SCORE: GM 1 – IT 5, UMD 6; GM 2 – IT 3, UMD 6
RECORDS: Indiana Tech (11-24, 0-14 WHAC), Michigan-Dearborn (19-17, 9-3 WHAC)
LOCATION: New Haven, Ind. (Havenhurst Park)
 
BRIEF: The Indiana Tech softball team narrowly pulled out their first Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference win in 2015 on senior day Saturday afternoon, but ultimately fell to Michigan-Dearborn, 6-5 in game one and 6-3 in the second. The offense struggled and couldn't take advantage of some Wolverine miscues in the sweep.
 
FLOW:
GAME 1
After Michigan-Dearborn stranded the bases loaded in the first, the Warriors took advantage of three Wolverine errors to plate five runs in the bottom of the inning. Bailey Dembinski got things started with a leadoff walk and after a hit-by-pitch and another walk, catcher's interference plated the Warriors first run. A two-out, RBI single from Alli Watson added to the Tech lead and then Jamie Kilps cleared the bases as she hit the ball through the legs of the shortstop, scoring Watson, Juliaclare Plezbert and Jessica Cotton.
 
Jenevie Rivas cruised through 2.1 innings, but in the third, three hits and a walk led to three Wolverine runs, ending her day.
 
The score remained 5-3 until the fifth, when Jamie Kilps ran into trouble. Three walks loaded the bases with two outs and a pair of singles put UMD ahead, 6-3. The Warriors had chances in both the sixth and seventh, getting two runners on in each inning, but couldn't get the tying run home.
 
GAME 2
The Warriors scored first again in game two, without a hit, as Dembinski led off with a hit-by-pitch and scored three batters later on a wild pitch. It looked as though it would hold up as Tori Simper cruised through four innings, but ran into trouble in the fifth.
 
A walk and an error put runners on the corners and a two-run single gave the visitors the 2-1 lead. Three more hits in the sixth led to four more UMD runs to push the lead to five.
 
The Orange and Black began to rally in the sixth as Hannah Foltz was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and Watson followed with a two-run home run to left center to cut the lead to three, 6-3. The Orange and Black put two more runners on with a pair of walks, but the Warriors couldn't get another run in.
 
HIGHLIGHTS:
GAME 1
Watson had the lone hit while her and Plezbert each had an RBI…five different Warriors scored a run…The Warriors drew seven walks and left seven runners on base

GAME 2
Watson again led the team with two hits, while Simper and Dembinski also had a hit…Watson scored once and drove in a pair while Alexis Irvine and Dembinski also scored…Simper fell to 4-5, allowing six runs, four earned, on five hits, three walks and a strikeout in 5.2 innings…Alexis Vargo pitched well in relief, allowing just two hits with a strikeout in one scoreless inning
 
UP NEXT: The Warriors will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. to face Concordia (Mich.) on Sunday, Apr. 19 with first pitch of the doubleheader scheduled for 11 a.m. in hopes of avoiding the rain.
 
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Softball Contact: Zachary Shore | 260.422.5561 x. 2492 | zrshore@indianatech.edu
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