Ballinger, MU Hand Shawnee State First Loss of Season
March 16, 2007
Site:
Portsmouth,
Ohio
Game 1 Box
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PORTSMOUTH,
Ohio --
The
Madonna softball team handed Shawnee State their first loss of the
2007 season after junior pitcher
Liz Ballinger
(St. Johns, Mich./St. Johns HS) helped the Crusaders
(8-5) to a 2-1 victory in the nightcap.
Ballinger (5-2) threw a complete game, while scattering five
hits and striking out five batters in the win.
Sophomore outfielder
Hannah Godfrey
(Waterford, Mich./Waterford Mott HS) went 2-for-4 at the
plate with a stolen base. Freshman infielder
Samantha Bell
(Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion HS) also scratched out a
pair of hits and added two RBI in the nightcap.
Madonna scored both of their runs in the second inning after
Bell singled home both
Mary Kate Setta
(Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea HS) and
Caitlyn Sidor
(Livonia, Mich./Churchill HS).
The Bears (5-1) plated a run in the fifth inning after Tammie Jo
Coleman scored on a single to center field by Ashley Adkins.
In game two, senior lefthander
Shannon Noder
(Lincoln Park, Mich./Lincoln Park HS) was saddled with
the loss after the Bears received a pair of two-run homers from
Adkins and Ali Hull.
Noder (3-3) walked a season high eight batters and allowed just
three hits while throwing a complete game.
Godfrey opened the day with a 2-for-4 performance to lead
Madonna at the plate.
The Crusaders scored a run in the fifth and sixth innings but
were held scoreless in the final frame after stranding a pair of
runners on base.
Madonna sophomore
Danielle Richardson
(Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer West HS), who was recently named
WHAC Player of the Week, picked up a hit in each game to extend her
hitting streak to a team high 13-games.
The Crusaders will return to action on Saturday, March 17 at the
Cedarville Classic in Cedarville, Ohio. Madonna will take on
Geneva (PA) at 1:00 p.m. before playing the host Yellow Jackets in
the nightcap at 3:00 p.m.
Contact:
Tony Baldwin, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
tbaldwin@madonna.edu
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