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Lady Cougar Softball
Recap
Lady Cougars Close Season with Offensive
Explosion
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director
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PEPPER PIKE, Ohio (4-30-2011) - The Mount
Vernon Nazarene University women's fastpitch
softball team exploded for 32 hits and 22
runs, got two solid pitching performances,
and played great defense as the Lady Cougars
posted an American Mideast Conference
doubleheader sweep at Ursuline College by
the scores of 9-3 and 13-1 to close the
season on Saturday afternoon.
 MVNU
(9-19, 5-9 AMC) set the tone for the day in
the top of the first inning of game one when
junior first baseman Jenn Gulley singled in
a run and sophomore designated player Kaylee
Hewitt (left) pounded a
three-run homer to left center to stake the
Lady Cougars to an early 4-0 lead.
After the host Lady Arrows (6-19, 3-11 AMC)
cut the lead in half with two runs in the
bottom of the second inning, MVNU extended
its lead to 7-2 in the top of the third
inning on a two-run double to right center
by Hewitt and an RBI single by senior
outfielder Liz Misich.
Ursuline scratched across a run in the
bottom of the fourth inning to pull within
7-3, but back-to-back RBI doubles by
sophomore shortstop Melissa Eickholt and
Hewitt in the top of the seventh inning
capped off the 9-3 victory for the Lady
Cougars.
Hewitt paced the offense by going 3-for-4
with two runs scored and a career-high six
RBI, while sophomore third baseman Loren
Thomas also collected three hits and scored
two runs. Misich, Eickholt, and junior
outfielder MacKenzie Shaw each added two
hits apiece.
Junior right-hander Meagan Stott (1-5)
earned the victory on the mound for MVNU as
she scattered five hits, four walks, and
three runs over seven innings with six
strikeouts.
The Lady Cougars showed that the first game
was no fluke when MVNU put a five-spot on
the scoreboard in the top of the second
inning in game two and never looked back.
Shaw had a two-run single in the frame,
while Misich, Gulley, and Thomas also drove
in one run apiece in the inning.
The Lady Cougars extended the lead to 7-0 in
the top of the fourth inning on RBI singles
by Gulley and Eickholt.
 Then,
MVNU put the game away in the top of the
seventh inning with six runs to go in front
13-0. Misich and Shaw each had run-scoring
singles to get the scoring started, Gulley
(right) pounded a two-run
double, and Thomas capped the scoring with a
two-run homer to left field.
Ursuline avoided being shut out in the
bottom of the seventh inning when the first
two batters reached on hits and a run came
in on an RBI ground out to make the final
score 13-1.
Senior lefty Stephanie Burlew (5-9) capped
off her four-year career by throwing a
five-hitter for her eighth complete game of
the season as she allowed just one run while
striking out four in picking up the win on
the mound.
Gulley tied the school record for hits in a
game by going 5-for-5 with four RBI and two
runs scored. Her three doubles were also one
shy of the school mark. Thomas also went
4-for-4 with three RBI, and Shaw was 2-for-4
with three RBI and three runs scored. In
addition, Misich had two hits, two RBI, and
two runs scored in her final collegiate
game.
"While our record has been disappointing
this season, we have such a young group who
lacked much college experience coming into
the year,” said MVNU coach Jeana Howald. "We
pitched, hit, and played excellent defense
today and I was happy for the kids. It was a
good way to finish the season.”
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