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Heaston Homers, Chargers Nearly Pull One Out

Heaston Homers, Chargers Nearly Pull One Out

As the Marian University Ancilla softball continued their long weekend, the Chargers traveled to Glen Oaks Community College Saturday, nearly pulling out a victory in the first game behind a nice pitching performance and some power hitting, but ultimately left with two more losses, 3-1 and 23-0. Below is a look at some highlights from Saturday's action.

Game-1 (L 3-1): The Chargers came out ready to play yesterday afternoon, and Freshman pitcher Samantha Hoffman (1-8) was locked in. She pitched all 6.0 innings, allowing just 4 hits and the 3 runs. Glen Oaks took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 4th inning on a steal of home plate. But in the top of the 5th, Freshman Abigail Heaston stepped to the plate and drove a fly ball out to left. The ball cleared the fence for a home run, and the scored was tied 1-1. But the Vikings responded in the bottom of the inning, knocking in two more runs of their own with two outs, taking the 3-1 lead which stood up as the final score.

Freshman Justice Billingsley hit a pair of singles, while Freshmen Samantha Hoffman and Bella Mahan each had a single of their own, and Freshman Kylee Heard reached base safely on a walk.

Game-2 (L 23-0): The second game of the day was not nearly as kind to the Chargers, as they managed just one baserunner, a single to center by Freshman Alyssa Mulbarger to begin the 4th inning. Meanwhile, the Vikings reached safely via 15 hits, 5 walks, and a couple of MUAC errors. Billingsley (0-5) was credited with the pitching loss.