Big innings costly for Storm at Coe
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Simpson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
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Coe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 | 12 | 2 |
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Simpson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
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Coe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | 6 | 5 | 0 |
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Simpson College softball team dropped a road doubleheader at Coe on Saturday. The Storm gave up a late lead in game one and couldn't complete a valiant comeback in game two, falling 6-3 and 10-8.
Kate Kriegel led the Storm (17-12, 2-6 A-R-C) offensively with a .667 batting average and .714 on-base percentage. She tallied four hits, two RBIs, a walk and a run scored, and also maintained a perfect fielding percentage at second base with seven assists and five putouts.
Megan Crockett recorded a .875 slugging percentage, three hits, three RBIs, and three runs scored. Maxie Saceda-Hurt drove in three runs with a double and home run in game two.
The Storm are set to play back-to-back doubleheaders on Monday and Tuesday at home. Simpson is scheduled to make up its game with Nebraska Wesleyan on Monday at 1 p.m. before taking on Buena Vista on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Game 1: Coe 6, Simpson 3
Crockett hit a leadoff homer to open the scoring in the top of the second, and Randie Richmond and Olivia Allen stretched the Storm's lead to three with back-to-back RBIs in the fourth. The Kohawks (16-8, 5-3 A-R-C) then exploded for six runs in the fifth with half of those coming on Madi Parson's go-ahead home run over the centerfield fence.
Six different batters tallied a hit for the Storm, who held a one-hit advantage over Coe. Along with Crockett's long ball, Richmond doubled to give Simpson two extra-base hits.
Game 2: Coe 10, Simpson 8
The Kohawks used another big inning to pull away from the Storm in the nightcap. After back-to-back hits from Saceda-Hurt and Kriegel pulled Simpson within one, Coe made it a seven-run margin with six runs on five hits in the home half of the fourth.
Simpson came charging back in the seventh, loading the bases with no outs before pushing five runs across with a groundout, a two-run double from Crockett and two-run homer by Saceda-Hurt. Junior Abby Stock, who induced a game-ending double play to earn the save in game one, then entered the circle for the home team and shut the Storm down once more with a pair of groundouts.
