Northwood Softball Finishes Regular Season With Two Wins At Wayne State

OVERVIEW – Wayne St. (Mich.)

SCORES: Northwood 4, Wayne St. 2/ Northwood 7, Wayne St. 0

RECORDS: Northwood 28-14, Wayne St. 13-30/ Northwood 29-14, Wayne St. 13-31

LOCATION: WSU Softball Stadium – Detroit, Michigan

RECAP: Northwood Softball finished off their regular season in style, winning both in their doubleheader at Wayne St.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

• Wayne St. scored first behind a walk, two wild pitches, and an RBI groundout, 1-0 WSU.
• Madison Jordan's second home run of the season over the right-field fence tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the second.
• Later in the third, with two outs, the Timberwolves rallied after Haley Frank doubled to left field. Delanie Grundman would single up the middle to score Frank, 2-1 NU.
• The Warriors would tie it at two in the fourth with a blooping single into no-man's land just behind the pitcher, scoring a runner from third.
• The Timberwolves would take the lead for good in the sixth with a two-run shot to left field by Emily Mankel, her fifth this season, 4-2 NU.
• Shayna Frank was solid again today, picking up her 16^th win of the season and only walking one while striking out seven.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 4/11/1, Wayne St. 2/5/1
• Runners left on base: Northwood 12, Wayne St. 7
• Winning Pitcher – Shayna Frank (16-6) 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 7 K
• Losing Pitcher – Paige Ameel (5-15) 7.0 IP, 11 H, 4 R (4 ER), 3 BB, 6 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Mankel: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, R
• Jordan: 1-3, HR, RBI, BB
• H. Frank: 1-4 2B, R
• Koehler: 2-4, R
• Grundman: 2-4

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood would go up early in the first when Alexis Koehler led the game off with a walk, which was followed by an Emily Mankel double to center. Koehler would score from first, 1-0 NU.
• Mankel would get to third on a wild pitch and would be knocked in with a sac fly by Haley Frank, 2-0 NU.
•  In the third, Northwood would be granted another run because of a ball being thrown away when H. Frank tagged up trying to advance to third on a Madison Jordan fly out to right, 3-0.
• Northwood would begin their home run barrage in the fifth as Haley Frank's missile to left made it 4-0.
• Two batters later, Brittany Steimel got her seventh home run of the season with an identical blast to left, 5-0 NU.
• Emily Mankel would not leave quietly as she also blasted her second home run of the day with a two-run shot over the centerfield wall.
• Hailey Leister took care of business inside the circle today, getting her second complete-game shutout this season.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 7/10/0, Wayne St. 0/7/3
• Runners left on base: Northwood 7, Wayne St. 6
• Winning Pitcher: Hailey Leister (6-5) 7.0 IP, 7 H, 0 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher: Alexis Bonk (6-12) 5.0 IP, 10 H, 7 R (6 ER), 5 BB, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• H. Frank: 2-2, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
• Mankel: 2-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R
• Steimel: 2-4, HR, 2B, RBI, R
• Koehler: 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB
• Jordan: 2-4
• Leister: 7 IP, 0 R

UP NEXT

• Northwood will begin its postseason run next weekend at the GLIAC Softball Championships (May 6-8). Their opponent will be known following this weekend's other conference games.