Halee Warren hit s pitch as Softball splits with LTU 6-2, 4-2
Joseph Sanchez, MU Sports Information
6
Winner Lawrence Tech LTU 19-2, 1-0 WHAC
2
Madonna MUSB 16-9, 0-1 WHAC
Winner
Lawrence Tech LTU
19-2, 1-0 WHAC
6
Final
2
Madonna MUSB
16-9, 0-1 WHAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lawrence Tech LTU 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 6 10 0
Madonna MUSB 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 9 6

W: A. Cherney (8-1) L: Henry, Madisen (4-6)

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Lawrence Tech LTU 19-3, 1-1 WHAC
4
Winner Madonna MUSB 17-9, 1-1 WHAC
Lawrence Tech LTU
19-3, 1-1 WHAC
2
Final
4
Madonna MUSB
17-9, 1-1 WHAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lawrence Tech LTU 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 1
Madonna MUSB 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4 6 1

W: Jones, Ciera (10-3) L: B. Bult (4-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Zachary Shore

Big hits, miscues highlight @MUCrusadersSB split with Blue Devils

THE BASICS
Scores: MU 2, #25 LTU 6; MU 4, #25 LTU 2
Records: Madonna University (17-9, 1-1 WHAC), Lawrence Technological University (19-3, 1-1 WHAC)
Location: University Field at The MAC - Livonia, Mich.
 

LIVONIA, Mich. - After being unable to to get the big hit against Northwood last week, the Madonna University softball team got that clutch hit in the second game of Wednesday's Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference opener with No. 25 Lawrence Technological University to earn a split with the Blue Devils.

LTU won game one 6-2 as MU committed six errors in the contest before the Blue and Gold made stellar defensive plays and got several clutch hits to win the nightcap 4-2.

GAME 1: Madonna 1, Lawrence Tech 6
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • Four of the Blue Devils six runs were unearned, which includes all three runs in the sixth as Madonna committed six errors in the frame
  • Jordan Johnson doubled home Becky Giacobbi in the third to make it a 2-1 game and Amy Clegg plated Rebecca Barnes in the fourth to again cut the deficit to one, 3-2.
  • Madonna loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth, but left the bases loaded.
WHAT DO THE NUMBERS SAY?
  • Halee Warren and Clegg paced the nine-hit attack with two hits each
  • Madonna drew two walks and struck out 10 times
  • Madisen Henry allowed six runs, two earned, on 10 hits with one walk and eight strikeouts over seven innings
GAME 2: Madonna 4, Lawrence Tech 2
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • Both teams scored in the first and third innings and Madonna got the go-ahead runs in the fifth
  • LTU scores on four hits in the first, but a dropped fly ball gave MU life and Kerstyn Comerzan made the Blue Devils pay as she singled home a run to tie the score
  • The visitors from Southfield plated an unearned run in the third, which the Crusaders promptly answered with a Kattie Popko sacrifice fly after Johnson tripled with one out
  • Warren delivered the clutch hit in the fifth, a ground ball up the middle that scored Johnson and Sarah Holton for the 4-2 margin
WHAT DO THE NUMBERS SAY?
  • Five different Crusaders recorded a hit as Comerzan collected a pair to lead the 6-hit attack
  • Warren drove in two and Johnson scored three times
  • Ciera Jones (10-3) earned the win as she allowed two runs, one earned, on eight hits with one walk and two strikeouts over seven innings
  • Lawrence Tech outhit Madonna 8-6
UP NEXT
  • The Blue and Gold welcome Concordia University - Ann Arbor to University Field at the Madonna Athletics Complex on Saturday, Mar. 30 with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.
  • Live coverage will be available via the Madonna Athletics Network at www.mucrusaders.com/live
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