The 20th-ranked Case Western Reserve University softball team split a pair of games on Monday afternoon at Hancock Park in Clermont, Florida, winning 8-3 over Hope College before falling 6-3 to 11th-ranked Moravian University.
The Spartans moved to 7-1 following the split, while the Flying Dutch dropped to 5-5 and the Greyhounds improved to 3-1.
Stats and Standouts
- Senior pitcher Devanghi Misra (3-0) allowed just one run on two hits in six innings against Hope, striking out three
- Sophomore infielder Kate Coonan, first-year infielder Natalie Ching, and junior outfielder Nylah Durham all had two hits against the Flying Dutch
- Senior infielder Elizabeth Berry had a pair of hits against the Greyhounds
- First-year pitcher/outfielder Camryn Mclelland (3-1) struck out six over four innings in the loss to Moravian, allowing five runs (four earned) on four hits
#20 CWRU 8, Hope 3
- Hope took an early lead on a first inning solo home run
- The Spartans tied the score in the third when Durham crossed the plate on a groundout
- Durham singled with one out and stole second and third base before scoring
- Neither team scored until the fifth when CWRU added a pair of runs on a homer by junior infielder Karen Potts
- It was her second home run in as many games and made the score 2-1
- CWRU put the game out of reach in the sixth, plating five runs in the frame to lead 8-1
- With two runners in scoring position, Ching drove in her first collegiate run with a single
- A run scored on a bunt single by Durham, who advanced to second before the next plate appearance which allowed Ching to cross the plate
- Berry wrapped up the scoring with a two-run single
- The Flying Dutch hit a two-run home run in the final frame to make the final score 8-3
#11 Moravian 6, #20 CWRU 3
- Potts led off the game with a single, advanced to third on a bunt by Durham, and scored on a groundout by Coonan to give CWRU an early lead
- The Greyhounds quickly responded, loading the bases with one out in the bottom of the first inning and scoring four runs on a grand slam
- The Spartans cut away at the deficit on a two-out run-scoring single by Mclelland
- Moravian responded with a run-scoring double in the bottom of the frame, making the score 5-2
- Neither team scored until the sixth inning, which Coonan led off with a double
- After stealing second, she scored on a single by Berry to trim the deficit to two
- However, the Spartans would be retired in order, leaving the tying run at the plate
- Moravian added an unearned insurance run in the bottom of the inning on a single
Spartan Notes
- Ching recorded the first multi-hit game of her career against Hope
- With her two singles against Hope and a walk and single against Moravian, Coonan has reached base in all eight games this season
- The Spartans improved to 5-2 all-time against the Flying Dutch, extending their winning streak in the series to four games
- CWRU dropped to 1-3 against Moravian, in the first meeting between the schools in 12 years
- The matchup was the first this year for Case Western Reserve against a team ranked in the national top 25
Up Next
The Spartans will face a pair of regional rivals at the Legends Way Complex in Clermont on Tuesday, taking on Hiram at 2:30 p.m. and Calvin at 4:45 p.m.