The Monmouth College softball team split a double header at home against Augustana on Friday, April 21, 2023. The Scots (10-18) dropped game one 12-1 in five innings before winning
MONMOUTH, ILL. (04/25/2023) The Monmouth College softball team dropped both games of a double header against first-place Illinois College on Tuesday. The Scots (12-20, 4-6) fell 3-0 and 4-1 to the Lady Blues (21-10, 14-0) The first game was scoreless until IC scored in the third against Lizzie Durfee (Arlington, Washington). The Scots picked up singles from Madelyn Belville (Rushville, Illinois) and Vanessa Wright (Villa Grove, Illinois) to start the fourth. But they left runners on second and third with a bunt groundout and a line out. The Lady Blues added on with another two-out run in the sixth and made it 3-0 with a double in the seventh. Durfee (3-9) took the loss despite a complete game effort. She gave up two earned runs on eight hits while walking one and striking out four. GAME TWO Both teams left runners in scoring position early in game two. Monmouth fell behind 1-0 on consecutive doubles in the fourth inning against Abby Leber (Tremont, Illinois). They added two more in the
The Monmouth College softball team split a Midwest Conference doubleheader on Friday at Ripon. The Scots (7-13, 1-3) lost the opener 583 and won the nightcap 5-0.
MONMOUTH, ILL. (04/02/2023) The Monmouth College softball team split a non-conference home double header against Fontbonne University on Saturday. The Scots (6-12) lost the opener 5-3 and won the nightcap 3-1. In the opener, Monmouth left runners on in the first two innings and Fontbonne took the lead in the third against starter Lizzie Durfee (Arlington, Washington). A single, a walk and an error loaded the bases with one out. With two down, a dropped flyball scored three runs and a dropped pop up scored a fourth to give the visitors a 4-0 lead. In the bottom of the third, Addison Narlock (Antioch, Illinois) was hit by a pitch and she was out at second as Lillian Hucke (Aledo, Illinois) reached on a fielders' choice. Calista Warmowski (Spring Grove, Illinois) doubled to center to get the Scots on the board. MyKenzie Kloess (Dupo, Illinois) singled and stole second. Abby Winstead (Morton, Illinois) singled home Warmowski and an error scored Winstead to cut the deficit to 4-3. Neit
MONMOUTH, ILL. (03/06/2023) The Monmouth College softball team started their Florida trip on Monday with two games, beating Otterbein University 3-1 and falling to Gordon College 4-1. In the opener against Otterbein, the Scots scored in the top of the first. Lillian Hucke (Aledo, Illinois) singled and was forced out at second with MyKenzie Kloess (Dupo, Illinois) running at first. Vanessa Wright (Villa Grove, Illinois) singled to left and Madelyn Belville (Rushville, Illinois) singled to left as Kloess scored. In the second inning, Olivia Riddley (Chatham, Illinois) led off with a walk and Kayleigh Cobb (Pawnee, Illinois) doubled to the wall in left. Kendall Lewis (Cambridge, Illinois) walked to load the bases and the Cardinals changed pitchers. With one out, Hucke drew a walk and Cobb scored for a 2-0 Monmouth lead. Kloess drew a walk to force home Lewis and the Scots led 3-0 before Otterbein got out of the inning. Abby Leber (Tremont, Illinois) pitched around a pair of singles in the