Softball
 

March 28, 2007

Trinity Sweeps Lindenwood Wednesday

Trinity (14-8) won the opener 4-3 with a run in the bottom of the seventh, then won 5-2 in the second game.

Lindenwood opened the day with a run in the first inning of game one, but Trinity answered with a three-run first to take control of the game. 

Tiger starter Jillian Degerness held the visitors scoreless over the next five innings, but the Lions managed two unearned runs in the seventh to tie the game.  Degerness gave up just one earned run on four hits in the complete-game victory, improving her record to 6-1 this season. 

Michelle Gossein hit a two-run double in the first inning for the Tigers, and it was her at-bat that ended the game in the seventh.  With two on and two outs, Gossein hit a sharp grounder to second that was misplayed to allow her to reach base on the error.  Jamie Williams came around from second to score the game-winning run. 

Williams scored two runs in the game, and Christina Carni was 2-4 with a pair of singles.

In game two, Lindenwood again scored in the first inning to take an early lead, but Trinity was able to answer again - this time in the second inning.  The Tigers then scored two more runs in the fourth and a final run in the fifth.  The Lions scored once in the seventh, but were unable to come back this time against Trinity.

Erin Mulvey improved to 6-4 on the season with the win, allowing two runs - one earned - on three hits in pitching the complete game.  Mulvey struck out eight batters in the game - her first appearance in just over two weeks.

Carni added three more hits in game two to improve her team-leading batting average to .426 on the season.  Gossein also had two hits and two more RBI in the second game.

Kate Wright was 2-3 with two runs and a double in the second game.

Trinity heads to Austin College this weekend for a four-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series in Sherman, Texas.  The Tigers return home on April 4 to face LaGrange College in a doubleheader that will be the final home games of the regular season.