LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Manchester University softball team dropped its Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference openers at Transylvania University on Saturday April 2. The host Pioneers edged the Spartans in the opening game of the day by a final score of 5-2. Transy would complete the doubleheader sweep with an 11-1 win in five innings in the second contest of the afternoon.
 
Spartan Stats

• In the opening game of the day, the Black & Gold would score a pair of runs in the 4^th inning. First-year Julianne Gosnell (Amboy, Ind./Oak Hill) smacked an RBI triple. Sophomore Brook Reaves (Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo) would then follow with an RBI groundout.
• Five different Spartans recorded a hit in the opening game at Transylvania.
• Tori Blough (Huntertown, Ind./Carroll) allowed five runs on 10 hits in six innings in the pitcher's circle. Blough did not issue any walks on Saturday afternoon.
• Transylvania jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the second game of the afternoon after scoring three runs in the home half of the 1^st inning and six runs in the 3^rd.
• The Pioneers would add two more runs in the second game.
• The Black & Gold offense was held in check in the second game as Pioneer pitcher Marlee Woodard allowed just one run on three hits in five innings of work.
• Brianna Morrow (Atlanta, Ill./Olympia) drove in the lone run of the second game for Manchester in the top of the 4^th inning.

Up Next:

• Manchester (8-14, 0-2 HCAC) will return to the MU Softball Field on Wednesday April 6 to host Bluffton University in another HCAC doubleheader.
• First pitch against the Beavers is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.