Softball Wins Two On The Road At Ferris

OVERVIEW – Ferris State Bulldogs

SCORES: Northwood 5, Ferris State 2 / Northwood 11, Ferris State 2

RECORDS: Northwood 20-11, Ferris State 12-24 / Northwood 21-11, Ferris State 12-25

LOCATION: Ferris State Softball Stadium – Big Rapids, Michigan

RECAP: Northwood's softball team traveled to Big Rapids, Michigan to battle the Bulldogs of Ferris State.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

• Haley Frank was inches from a home run, H. Frank hit a double off the yellow line that bounced back fair.
• Ferris State walked in the game's opening run in the first, 1-0 FSU.
• Brittany Steimel tied the game in the fourth with a single through the left side to score Haley Frank, 1-1.
• Ferris added another run in the fifth via a single to right field, 2-1 FSU.
• H. Frank was HBP to lead off the sixth for the Timberwolves and went first to third on a passed ball. H. Frank would score on an RBI groundout to second by Steimel, 2-2.
• The Timberwolves play small ball to take the lead in the seventh. Jillian Krawczak led off with a bunt single down the first baseline.
• Gabby Schloop would follow Krawczak in the seventh with a walk and both would advance on a sac bunt by Alexis Koehler would advance the runners.
• Back-to-back singles by Haley Frank and Delanie Grundman would put Northwood on top 5-2.
• Shayna Frank was back to herself, throwing a complete game and allowing only two earned runs while striking out 12.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 5/9/0, Ferris State 2/5/2
• Runners left on base: Northwood 7, Ferris State 6
• Winning Pitcher – Shayna Frank (10-6) 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R (2 ER), 5 BB, 12 K
• Losing Pitcher – Aryn Gallacher (2-10) 2.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 1 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• H. Frank: 3-3, 2B, RBI, 3 R, HBP
• Steimel: 1-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB
• Grundman: 2-4, RBI

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

• Delanie Grundman put the Timberwolves up early with a triple just out of the grasp of the centerfielder to score Emily Mankel and Haley Frank, 2-0 NU.
• Grundman would then score on a Brittany Steimel base hit to left field, 3-0 NU.
• An FSU throwing error and two walks by Madison Jordan and Gabby Schloop would walk in a run, 4-0 NU.
• The Bulldogs would score an unearned run via an error in the bottom half of the first, 4-1 NU.
• Ferris would add another run on an RBI single in the fifth to close the Northwood gap, 4-2 NU.
• NU would break the game open with seven more in the sixth, 11-2.
• Leadoff singles by Jillian Krawczak and Alyssa Gibson followed by a walk from Schloop would get the rally started. Alexis Koehler would single in Krawzcak and Mankel would subsequently double in Schloop and pinch-runner Caroline Polites, 7-2 NU.
• A throwing error would then let Grundman reach first and score Mankel and Koehler, 9-2 NU.
• Brittany "Nuketown" Steimel capped off the Northwood offensive explosion with her team-leading fifth home run of the year.
• Anna Gustafson came in to relieve Hailey Leister in the fifth. Anna earned the save by striking out three of the final five outs for Ferris State. 

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 11/12/1, Ferris State 2/6/2
• Runners left on base: Northwood 4, Ferris State 8
• Winning Pitcher: Hailey Leister (5-4) 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher: Kristina Baar (2-4) 0.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R (4 ER) , 0 BB, 0 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Grundman: 2-4, 3B, 4 RBI, 2 R
• Mankel: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R
• Steimel: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
• Schloop: 1-1, 2B, 2 BB, R

UP NEXT

Northwood travels to Saginaw Valley tomorrow, April 21, to play two versus the Cardinals at 2:30 and 4:30 PM.