Posted: Mar 11, 2017
LEESBURG, Florida—Wittenberg softball concluded their spring break trip to Florida with an 8-2 overall record after run-ruling Millikin University 8-0, and then falling to Amherst 7-0 on Saturday. The Tigers now return to Springfield and await a March 14 home double-header against Otterbein University.
MILLIKIN NOTES
- Freshman Olivia Hopkins put on a hitting clinic at the plate on Friday, as the shortstop went there for four, including a double and an RBI in the run-rule shortened contest.
- Katy Baumgartner, Casey Hobbs, and Abby Baker all recorded doubles in the game, as Hobbs and Baker recorded two hits each.
- Zang picked up the win on the mound for Wittenberg, as the junior hurler tossed a four-inning one-hitter for the Tigers, walking two and striking out three.
- Five different Tigers recorded RBI's, as the Tigers only struck out once as a team in the first game of Saturday's double-header.
- On the base paths, Hopkins led the Tigers with two stolen-bases.
AMHERST NOTES
- Wittenberg could not muster any offense against Amherst's starter despite scattering five hits, as the Tigers were plagued by a seven run fifth inning on defense.
- Five of Amherst's seven runs were earned, as the Tigers committed five miscues in the field.
- Hopkins and Zang each recorded two hits, as the Tigers struck out nine times as a team in the seven inning game.
UP NEXT
- The Tigers open up at home on March 14 against the Cardinals of Otterbein at 3:30PM.