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Softball Loses Two One-Run Contests at Rose-Hulman

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Terre Haute, Ind. - The Franklin College softball team lost a pair of one-run games at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Tuesday evening, 2-1 and 4-3, in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) action. The second game went into extra innings.

Rose-Hulman (17-7, 5-3 HCAC) scored a pair of unearned runs in the opener, with a sixth-inning run to break a 1-1 tie.

Sophomore Savannah Blevins (Wilkinson, Ind./Eastern Hancock) tallied three of Franklin's eight hits in the first game. She hit a double in the fourth inning to score junior Katie Struewing (Greenwood, Ind./Greenwood) to tie the contest.

Junior McKensie Vanosdol (North Vernon, Ind./Jennings County) suffered the loss despite striking out five batters and scattering six hits in the circle.

In the second game, Franklin (17-11, 4-6 HCAC) jumped out to a 3-0 lead after three innings. A ground out by sophomore Taylor Johnson (Beech Grove, Ind./Beech Grove) scored senior Jessica Ayers (Frankfort, Ind./Frankfort) in the second inning.

Then, in the third inning, a pair of wild pitches by Rose-Hulman allowed junior Madison Parker (Franklin, Ind./Franklin Community) and freshman Morgan Burch (Clayton, Ind./Cascade) to score runs.

Rose-Hulman scored two runs in the fourth inning, and got a home run in the fifth inning to tie the game, 3-3.

Blevins went 2-for-4 at the plate to lead the Grizzlies' offensive attack. Sophomores Baylea Suiters (Indianapolis, Ind./Lutheran) and Jasmine Hanna (Frankfort, Ind./Clinton Prairie) joined Ayers and Burch in recording one hit.

Franklin returns to action on Saturday, April 18 at 1 p.m. when it travels to Bluffton University for a HCAC doubleheader.

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Players Mentioned

Jessica Ayers

#3 Jessica Ayers

SS
5' 2"
Senior
Savannah Blevins

#22 Savannah Blevins

C/1B
6' 0"
Sophomore
Morgan Burch

#20 Morgan Burch

OF
5' 4"
Freshman
Jasmine Hanna

#16 Jasmine Hanna

P/SS/OF
5' 7"
Sophomore
Taylor Johnson

#24 Taylor Johnson

C
5' 7"
Sophomore
Madison Parker

#33 Madison Parker

C/OF
5' 3"
Junior
Katie Struewing

#25 Katie Struewing

1B/OF
5' 7"
Junior
Baylea Suiters

#23 Baylea Suiters

2B/OF
5' 3"
Sophomore
McKensie Vanosdol

#26 McKensie Vanosdol

P/1B
5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jessica Ayers

#3 Jessica Ayers

5' 2"
Senior
SS
Savannah Blevins

#22 Savannah Blevins

6' 0"
Sophomore
C/1B
Morgan Burch

#20 Morgan Burch

5' 4"
Freshman
OF
Jasmine Hanna

#16 Jasmine Hanna

5' 7"
Sophomore
P/SS/OF
Taylor Johnson

#24 Taylor Johnson

5' 7"
Sophomore
C
Madison Parker

#33 Madison Parker

5' 3"
Junior
C/OF
Katie Struewing

#25 Katie Struewing

5' 7"
Junior
1B/OF
Baylea Suiters

#23 Baylea Suiters

5' 3"
Sophomore
2B/OF
McKensie Vanosdol

#26 McKensie Vanosdol

5' 6"
Junior
P/1B