SCORE: GM 1 – IT 7, CC 1; GM 2 – IT 5, CC 4
RECORDS: Indiana Tech (7-7), Calvin College (Mich.) (3-5)
LOCATION: Clermont, Fla. (Hancock Park #5)
 
BRIEF: The Indiana Tech softball team pushed its winning streak to seven games with a sweep of the Knights of Calvin College on Thursday, thanks to some late inning heroics in game two. A home run by the pitcher, Tori Simper, and a bases loaded walk gave the Warriors the walk-off win.
 
FLOW:
GAME 1
- Three hits and an error in the second inning allowed the Warriors to open a five-run lead
- Alli Watson and Katie Bird drew back-to-back bases loaded walks to plate the first two runs
- Sophia Johantgen continued to hit, delivering a bases clearing double to make it 5-0 Tech
- As the Knights struggled to solve Jamie Kilps, Hannah Foltz added to the lead in the fourth with a two-run home run
- Calvin's lone run came in the sixth, a solo home run, the only blemish on Kilps day
 
GAME 2
- The back-and-forth affair began with the visitors scoring three runs on just one hit thanks to three Tech errors
- After stranding a runner in three of the first four innings, Tech broke through in the fifth with two runs on three hits and an error
- Bailey Dembinski plated Cortney Bingham and later scored on Simper's RBI single
- Another error allowed the Orange and Black to tie the score as Bingham plated Shy'lay Myatt who ran for Juliaclare Plezbert in the sixth
- Two hits and another error gave the lead back to Calvin, 4-3, headed to the bottom of the seventh
- Simper helped her cause with a leadoff home run to tie the score
- A single and three walks plated the winning run for Tech
 
HIGHLIGHTS:
GAME 1
- Kilps collected her third win of the season, allowing just one run on six hits, striking out five over seven innings
- Johantgen and Foltz both collected a pair of hits and scored a run with the former driving in three while the latter drove in a pair
- Five other Warriors scored a run with just two others recording hits
 
GAME 2
- Simper did it all, allowing four runs, one earned, on four hits over seven innings while also going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored
- Jessica Cotton also collected a pair of hits
- Five different Warriors scored a run while six had hits
 
UP NEXT: NTC Spring Games two-team doubleheader, Friday, Mar. 20, Rio Grande (Ohio) at 3 p.m. followed by a non-conference contest against UNOH at 5 p.m. at Hancock Park No. 2 in Clermont, Fla.
 
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Softball Contact:  Zachary Shore | 260.422.5561 x. 2492 | zrshore@indianatech.edu
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