Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Hope College

Scoreboard

#BeStrongBeTrue
Emily Brown slides into second base vs. Kalamazoo ahead of the throw.
Lynne Powe
Pictured, Emily Brown
0
Kalamazoo KALAMAZO 4-21
18
Winner Hope HOPE 20-7
Kalamazoo KALAMAZO
4-21
0
Final
18
Hope HOPE
20-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Kalamazoo KALAMAZO 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Hope HOPE 11 2 0 5 X 18 14 0

W: Kerschbaum, Gianna (10-1) L: Maddie Potts (2-9)

5
Winner Hope HOPE 21-7
2
Kalamazoo KALAMAZO 4-22
Winner
Hope HOPE
21-7
5
Final
2
Kalamazoo KALAMAZO
4-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hope HOPE 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 9 1
Kalamazoo KALAMAZO 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3

W: Kerschbaum, Gianna (11-1) L: Elizabeth Jones (2-8)

Game Recap: Softball | | Alan Babbitt

Softball Sweeps Kalamazoo Behind Big First Innings

Thunderous first at-bats propelled the Hope College softball team to a sweep of Kalamazoo College on Friday at Wolters Stadium.

The Flying Dutch scored 11 times in the bottom of the first inning in Game 1, winning 18-0 in a run-rule shortened five innings. Hope struck for three runs in the top of the first in Game 2 en route to a 5-2 victory.

Hope upped its record to 21-7 overall and 4-2 in MIAA play. The Flying Dutch have as many league losses as second-place Alma College and Calvin University but have played two fewer games.

In Game 1, the Flying Dutch sent 14 batters to the plate during the first inning. Senior catcher Macy Verbeek of Grandville, Michigan. (Calvin Christian) opened the scoring with a two-run single. 

Batting for the second time in the inning, senior centerfielder Kate DeMann of Byron Center, Michigan (South Christian) smacked an RBI single. Junior third baseman Terin Maynard of Grand Rapids, Michigan (Jenison) followed with her second hit of the inning — a two-run triple to left.

Senior designated player Gianna Kerschbaum of Baroda, Michigan (Stevensville-Lakeshore) made it 11 by blasting a two-run homer to left.

Maynard finished with a team-high three hits, going 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI. Hope outhit Kalamazoo, 16-4.

Kerschbaum and freshman reliever Ryan Quain of St. Clair, Michigan (Marysville) combined on the shutout. Kerscbaum started and pitched three innings, earning the decision.

In Game 2, the Flying Dutch batted eight times to produced three runs.

Junior catcher Sophie Stironek of Lake Orion, Michigan (Lake Orion) knocked in Maynard from second with a one-out single. Four batters later, freshman left fielder Emiliy Brown of Grass Lake, Michigan (Grass Lake) smacked a two-out, two-run single to plate Verbeek and Kerschbaum.

Kalamazoo pulled within a run on a two-run Grace Rocco homer in the bottom of the second. 

Hope kept the Hornets off the board before adding insurance runs on a sixth-inning RBI double from sophomore first baseman Jalen Fossitt of Onondaga, Michigan (Leslie) that scored junior shortstop Becca Tuttle of Grand Rapids, Michigan. (West Catholic) and Stironek's seventh-inning RBI groundout that brought home DeMann.

In relief, Kerschbaum (11-1) picked up her second decision of the day with four scoreless frames. The right-hander struck out six and yielded just two hits to Kalamazoo (4-22, 3-5 MIAA).

The Flying Dutch are scheduled to play next on Saturday, April 18, at 2 p.m. against Saint Mary's College in a doubleheader at Wolters Stadium. It is Poster Day.

 
Print Friendly Version