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Ashley Miller following a swing against WashU
Tara Fritscher
5
Case Western Reserve CWR-S 9-2
9
Winner Belhaven 2026BEL 12-6
Case Western Reserve CWR-S
9-2
5
Final
9
Belhaven 2026BEL
12-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Case Western Reserve CWR-S 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 9 0
Belhaven 2026BEL 1 6 0 2 0 0 X 9 7 1

W: Karley Rouse (2-3) L: Mclelland, Camryn (4-2)

0
Kean KEAN 4-8
8
Winner Case Western Reserve CASE WES 10-2
Kean KEAN
4-8
0
Final
8
Case Western Reserve CASE WES
10-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Kean KEAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Case Western Reserve CASE WES 1 1 0 0 4 2 8 9 1

W: Misra, Devanghi (4-0) L: Nikki Lusnia (3-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Miller, Misra Lead No. 16 Softball to Split on Thursday

The 16th-ranked Case Western Reserve University softball team split a pair of games on Thursday at the Bartow Sports Complex in Bartow, Florida, as part of THE Spring Games, falling to 23rd-ranked Belhaven University 9-5 before responding with an 8-0 win over Kean University in six innings.

The Spartans moved to 10-2 with the split, while the Blazers improved to 12-6 and the Cougars dropped to 4-8.

Stats and Standouts

  • Sophomore outfielder Ashley Miller had two hits in both games, her fourth and fifth-multi hit games of the season
  • First-year pitcher Josephine Alspaw allowed two runs on three hits in relief in the opening contest, striking out five
  • Sophomore infielder/outfielder Kate Coonan went two-for-four against the Blazers with a run scored and an RBI for her team-leading fifth multi-hit game in 2026
  • Senior pitcher Devanghi Misra (4-0) threw five shutout innings in one of the best starts of her career, allowing just one baserunner on a hit in the victory over the Cougars
  • Sophomore pitcher Laura Meoli finished the shutout with a scoreless inning of relief, allowing one hit while striking out one
  • Junior infielder Karen Potts had two doubles, a walk, and a stolen base in the win over Kean

#23 Belhaven 9, #16 CWRU 5

  • The Spartans scored twice in the opening frame
    • With a pair of runners in scoring position, senior infielder Elizabeth Berry laid down a bunt that plated a run
    • Berry, trying to draw a throw, was out in a rundown between first and second that allowed the second runner to cross the plate
  • The Blazers responded with a run in the bottom of the stanza and six runs in the second inning to open a 7-2 lead
  • CWRU scored twice in the fourth inning, with Miller crossing the plate on a wild pitch and first-year infielder Natalie Ching driving in a run with a single
  • Belhaven regained a five-run lead with two runs in the bottom of the fourth
  • Junior outfielder Alaina Steffes and Miller singled to lead off the sixth inning, but CWRU was unable to score against Belhaven's relief pitcher
  • Potts extended her team-high hitting streak to six games with a single to lead off the final inning
    • She scored on a one-out single by Coonan to make the final score 9-5

#16 CWRU 8, Kean 0 (6 inn.)

  • Potts led off the bottom of the first inning with a double to extend her hitting streak to seven games
  • She scored after Miller distracted the defense on the base paths following an infield single
  • Potts drove in the team's next run with her third consecutive hit, and second double in a row, plating first-year pitcher/outfielder Camryn Mclelland, who had doubled earlier in the second inning
  • Misra retired the first 10 batters she faced before conceding a one-out single in the top of the fourth inning
  • CWRU loaded the bases in the fifth inning and scored four times to open a six-run advantage
    • First-year catcher Sophia Becker drove in a pair of runs with a double to make the score 4-0
    • Mclelland followed with a two-run single, increasing the lead to six
  • The Spartans kept the Cougars off the board in the following inning by throwing a runner out at home on a base hit
  • Becker drove in another run when she was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth inning, and the Spartans ended the game when Miller scored on a wild pitch for the eighth run of the contest

Spartan Notes

  • CWRU dropped to 1-2 all-time against Belhaven with all three matchups coming in the last three seasons
  • The Spartans and Cougars squared off for the first time ever on Thursday
  • Case Western Reserve fell to 0-2 against teams ranked in the top 25 of the NFCA national poll
  • The Spartans have not dropped consecutive games since the team lost three in a row from March 10-12, 2025
  • Potts had two doubles in a game for the fourth time in her career
  • Becker had multiple runs batted in for the first time this season
  • CWRU won by the eight-run rule for the first time in 2026
  • It was the third shutout of the season for the Spartans

Up Next

The Spartans will conclude their trip to Florida with two games at the Diamondplex in Winter Haven. CWRU takes on 20th-ranked Rowan at 1:30 p.m. followed by a matchup with Husson at 6 p.m.

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