The receiving votes Mount Vernon Nazarene University softball team (19-7, 9-5) lost both games of its doubleheader to Huntington University (6-19, 4-10) on Tuesday, April 5. The Lady Cougars lost game one 12-3 in five innings and game two by a score of 4-1.
Game One
MVNU got out to an early lead in the top of the first when Kaycee Ollis drove in Macee Marcum via a single. But from that point on, it was pretty much all Huntington. The hosts tied things up in the bottom of the first before scoring 11 runs between the third and fifth innings. The only other bright spot in the first game for the Lady Cougars was in the fourth when Ollis drove in Kylee Matern on an infield hit and Maddison Ruhl singled to score Megan Pentz. Nadia Hoffman started the game and went 2.2 innings before she was relieved by Sheridan Sullivan. Both pitchers gave up six runs on a combined 13 hits and five walks.
Game Two
In the second game, the Lady Cougars again scored in the top of the first when Matern scored after Pentz grounded out. The lead stood into the fifth before the hosts scored two on a single and a fielder's choice. Huntington would add two more in the sixth after a Foresters' two-run triple. Maddelyn Wine started game two in the circle for the Cougars. The freshman went 5.1 innings, giving up four runs, all of them earned, on 12 hits. She struck-out four.
What's Next
The Lady Cougars are back in action on Thursday, April 7 as they play host to Goshen College for a doubleheader with the Maple Leafs. Game one is scheduled to begin at 1:00pm.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students, and working adults. With a 327-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and several convenient Graduate and Professional Studies locations throughout the state, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth, and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education to more than 2,200 students from 31 states and 22 countries/U.S. territories.
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