GREENCASTLE, Ind. - The Coe College softball team opened the 2024 NCAA Regional Championships with a 4-2 victory over Baldwin Wallace University on Thursday. Coe struggled at the plate early on but used a four-run fifth inning to erase an early 1-0 deficit.
Ellie Thurow dominated in the circle for her 16th win of the season, limiting the Yellow Jackets to just five hits in a complete-game effort. Offensively, Coe scratched out just three hits but it was enough for the victory, getting crucial RBI hits from
Addie Menke and
Ruby Kappeler in the fifth.
Shaylee Dodd, Keera Ball, Marisa Vodicka and Menke all scored in the game for the Kohawks while
Madi Parson recorded Coe's other hit.
COE 4 - BALDWIN WALLACE 2
Game Facts
- Coe fell behind early as BWU scored its lone run in the second inning on an in-between looper up the middle. The Kohawks were then retired in order in three straight innings as the Yellow Jacket pitcher set down 10 hitters in order. Coe's fourth-inning rally started with a hard-hit ball to center from Dodd, reaching second on what was ruled a fielding error. Ball and Vodicka later walked in the inning with one out, loading the bases for Menke. Coe's ninth hitter came up clutch and delivered a double to the left-center gap, scoring Dodd and Ball for a 2-1 lead. Kappeler came up two batters later with two down and extended the lead with a two-run single, bringing her season RBI total to 50. Thurow quickly recorded two outs to start the sixth but surrendered a solo homer as BWU pulled back within two. The fifth-year hurler settled down and managed to close the door on the Yellow Jackets, working around another single in the sixth and a two-out hit in the seventh.
Up Next: Coe is back in action tomorrow, Friday, May 17 for game two of the regional, facing the winner of DePauw and St. Mary's at 10 AM CT.
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