Posted: May 03, 2017
SYLVANIA, Ohio -- The Siena Heights softball team traveled to Pacesetter Park in Sylvania, Ohio for the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament on Wednesday.
In game one of the night, the seventh seed Saints faced second seed Madonna and dropped the contest 10-0 in five innings. In game two, SHU fell to the third seed, UM-Dearborn by a score of 5-3.
A huge second inning helped lift the Crusaders over the Saints in game one. In the first inning, Madonna (28-12 overall) scored a single run, before erupting in the second, scoring seven, and adding two more in the fourth. SHU was not able to get its bats going, and could not keep up with the hot hitting of the Crusaders.
Hannah Bleikamp went 1-for-2 at the plate recording the Saints' only hit of the ball game. Suffering the loss in the circle was Lesley Ducat, pitching 1.2 innings. Lauren Best came in for relief in the second before Kayla Kormos came in to finish the game, pitching 2.1 innings.
In game two of the night, Siena Heights opened scoring in the first inning but the Wolverines were able to tie the ball game in the second. In the fourth, SHU was able to grab the lead again, scoring twice, but UM-Dearborn (28-9 overall) was not finished. The Wolverines scored four runs in the fifth inning to give them a 5-3 advantage that the Saints could not recover from.
Megan Jones went 3-for-4 and recorded one RBI, while Kyndle Wolfinger finished 2-for-4, knocked in one RBI and scored one run. Going 2-for-3 and also scoring one run was Ashley Helmink. Lindsay Brandon pitched the full game and suffered the loss.
The Saints will end the season with a 26-19 record and a 10-10 conference record.
