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Bluejay Softball Team Falls to #25 Ill. Wesleyan
Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score
ELMHURST, Ill. - The Elmhurst College softball team slipped to 4-6 in CCIW play following a pair of losses to 25th-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University. Elmhurst (12-17 overall) dropped game one 2-1 and fell to Illinois Wesleyan (26-7) 10-5 in the night cap.
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 2, ELMHURST 1 - Despite outhitting the Titans 6-4, the Bluejays dropped a close 2-1 contest in the first game of the doubleheader.
Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth, Becca Zumpf (Frankfort/Lincoln-Way East) roped a one-out single. Beth Cann (Peotone/H.S.) reached on a fielder's choice with Zumpf being forced out at second. Amanda Bowlin (Ballwin, Mo./Marquette) doubled to left center to drive home Cann and even the score.
A lead-off walk came back to haunt the Bluejays in the top of the seventh. Natalie Chase led off with a walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. A ground out moved Chase to third. Lisa Narotsky grounded to short and just beat the throw to first to drive home the game-winning run.
Vanessa Kalal (Montgomery/Oswego) suffered the loss, despite allowing only four hits and two earned runs through seven innings. Kalal walked four and fanned five.
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 10, ELMHURST 5 - Elmhurst slipped to 12-17 overall following a 10-5 loss to Illinois Wesleyan in game two of the doubleheader.
Trailing 3-0 after three innings, the Bluejays grabbed their only lead of the game in the fourth by scoring four times. After Cann tripled, Rachel Pietrucha (Orland Hills/Andrew) followed with an RBI triple. After an error on the Titans allowed Michelle Fournier (Oak Lawn/Richards) to reach base, Rachel Hartman (Collinsville, Mo./H.S.) smashed a three-run homer to put Elmhurst up 4-3.
The Bluejays' lead was short lived, however, as Illinois Wesleyan scored five times in the bottom of the fourth to take an 8-3 lead and put the game out of reach.
Pietrucha, Zumpf, and Cann all recorded two hits to lead the Bluejays' offense in the loss.
Jaci Hall (Naperville/Waubonsie Valley) suffered the loss. Hall worked 3.1 innings and allowed seven hits and six earned runs. She walked two and struck out two.
Elmhurst hosts Wheaton College on Tuesday, April 22, at 3:00 p.m.
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