innning4
5th innning5
6th innning6
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HitsH
ErrorsE
Eastern Michigan
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0
0
1
0
1
2
7
0
Notre Dame
1
1
0
1
1
6
10
13
0
Photo by: EMU Athletics/Chloe Smith
Softball Falls at the Hands of the Fighting Irish
4/1/2015 6:53:00 PM | Softball
Notre Dame used a big sixth inning to propel it to victory over the Green and White
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University softball team was unable to come away victorious in its non-conference game against the University of Notre Dame Wednesday, April 1. The Eagles (8-19) fell to the Fighting Irish (24-11), 10-2, in six innings in the single mid-week contest at Melissa Cook Stadium.
EMU was led by Michelle Kriegshauser who went 2-for-3 at the dish with one run, while both Jenn Lucas and Taylor Wagner drove in an RBI for the Green and White. In the circle, freshman Trisha Trujillo got the start, tossing five complete innings before Alyssa Huntley and Abbie Minsker came on in relief to close out the six-inning game. Trujillo (2-5) gave up 10 hits in the contest with five earned runs and one strikeout, while Huntley allowed four earned runs to score and Minsker faced just one batter, giving up a three-run round-tripper.
The Fighting Irish were paced by Katey Haus who was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with three RBI and one walk, while Karley Wester had two hits and two RBI and Cassidy Whidden brought in four runs for UND with two hits. Finally, both Morgan Reed and Jenna Simon posted multi-hit days for Notre Dame and Emilee Koerner drove in one run. Lefty Allie Rhodes (10-4) picked up the win in the circle, going 4.1 innings with four strikeouts and just one hit, while Katie Beriont closed out the final 1.2 innings in relief.
Wester led off the bottom of the first inning with a single up the middle before stealing second and making her way to third on a sacrifice bunt to move into scoring position. Wester was plated when Haus hit a shallow single just to the edge of the center field grass, allowing UND to take the early 1-0 lead.
With two outs on the scoreboard, Simon used an infield slap to third to get on base before stealing second and scoring on a Wester single that fell just in front of Myranda Barnes to give the Fighting Irish a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
Lucas lit up the scoreboard for the Eagles in the top of the fourth inning when she lined her second home run in as many games over the left center field fence, cutting the Notre Dame lead to 2-1. Kriegshauser followed up the homer with a double off the center field wall, but Notre Dame recorded the final two outs of the inning before the Eagles were able to push any other runs across the plate.
A leadoff walk in the bottom of the fourth inning proved to be detrimental when a single to shortstop advanced Sara White to second base. With White in scoring position, a grounder to third advanced her 60 ft. from home before a grounder to the opposite side of the field plated White and extended the UND lead to 3-1.
The Fighting Irish continued to build on their lead in the bottom of the fifth inning, scoring one run when Whidden single to center field, driving in Reed from second base.
The Eagles looked to generate some offense in the top of the sixth inning when Kriegshauser knocked a single right over the second baseman's head and Clark drove a second-straight single to right center field for the Green and White. With no outs, Wyman laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Kriegshauser to third base before Wagner hit a slow roller to the pitcher that would allow Kriegshauser to touch home.
Leading by two, Notre Dame used a huge sixth inning to propel it to victory. The Fighting Irish scored six runs on three hits; including a two-run double and a three-run homer to take the 10-2 six-inning win over Eastern Michigan.
Eastern continues its nine-game road stint Friday, April 3 when it heads to Akron, Ohio to take on the Zips in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. The Eagles will conclude the weekend in Athens, Ohio for single game contests Saturday and Sunday against the Bobcats. Saturday's game is slated to begin at 4 p.m., while first pitch on Sunday will be at 1 p.m.
EMU was led by Michelle Kriegshauser who went 2-for-3 at the dish with one run, while both Jenn Lucas and Taylor Wagner drove in an RBI for the Green and White. In the circle, freshman Trisha Trujillo got the start, tossing five complete innings before Alyssa Huntley and Abbie Minsker came on in relief to close out the six-inning game. Trujillo (2-5) gave up 10 hits in the contest with five earned runs and one strikeout, while Huntley allowed four earned runs to score and Minsker faced just one batter, giving up a three-run round-tripper.
The Fighting Irish were paced by Katey Haus who was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with three RBI and one walk, while Karley Wester had two hits and two RBI and Cassidy Whidden brought in four runs for UND with two hits. Finally, both Morgan Reed and Jenna Simon posted multi-hit days for Notre Dame and Emilee Koerner drove in one run. Lefty Allie Rhodes (10-4) picked up the win in the circle, going 4.1 innings with four strikeouts and just one hit, while Katie Beriont closed out the final 1.2 innings in relief.
Wester led off the bottom of the first inning with a single up the middle before stealing second and making her way to third on a sacrifice bunt to move into scoring position. Wester was plated when Haus hit a shallow single just to the edge of the center field grass, allowing UND to take the early 1-0 lead.
With two outs on the scoreboard, Simon used an infield slap to third to get on base before stealing second and scoring on a Wester single that fell just in front of Myranda Barnes to give the Fighting Irish a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
Lucas lit up the scoreboard for the Eagles in the top of the fourth inning when she lined her second home run in as many games over the left center field fence, cutting the Notre Dame lead to 2-1. Kriegshauser followed up the homer with a double off the center field wall, but Notre Dame recorded the final two outs of the inning before the Eagles were able to push any other runs across the plate.
A leadoff walk in the bottom of the fourth inning proved to be detrimental when a single to shortstop advanced Sara White to second base. With White in scoring position, a grounder to third advanced her 60 ft. from home before a grounder to the opposite side of the field plated White and extended the UND lead to 3-1.
The Fighting Irish continued to build on their lead in the bottom of the fifth inning, scoring one run when Whidden single to center field, driving in Reed from second base.
The Eagles looked to generate some offense in the top of the sixth inning when Kriegshauser knocked a single right over the second baseman's head and Clark drove a second-straight single to right center field for the Green and White. With no outs, Wyman laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Kriegshauser to third base before Wagner hit a slow roller to the pitcher that would allow Kriegshauser to touch home.
Leading by two, Notre Dame used a huge sixth inning to propel it to victory. The Fighting Irish scored six runs on three hits; including a two-run double and a three-run homer to take the 10-2 six-inning win over Eastern Michigan.
Eastern continues its nine-game road stint Friday, April 3 when it heads to Akron, Ohio to take on the Zips in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. The Eagles will conclude the weekend in Athens, Ohio for single game contests Saturday and Sunday against the Bobcats. Saturday's game is slated to begin at 4 p.m., while first pitch on Sunday will be at 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rhodes (10-4)
L: Trujillo, Trisha (2-5)
Batting:
2B: Kriegshauser, Michelle 1
HR: Lucas, Jenn 1
RBI: Lucas, Jenn 1 ; Wagner, Taylor 1
SH: Wyman, Katy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lucas, Jenn 1 ; Kriegshauser, Michelle 1
Batting:
2B: Haus 1
HR: Whidden 1
RBI: Wester 2 ; Koerner 1 ; Haus 3 ; Whidden 4
SH: Koerner 1
SF: Koerner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wester 2 ; Haus 1 ; Reed 2 ; Whidden 1 ; White 1 ; Sorlie 1 ; Simon 2
SB: Wester 1 ; Simon 1
HBP: Wester 1 ; Sorlie 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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