Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

Softball

Back-To-Back: Cardinals Defend GLIAC Tournament Championship with 12-2 Win Over Parkside

Back-To-Back: Cardinals Defend GLIAC Tournament Championship with 12-2 Win Over Parkside

Pitching

Win: Emily Depew (17-6)
Loss: Ellie Curtis (4-9)

Batting

Parkside
2B: Alex Wooten
3B: none
HR: none
Saginaw Valley
2B: Jackie Popko; Alexis Gills
3B: none
HR: none
full stats
Posted: May 07, 2023

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Saginaw Valley State University softball team cruised to a 12-2 win in five innings over Parkside on Sunday to win its second consecutive Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) tournament championship. The Cardinals (35-14) earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Softball tournament with the victory and claimed the program's fifth conference tournament title.

Sara Moos led the way offensively with a team-high three RBI. Jackie Popko and Alexis Gills brought home two runners each. Gills also scored three runs herself while Popko crossed the plate twice. Sarah Gersch, Olivia Sabin, and Sydney Herioux had one RBI and scored a run as well.

Patient batting helped the Cardinals build an early lead with six walks in one and a third innings contributing to a 7-1 lead. Popko walked to lead off the bottom of the first inning. Gills hit a single up the middle to score Popko for the 1-0 lead. A stolen base and a walk loaded the bases before an error put two more runs on the board for the 3-0 lead. Two walks with the bases loaded and a sacrifice fly ended the first with a 6-0 lead on the board.

The Rangers scored a run off a single in the second inning to put things at 6-1. A single and a walk put runners on base before Moos singled up the middle to bring Gills home for the 7-1 lead early.

A second run by Parkside in the top of the third inning preluded another five runs from SVSU as the lead increased the lead to 12-2 where it would stay for the remainder of the contest. Popko doubled in the bottom of the third to score Sabin, Gersch singled to center field to bring home Popko, and Moos doubled to left center for scores from Gersch and Gills.

Emily Depew (W, 17-6) pitched another complete game with four strikeouts, including three in the final inning to end the game. She allowed six hits and two earned runs in her winning effort.

UP NEXT

The Cardinals will await their destination and matchup next week when the NCAA Division II Tournament selection show airs tomorrow, Monday, May 8, at 10:00 a.m., EST.