Thanks to 10-0 (5 innings) and 8-4 wins on Friday (March 29) at Deb Miller Field at the Archer Ballpark Complex, Ashland University's softball team will go into April having won seven of its last eight games.
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Friday's victories move the Eagles to 13-14 overall and 7-3 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The Arrows are 5-17, 0-8.
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Game 1 saw Ashland put up crooked numbers in each of the first three innings – four in the first and three each in the second and third.
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The end of the twinbill was much of the same, as the Eagles posted four runs each in the bottom of the first and third frames.
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POST-GAME NUGGETS
- In Game 1, freshman left fielder Delaney Maynard, junior designated player Cassidy Shaffer and freshman third baseman Sophia Martin each had two RBIs. Maynard was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two doubles.
- Junior pitcher Bryn Grabowski (4-4) twirled a complete-game five-inning one-hit shutout, striking out three and walking four.
- Game 2 saw Martin drive in two more runs, while both sophomore second baseman Danielle Robbins and Shaffer each had two hits. Shaffer will take a seven-game hitting streak (13-for-22, .591) into the new month.
- Shaffer (2-3) also was the winning pitcher in the nightcap, allowing four hits, two runs and a walk and striking out one in three innings of relief. Freshman Madison Milligan went the final three innings for her first collegiate save.
UP NEXT
April 6 at 1 p.m. in a conference doubleheader at Findlay (15-15, 2-6).
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