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Sabrina Leonard
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Albion ALBION 10-7
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Winner Manchester MANCHEST 7-7
Albion ALBION
10-7
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Final
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Manchester MANCHEST
7-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Albion ALBION 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 6 1
Manchester MANCHEST 1 1 0 1 0 4 X 7 13 1

W: Egold, Brionna (4-1) L: A. Brown (2-5)

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Albion ALBION 10-8
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Winner Manchester MANCHEST 8-7
Albion ALBION
10-8
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Final
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Manchester MANCHEST
8-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Albion ALBION 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 11 3
Manchester MANCHEST 0 4 1 1 0 2 X 8 10 2

W: Blough, Tori (2-1) L: L. Zaskowski (7-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Spartans Sweep Britons in Non-Conference Affair

NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Manchester softball team swept the visiting Albion College Britons in a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday, March 27.

The Black & Gold earned a 7-3 victory in the first game of the day, followed by an 8-6 win in the second game on Wednesday.

SPARTAN STATS
  • An RBI single by sophomore Sabrina Leonard (Fillmore, Ind., South Putnam) put the Spartans on the scoreboard in game one of Wednesday's doubleheader. On the day, Leonard went 4-8 from the plate with 3 RBI and two doubles.
  • After Albion tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the 6th inning, Kaitlyn Carr (Valparaiso, Ind., Chesterton) singled through the right side, scoring Lexi Goodman (Poplar, Ill. , North Boone). Izzy Dittmar (Warsaw, Ind., Warsaw Community) followed with a three-run double to give Manchester the 7-3 lead. 
  • Four Spartans collected extra-base hits in game one, including Goodman, Carr, Dittmar, and Lizzy Willis (Yorktown, Ind., Yorktown). Willis went 3-4 at the plate in game one, with an RBI and two runs scored.
  • Carr got the start on the mound for the Spartans, throwing 5.0 innings and allowing four hits while striking out two batters.
  • Brionna Egold (Greencastle, Ind., South Putnam) threw 2.0 innings of relief, holding the Britons to two hits. 
  • After Albion took a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning of game two of Wednesday's doubleheader, the Spartans grabbed the lead for good in the bottom of the 2nd inning following a single to left field by Riley Leverington (Indianapolis, Ind., Decatur Central) that scored two runs.
  • Manchester would score 7 more runs to complete the sweep against the Britons. 
  • Senior Tori Blough (Huntertown, Ind., Carroll) threw 5.0 innings, scattering seven hits and striking out two batters.
  •  Lizzy Willis came in for relief for the Spartans in game two, giving up four hits and striking out two batters in 2.0 innings pitched. 
UP NEXT
  • Manchester softball will open Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) play with a home doubleheader against Hanover College on Saturday, March 30. 
  • Game one between the Spartans and Panthers is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at the MU Softball Field.
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