LAKELAND, Fla. – Six wins last week have Southeastern softball looking to maintain momentum as they begin Sun Conference Play on Saturday against Ave Maria University.
A walk-off single by
Anna Martin in the bottom of the seventh secured the Fire's sweep of Purdue Calumet on Wednesday. Game one ended 4-1 then the Fire worked back from a 3-0 deficit in game two to tie the ballgame with an inning to play. With one out and
Sydnie Malloy on third, Martin ripped a single to right field for the win.
On Thursday, Southeastern took game one from Tennessee Wesleyan 7-1 and game two was another come-from-behind, 4-3 win. This time, the winning RBI was courtesy of freshman Alex Millett in the bottom of the fourth, then
Annie Weaver scored the go-ahead on the throw.
Southeastern's final wins of the week were on Saturday over Northwestern College, 9-4 then 2-0. In game two, the Fire scored one run in each of the first and second innings with the winning RBI belonging to Martin who singled to score Stoltz. Weaver scored the insurance run the next inning on a squeeze bunt by
Sydnie Malloy.
Lindsie Scholwinski and
Cat Maldonado each earned three wins from the circle. Scholwinski maintained a 0.39 ERA in 18 innings and struck out 25 of 73 batters faced. Maldonado pitched three full games striking out 14 and allowing just three earned runs.
UP NEXT:Home DH vs. Grand View University, Today at 2 & 4 p.m.Last Year: 33-13, 20-4 in the Midwest Collegiate Conference…Swept by SEU, 4-3 then 10-3…#1 seed in postseason conference play…Beat #4 seed Saint Ambrose University 8-1 in the MCC Championships…Fell twice to Concordia University, 8-5 and 6-4, to bow out of the NAIA opening round.
This Year: 10-4…Most recently swept Keiser, 2-0 then 6-5…Ranked 13
th in the NAIA in triples per game (.429) and 22
nd in total triples (6)…Led by senior infielder #21 Kendra Tott who is hitting .556 with three doubles, two home runs, four RBI's, and six runs scored.
Home DH vs. MidAmerica Nazarene University, Friday at 2 & 4 p.m.Last Year: 26-25, 12-6 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference…#3 seed in postseason conference play…Eliminated from the HAAC Tournament with a 5-0 loss to #1 seed Central Methodist University.
This Year: 4-0…Swept Ottawa and Saint Mary to begin their season…Play Webber this afternoon and Warner on Wednesday before visiting Lakeland…Collectively hitting .330…Led by sophomore infielder #22 Macie Jones who has seven hits in 14 appearances including a double, a home run and five RBI's.
Home DH vs. Ave Maria University (TSC), Saturday at 1 & 3 p.m.Last Year: 26-27, 7-9 in The Sun Conference…Swept by SEU, 1-0 then 6-4…#6 seed in postseason conference play…Defeated #3 seed Thomas 4-3 to kick off the TSC Tournament…Beat #2 seed USCB 4-1 and #1 seed Southeastern 3-1 before falling twice to USCB, 8-3 then 15-6, to end the season.
This Year: 14-10…Most recently beat Peru State, 5-1 then 10-0…Play Warner on Friday before traveling to Lakeland on Saturday…Ranked 23
rd in the NAIA in stolen bases (37) and 25
th in doubles (34)…Junior shortstop #20 Marinna Shadley has started all 24 games and leads the Gyrenes with a .373 batting average that included three homers, two triples and six doubles.
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