ALLENDALE, MICH. – The Saginaw Valley State University softball team swept Grand Valley State on Sunday afternoon. The Cardinals (20-11, 7-1 GLIAC) took game one by a score of 3-1, before a 4-0, shutout to complete the sweep.
GAME ONE – SVSU 3 – GVSU 1
Two walks and a single by Aalana Kimble loaded the bases for the Cardinals in the opening frame of game one. A third walk pushed Ella Reifschneider across the plate and gave SVSU a 1-0 lead early.
Emily Depew (W, 10-4) went the distance in the circle to earn her 10th win of the season. She gave up just five hits and one earned run while striking out six Lakers to finish her 10th complete game.
Alyssa Muench doubled to left field to lead off the fifth inning. A sacrifice fly by Maddie Campagna scored Paige Thomson, who entered the game as a pinch hitter for Muench. Olivia Sabin then belted a solo shot to left field, her first home run of the season, and the Cardinals led 3-0 after five innings of play.
GVSU manufactured a run in the bottom half of the sixth inning off a sacrifice fly, but SVSU's defense held firm to capture the win in the afternoon's first contest.
Kimble and Moos finished with two hits to lead the Cardinals at the plate. Campagna tallied a team-high two RBI in the win. Sabin finished with a hit and an RBI with her home run that extended the lead in the fifth inning.
GAME TWO – SVSU 4 – GVSU 0
Kimble (W, 5-2) pitched her third complete game of the season as she went all 7.0 innings and had four strikeouts for her fifth win of the year.
Moos broke the scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a home run to center field that gave SVSU a 1-0 lead.
Kimble doubled the advantage with a single through the right side that scored Marissa Beck in the top of the fifth inning.
Muench then homered to left field to lead off the sixth inning and push the advantage to 3-0.
Kimble added the final tally with a single through the left side that scored Natalie Savage to put the score at its final resting place in the seventh inning.
Kimble led the way offensively again with two hits and two RBI in game two, bringing her total to four hits and two RBI for the afternoon. Reifschneider also recorded two hits in game two. Muench and Moos each had an RBI to help the winning cause.
UP NEXT
The Cardinals return home to host Purdue Northwest tomorrow morning (Monday, April 8) at 10:00 AM EST. The doubleheader against the Pride is a makeup series that was originally scheduled for Saturday, March 30.