Softball takes down HCAC foe Franklin to end regular season

The Defiance softball team took down HCAC foe Franklin on Friday afternoon to finish the regular season. The won Game 1, 7-0, and won a tightly contested battle in Game 2, 2-1.

The Basics

• Records: Defiance (21-13, 10-6), Franklin (20-17, 10-6)
• Location: Franklin, Ind. - Behrens Field
• Attendance: 50

Game 1

Inside The Numbers

• Senior Taylor Biggs started on the mound and pitched the entire game to earn the shutout win. She allowed no runs with seven hits and struckout four batters.
• Freshman Destiny Coil led the Yellow Jackets at the plate with two hits and two RBIs.
• Senior Hali Geraci added two hits during the game.
• Junior Marissa Roberts, sophomore Brooke Silcox, junior Josilyn Guzman, senior Sophie Moller each recorded one hit and one RBI.
• Freshman Amber Krause chipped in one hit.
• Sydney Pitts pitched all seven innings for Franklin and allowed seven runs off nine hits.
• Makayla Plymale led the Grizzlies with two hits.

The Difference

• The Yellow Jackets started the scoring in the second inning off a wild pitch to make it 1-0.
• Defiance scored three runs in the fifth to make it 4-0 off RBI hits from Coil and Guzman.
• The Yellow Jackets increased their lead in the sixth scoring two runs in the sixth to make the score, 6-0.
• Moller tallied an RBI single to add one last run for Defiance in the seventh inning to seal the win 7-0.

Game 2

Inside The Numbers

• Sophomore Riley Alcorn pitched the first 5.2 innings for the Yellow Jackets to earn the win on the mound. She allowed one run off five hits and notched four strikeouts.
• Freshman Anika Craft came in for relief and pitched the last 1.1 innings to earn her first career save.
• Moller and Krause led Defiance with one hit and one RBI at the plate.
• Senior Kalin Hubble and Coil each added one hit during the contest.
• Stephanie Kleber started in the circle for the Grizzlies and pitched all seven innings. She allowed two runs off four hits.
• Molly Wallace led Franklin with two hits.

The Difference

• The Yellow Jackets grabbed their two runs in the second inning off RBI doubles from Moller and Krause to take an early 2-0 lead.
• Franklin scored their first run in the third inning to make it 2-1.

Up Next

• The Yellow Jackets will play in the 2022 HCAC Softball Tournament next week. Opponent, place, and time are still yet to be determined.