On the first day of the annual Florida spring break trip on Sunday (March 8), the Ashland University softball team scored two runs and had three hits in two games – but earned a split, including a 2-1 win over former conference rival Grand Valley State.
The Eagles are 4-6 through the first 10 games of the 2026 season.
Against the Lakers, it was the Eagles who took an early lead, thanks to a RBI ground out from junior right fielder
Kate Kujawski in the bottom of the first. Grand Valley State knotted the score with a run in the top of the third, but junior left fielder
Delaney Maynard's first home run of the spring broke the 1-1 tie in the bottom of the sixth.
Redshirt freshman pitcher
Olivia Amstutz (2-1) twirled a complete-game three-hitter, allowing an unearned run and three walks and striking out six.
A scoreless tie against Wayne State turned into a Wildcats lead in the bottom of the sixth, as they plated all three of their runs.
Maynard collected all of AU's three hits on Sunday, going 1-for-2 vs. Wayne State and 2-for-3 against GVSU.
Senior pitcher
Delaney Lis (2-3) took the loss against the Wildcats, yielding six hits, three runs and four walks and striking out three.
COMING UP
Ashland's second day in Florida will be Monday (March 9) at 4:15 p.m. vs. Franklin Pierce and 6:30 p.m. against Queens.
