ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Siena Heights softball team dropped both games on the road against Concordia (Mich.) on Sunday afternoon to complete the regular season with a 16-12-1 overall record and a 7-7-1 mark in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) play. Julia Hogston was the only Saint to record a hit in both contests.
THE BASICS
Final Scores: Concordia (Mich.) def. Siena Heights, 11-0 (5-innings) & 4-3
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan (Cardinal Stadium)
Records: Concordia (25-21, 11-8 WHAC), Siena Heights (16-12-1, 7-7-1 WHAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Saints failed to get the bats going in game one as the Cardinals held them scoreless through all five innings of regulation. CUAA registered innings with three runs, one run, and seven runs to complete the 11-0 run-rule win after the 5th-inning.
Game two was a closer affair as the Saints took a two-run lead before the Cardinals tallied three unanswered runs to take the game in the seventh. An RBI double gave Concordia the 1-0 in the 1st-inning. Lily Guerra drilled a home run in the lead-off spot of the 4th-inning to knot things up at one run apiece. Two batters later, Haley Rose followed suit and busted a two-run shot to give the Saints their first lead of the afternoon, 3-1.
Two runs crossed the plate for the home team in the bottom half of the fourth and the score was tied at three runs with just three innings of play remaining. A two-out walk-off single gave the Cardinals the comeback win.
TOP SAINTS
Hitting
• Sam Hill (1-2) and Hogston (1-2) recorded both hits for SHU in the first game.
• Guerra was 1-3 with her solo-shot homer.
• Rose (1-3) led the Saints with two RBIs in game two.
• Kelsey Uhl (1-2), Tori Harding (2-3), Alyssa Marshal (1-3), and Hogston (1-3) each recorded at least one hit in the final game of the day.
Pitching
• Kelsey Uhl pitched 3.2 innings for the Saints in game one. She allowed nine hits and five earned runs in the losing effort.
• Jordan Green got the start in the circle for game two. She pitched 6.2 innings in game two where she surrendered eight hits, four earned runs and struck out four batters.
THE OPPOSITION
Hitting
• Kate Elias led the Cardinals with two RBIs in game one.
• Lauren Reichel had a team-high two RBIs in game two.
Pitching
• Reichel pitched all five innings of game one. She allowed two hits and struck out four.
• Cassidy Kane (W, 5-4) recorded the win in game two in four innings of relief.
UP NEXT
The Saints now await the pairings for the WHAC Tournament that is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, May 5. The tournament is a double-elimination bracket that will go through Friday, May 7.
