SAULT STE MARIE, Mich - The Saginaw Valley State University softball team defeated Lake Superior State University 11-0 and 13-7 today (Apr. 30) to snap a four game losing streak in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

GAME ONE
Saginaw Valley would take controll of game one in the top of the third inning when Lauren Memmer (White Lake, Mich. / Lakeland HS)singled to lead off the inning, after two stolen base she would score the games first run on an error that allowed Ashley Coffin (Sterling Heights, Mich. / Stephenson HS) to reach base.  Ashley Jordan (Freeland, Mich.) would single in Coffin to give the Cardinals a 2-0 advantage.

SVSU would add three more runs in the fourth inning with the help of three Lake Superior errors to make the score 5-0.  The Cardinals would add six runs in the top of the fifth with the help of five hits and three LSSU errors.  The big play of the inning came off the bat of Kimberly Sills (Clinton Twp., Mich. / Chippewa Valley HS) who tripled in two runs to help the Cardinals move the game into run rule contention.

GAME TWO
Saginaw Valley picked up where it left off in game one scoring five runs on six hits to take commad of game two.  Jordan would double home Jess McKieth and Billi Hoeppner (Hemlock, Mich.) to get scoring started and Coffin would double later in the inning to drive Angela Kaiser (Waterford, Mich. / Our Lady of the Lake HS). 

The Cardinals would add one more run in the second inning when Kaiser circled the bases on an error by the left  fielder to give SVSU a 6-0 advantage.  LSSU would strike back in the top of the third with three runs, but that would be immediately answered by SVSU in the bottom of the third as they put two more runs on the board as McKeith and Memmer both scored on a series of Lake Superior errors to help put the Cardinals up 8-3.

SVSU would keep the bats going in the bottom of the fourth inning, adding four runs on four hits.  Jenna Holmes (Jenison, Mich.) doubled in the first run and would score later in the inning on a Memmer single.  A Hoeppner single would score Memmer to make the score 12-3 SVSU.

The Lakers would add three runs in the top of the fifth and another in the top of the sixth to cut the Cardinals advantage to 12-7.  SVSU would add its last run in the bottom of the sixth on a Kalie Burdick (Milford, Mich.) single that score Monica Gathright (Baroda, Mich. / KVCC).

With the wins SVSU improves to 25-12 on the season and 12-10 in the GLIAC, while Lake Superior State falls to 10-36 overall and 5-19 in the GLIAC.  Saginaw Valley will be back in action on Saturday (May 1) against Northwood University, first game will start at 1:00 PM.