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12
Greenville GCSB 5-11
13
Winner Loras LORW 6-7
Greenville GCSB
5-11
12
Final
13
Loras LORW
6-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Greenville GCSB 0 3 1 0 2 0 6 12 13 3
Loras LORW 0 0 2 3 5 0 3 13 13 3

W: Hosch, Erin (2-1) L: Anderson (2-5)

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Loras LORW 6-8
6
Winner Hope HOPE 7-2
Loras LORW
6-8
0
Final
6
Hope HOPE
7-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Loras LORW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Hope HOPE 4 2 0 0 0 0 X 6 9 2

W: Laverty (4-0) L: Shingler, Tara (1-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Splits Doublheader with Greenville and Hope

CLERMONT, Fla. (Duhawks.com) - The Loras softball team finished their Florida trip with a split including a 13-12 win over Greenville and a 6-0 loss to Hope.
 
LORAS HIGHLIGHTS 
  • Greenville began the game with offensive success recording three hits and three runs in the top of the second.  
  • The Panthers increased their lead to 4-0 with a homer by Samsoe in the third inning. 
  • Determined to fight their way back, the Duhawks responded in their half of the third with a leadoff double to center field by sophomore Bria Lenten.  
  • Freshman Nicole Majewski followed with a bunt single and junior Dani Stromert loaded the bases with a walk. 
  • With bases loaded, freshman Megan Larson singled up the middle, scoring Lenten. 
  • Majewski scored on a sacrifice fly freshman Shannon Coyle to cut the Greenville lead to 4-2. 
  • Loras continued its rally into the fourth, beginning with a leadoff single from junior Jess Newton. 
  • Newton would come around to score on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Miranda Chapman. 
  • Stromert reached on an error, which brought home Majewski and Lenten and gave Loras the 5-4 lead.  
  • Greenville responded right away to take the lead back from the Duhawks with two runs in the fifth. 
  • The back and forth action continued as Loras tallied five runs in their half of the fifth. 
  • Freshman Lauren Fritz started the scoring run, smashing her first career home run, which brought freshman Hannah Towns around to score after she reached on a fielding error by the second baseman. 
  • The rally continued with three more hits and a pair of walks, highlighted by a two-RBI single by freshman Shannon Coyle, which gave Loras the 10-6 lead. 
  • Coming as no surprise, the Panthers responded once again, this time to the tune of six runs on three errors from the Duhawk defense, taking the 12-10 lead. 
  • Trailing by two, Loras' comeback bid began with a leadoff walk to Stomert and was followed up by Larson reaching on a fielding error for Greenville. 
  • With runners at the corners, Coyle sent the 1-2 offering to the left field wall, bring Stromert in from second.  
  • Haase ran the count full before delivering a RBI groundout to knot the game at 12-all. 
  • With the winning run 60 feet from home, represented by sophomore Briana Minet, who came on as a pinch runner for Coyle. 
  • A look at strike one gave Towns all the preparation she needed to be the hero, taking the 0-1 pitch to left field for a single, scoring Coyle and lifting the Duhawks to the 13-12 victory 
  • In game two, Hope got an early advantage over the Loras, scoring four runs in the first inning. 
  • The Flying Dutchmen added to their lead, tallying two more runs in the second. 
  • Sophomore pitcher Tara Shingler settled down after a rocky start, scattering three hits over the final four innings.  
  • As a team, Loras stranded nine runners on base, unable to capitalize on the six hits and two errors by Hope. 
  • All the offense the Flying Dutchmen needed came in the first two innings, as zeros went up on the scoreboard the rest of the way. 
  • With the win, Hope improved to 7-2 while Loras dropped to 6-8.

FRIEDMAN GROUP PLAYERS OF THE GAME 
Hannah Towns | The freshman's long ball to left field in the bottom of the seventh in game one scored Minet and lifted the Duhawks to the victory.                                                            
UP NEXT 
The Duhawks will play their home opener against UW-Platteville on Wednesday, March 30. The Pioneers (0-10) suffered a 9-1 loss in their most recent contest at the PFX Spring Games.