Posted: Apr 09, 2024
The Muskingum softball team dropped two Ohio Athletic Conference games to Ohio Northern. Game one went into eight innings with a final score of 3-2, and game two the Muskies lost 6-1.
The Basics
- Records: Muskingum (15-7, Overall, 2-2 OAC), Ohio Northern (12-8 Overall 3-1 OAC)
- Location: Donna J. Newberry Field – New Concord, Ohio
- Attendance: 70
Inside The Numbers
Game one
- The Muskies finished with 30 at bats, two runs, six hits, two RBIs, and a stolen base.
- Sophomore Cara Taylor led the Muskies, as she went 2-for-4 with a run and a stolen base.
- Senior Kalie Eshelman finished with a run and a hit where she doubled.
- Sophomore Sadie Smith went an efficient 2-for-3 with an RBI double.
- Senior Rosie Hayes recorded a hit with an RBI.
- Both Senior Madelyn Thomas and freshman Bethany Rodman each pitched four innings. Rodman recorded two strikeouts and Thomas earned a strikeout.
Game Two
- The Muskies finished with 28 at bats, a run, eight hits, an RBI, a stolen base and was walked a single time.
- Freshman Elizabeth Wauford led the Muskies with her two doubles to left-center field. Wauford went 2-for-3 from the plate.
- Sophomore Cara Taylor added two hits as she went 2-for-4 with her appearances in the batter's box. Taylor also recorded a stolen base.
- Freshman Eliana Shaheen recorded a hit with an RBI single.
- Freshman Tareyn Born recorded a double. Born started in the pitching circle and finished four innings with three strikeouts.
- Senior Madelyn Thomas pits 2.2 innings and posted two strikeouts.
Next Up
Catch the Muskies back in action when they travel to Berea, Ohio for a doubleheader against Baldwin Wallace. The games are scheduled to start at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.