Ottumwa -- In what was likely one of the earliest home openers in the program's history, the Indian Hills softball team took both games of a doubleheader with Marshalltown CC on Thursday, winning by scores of 4-2 and 4-0.
The Warriors got solid pitching performances from starters Kylee Coughlin and Hannah Washburn and two shutout innings in relief from Ali Martin in improving their season record to 12-6.
Coughlin allowed only five hits and one walk in a five-inning stint in the opener. Washburn fashioned a two-hit complete-game shutout in game two.
Indian Hills jumped on the visiting Tigers with three runs in the bottom of the first in the opening game. Jordan Grell had a two-run double and Jenna Wolfe followed with a run-scoring double for an early 3-0 lead. Both hits came with two outs.
Morgan Powers doubled home Sarah Wilcox with an insurance run in the fifth.
MCC scored their only runs of the day in the 7th against Martin on two hits and a sacrifice fly. But the freshman reliever got out of further trouble in saving the game for Coughlin.
Washburn was in control in the nightcap, spacing the two hits and fanning four.
Her teammates got her all the runs she would need when they scored four times in the 4th inning. Nicole Steinle and Tori Beaver had two-run doubles in the big inning. All eight runs scored on the day by the Warriors came on two-base hits.
Indian Hills will go to Carthage, Missouri this weekend for five games in the Carthage Bash.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment