Posted: Mar 17, 2022
TIFFIN, Ohio – The Saginaw Valley State University softball team settled for its second doubleheader split in two days after taking one at Tiffin University on Thursday in Tiffin, Ohio.
The Cardinals dropped a marathon opening game 3-2 in 12 innings but rebounded to run away with game two 13-2. The split moves SVSU to 11-7 overall this season.
Game One Breakdown:
- The Cardinals left runners on base in eight of the first 10 innings as the game remained scoreless until the 11th.
- Julia Mundy kept the Dragons off the board through 10 innings as well on the mound for the Cardinals.
- SVSU broke through with an RBI single in the top of the 11th from Meagan VerVaecke. Cam Coonan made it 2-0 with an RBI single later in the inning.
- Tiffin evened the game in the bottom of the 11th with a pair of RBI singles.
- After SVSU failed to score in the 12th, Tiffin got a leadoff double in the bottom of the inning and the run came around to score to give the Dragons the win.
- Mundy (2-1) pitched 11.2 innings, allowing three runs on 11 hits, walking one, and striking out nine.
- Cam Coonan led the SVSU offense with four hits and one RBI.
Game Two Breakdown:
- Coonan got the Cardinals on the board early in game two with an RBI single in the first.
- Julia Salisbury drove two more home with a single in the third, followed by a two-run single from Paige Kolinski to make it 5-0.
- The Cardinals added one in the fourth on a passed ball before the Dragons scored their lone two runs of the game on a home run in the bottom of the innings.
- The Cardinals put the game away with seven runs in the fifth, including a two-run single from Sarah Gersch.
- Emily Depew (4-4) earned the win on the mound, allowing two runs on three hits, striking out nine.
- Kolinski went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double and four RBIs.
- Coonan, Salisbury, and Gersch each finished with two hits.
Up Next:
The Cardinals remain on the road for a doubleheader at the University of Findlay at noon on Sunday.