CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Coe College softball team picked up a doubleheader split Saturday at Clark Field, falling to 3-1 to the College of Saint Benedict before securing a 5-4 win in game two over the Bennies. The Bennies took the lead in game one in the top of the first, scoring with a two-out single before holding the lead until the fourth. Coe got one back and tied the game on an RBI single from
Marisa Vodicka but a go-ahead single and a defensive miscue gave the visitors the lead for good. Coe responded in game two, getting a strong starting pitching effort from
Devan Baggett who earned the win in the circle. Baggett allowed three earned runs and was picked up by
Haley Sanders who lasered a three-run homer to left in the bottom of the fourth.
Maddie Harris put Coe back ahead in the bottom of the fifth, driving home
Maggie Strupp with a one-out single.
Natalie Hitt took over for Baggett in the sixth and seventh innings, earning her first save of the year as she held the Bennies hitless in the final two frames.
CSB 3 - COE 1
Game Facts
- The Bennies took the lead early in the contest, scoring the first run on a two-out single. Coe, which left a pair of runners on base in the third, found its run in the fourth. Vodicka, Coe's third batter of the inning, drove home Anna Bamlet with the single after Bamlet pinch ran for Harris. The Kohawks had a chance to add more with two on and nobody down but three straight outs got CSB out of the jam. The Bennies regained the lead in the top of the fifth and held it for the rest of the game, going ahead on a run-scoring single before an errant back-pick attempt made it 3-1. Coe had two hits in the bottom of the fifth and borough the go-ahead run to the plate but a line out ended the chance for the hosts.
COE 5 - CSB 4
Game Facts
- Coe jumped ahead in game two with one swing of the bat in the second as Vodicka led the inning off with a towering homer to left-center, her sixth of the season. CSB immediately pulled it back with a run in the top of the third, tying the game with a two-out single. Coe continued the run-scoring stretch in the bottom of the fourth, getting a leadoff double from Harris and a walk from Hadyn Shoots to put runners on. Sanders came through clutch two batters later, blistering a line drive homer to left to score three and put Coe up 4-1. The Bennies got all three back four batters into the fifth, getting a two-run triple before an errant throw allowed the runner to score, bringing home three runs on one play. The scoring continued in the bottom of the inning as Harris delivered the ultimate game-winning hit, driving home Strupp with a single up the middle. Hitt took the rubber in the sixth and seventh and was purely dominant, allowing just one base runner on an error in the bottom of the seventh as she secured the save.
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