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Kendal Rider
4
Hanover HANOVER 5-16
5
Winner Manchester MANCHEST 9-7
Hanover HANOVER
5-16
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Final
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Manchester MANCHEST
9-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Hanover HANOVER 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 9 3
Manchester MANCHEST 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 11 1

W: Egold, Brionna (5-1) L: L. Beaman (5-8)

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Hanover HANOVER 5-17
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Winner Manchester MANCHEST 10-7
Hanover HANOVER
5-17
2
Final
8
Manchester MANCHEST
10-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hanover HANOVER 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 6
Manchester MANCHEST 1 2 0 1 0 4 X 8 9 0

W: Willis, Lizzy (2-3) L: R. Huddlesto (0-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Manchester Softball Sweeps Hanover to Open HCAC Play on Saturday

NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Manchester softball team opened Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) play with two wins over Hanover College on Saturday, March 30.

The Black & Gold earned an exciting 5-4 victory in 8 innings in game one on Saturday. Manchester followed by an 8-2 win in game two.

GAME 1: MANCHESTER 5, HANOVER 4 (8 INNINGS)
  • After Hanover took a 3-0 lead in the first four innings of Saturday's opening game, the Spartans put four runs on the board to grab the one run lead. 
  • The Panthers would tie the game up at 4-4 in the top of the fifth and force the game into extra innings.
  • In the bottom of the 8th inning, Kendal Rider (Otterbein, Ind., Lafayette Central Catholic) singled on a bunt, scoring Erin Singleton (Brownstown, Ind. , Brownstown Central ) from second base to give Manchester the 5-4 win. In game one, Rider went 2-3 at the plate with 2 RBI and a walk.
  • As a team, the Spartans had 11 hits in game one, including extra-base hits by Kaitlyn Carr (Valparaiso, Ind., Chesterton) and Crystal Cooke (Richmond, Ky., Madison Southern).
  • Carr started on the mound for Manchester, scattering six hits through 4.0 innings with two strikeouts.
  • Brionna Egold (Greencastle, Ind., South Putnam) threw 4.0 innings of relief, holding Hanover to three hits with five strikeouts.
GAME 2: MANCHESTER 8, HANOVER 2
  • Manchester opened game two with an RBI single by Crystal Cooke to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning.
  • The Black and Gold would score seven more runs to take game two 8-2 and complete the series sweep.
  • As a team, Manchester had nine hits in game two, including an extra-base hit from both Izzy Dittmar (Warsaw, Ind., Warsaw Community) and Kendal Rider. On the day, Dittmar went 4-8 at the plate with two runs scored, while Lexi Goodman (Poplar, Ill. , North Boone ) went 3-6 at the plate with two runs scored and two stolen bases.
  • Lizzy Willis (Yorktown, Ind., Yorktown) pitched 5.1 innings, getting the start on the mound for Manchester in game two. Willis held Hanover to two runs and collected one strikeout.
  • Egold threw 1.2 innings of relief in game two, holding Hanover to no hits and no runs. 

UP NEXT
  • Manchester softball moved their non-conference doubleheader against the University of Olivet scheduled for Tuesday, April 2 to Friday, April 5. 
  • Game one is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at the MU Softball Field.
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