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Sabrina Leonard
0
Hanover HANOVER 15-24
1
Winner Manchester MANCHEST 23-18
Hanover HANOVER
15-24
0
Final
1
Manchester MANCHEST
23-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hanover HANOVER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Manchester MANCHEST 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 4 1

W: Carr, Kaitlyn (14-5) L: L. Beaman (8-13)

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Manchester MANCHEST 23-19
11
Winner Transylvania TRANSYLV 31-9
Manchester MANCHEST
23-19
4
Final
11
Transylvania TRANSYLV
31-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Manchester MANCHEST 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 10 1
Transylvania TRANSYLV 6 0 2 0 3 0 X 11 10 2

W: S. Moshos (14-6) L: Carr, Kaitlyn (14-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

Spartan Split; Manchester Softball Advances into Day Two of HCAC Tournament

LEXINGTON, Ind. - The Manchester softball finished day one of the 2023 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC)Tournament with a 1-1 record after defeating Hanover College in game one and falling to the host Transylvania Pioneers in game three on Thursday, May 11. 

The #4 seeded Spartans edged out the #5 seeded Panthers in the Opening Round of the tournament by a final score of 1-0. 

Manchester then faced top seeded Transylvania, falling 11-4 to the Pioneers. 

SPARTAN STATS
#4 Manchester vs. #5 Hanover 
  • The Spartans and Panthers were scoreless through five innings in game one of the 2023 HCAC Softball Tournament. Abby Eberhardt (Shelbyville, Ind., Triton Central ) drove in the lone run of the game for the Spartans, scoring Julianne Gosnell (Amboy, Ind., Oak Hill) on an RBI single to left center.
  • Sabrina Leonard (Fillmore, Ind. , South Putnam) picked up an extra base hit, batting .333 in the opening game of the HCAC Tournament. 
  • Manchester sophomore Kaitlyn Carr (Valparaiso, Ind., Chesterton) held Hanover to just five hits in 7.0 innings of work on the mound for the Black and Gold. Carr struck out four batters while giving up one walk in route to her 14th win in the circle this season.
#4 Manchester vs. #1 Transylvania
  • The #1 seed Transylvania Pioneers established an early 6-0 lead after the first innings of game three of the HCAC Softball Tournament. An RBI single by first-year Lexi Goodman (Poplar, Ill., North Boone) would put the Spartans on the scoreboard in the second inning. MU would score three more runs in the fourth inning, but the Pioneers would take the game by a final score of 11-4 to advance in the winner's bracket of the tournament. 
  • Goodman went 2-3 at the plate with one run scored and one RBI during Manchester's second game of the day. 
  • Sabrina Leonard lead the Black and Gold with two RBI against Transylvania, hitting her second double of the day in the top of the fourth inning. 
  • Brionna Egold (Greencastle, Ind., South Putnam) threw 5.2 innings of relief for MU, scattering six hits with one strikeout.

UP NEXT 
  • Manchester will look to work out of the losers bracket tomorrow as they face Franklin College in game six of the 2023 HCAC Softball Tournament. 
  • First pitch between the Spartans and Grizzlies is slated for 12:30 p.m. in Lexington, Ky.
 
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