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Cornerstone University Golden Eagles
Sierra Sanchez
13
Winner Cornerstone CS 2-1
5
Lourdes LOURDES 0-3
Winner
Cornerstone CS
2-1
13
Final
5
Lourdes LOURDES
0-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Cornerstone CS 1 0 4 0 5 0 3 13 14 4
Lourdes LOURDES 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 8 6

W: Johnson, Kaitlin (1-1) L: Milena Applegate (0-1)

7
Winner Cornerstone CS 3-1
5
Lourdes LOURDES 0-4
Winner
Cornerstone CS
3-1
7
Final
5
Lourdes LOURDES
0-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Cornerstone CS 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 7 7 0
Lourdes LOURDES 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 17 1

W: Meade, Mikayla (1-0) L: Jenna Harris (0-2) S: Johnson, Kaitlin (1)

Game Recap: Softball | | @n_jcamp

Offense powers Softball to pair of road wins at Lourdes

SYLVANIA, Ohio – Cornerstone continued the hot start to the season, winning a pair of games at Lourdes in a non-conference double-header scoring a total of 20 runs in 14 innings. CU won game one 13-5 and followed that with a 7-5 game two victory to improve to 3-1 on the year. Sierra Sanchez hit a three-run home run that secured the game two victory to highlight the high-powered offense. Cornerstone will return home to take on Bethel University of Indiana for a double-header on Tuesday, March 9 starting at 3:30 p.m. 

Game One: Cornerstone – 13 Lourdes - 5
  • A pair of Lourdes errors helped Cornerstone get on the board first in the top of the first as Kaitlin Johnson singled to score Alessa Baldwin-Buchner and give CU the 1-0 edge. 
  • Lourdes immediately responded in the bottom of the first, as Cornerstone committed three errors in the inning allowing two Gray Wolves to score, giving them the 2-1 lead. 
  • In the second inning, Lourdes added two more runs on a sacrifice bunt and a double steal to increase their lead to 4-1. 
  • In the third, Cornerstone erupted for four runs to regain the lead. Alicia Ontiveros got it started with an RBI single, followed by a fielder's choice and Lourdes error that scored Molly Poole, and then a pair of RBI singles from Sierra Sanchez and Alessa Baldwin-Buchner. 
  • In the fourth, Lourdes tied the game back up with an RBI double from Kayla Gauthier to make it 5-5. 
  • Cornerstone then doubled the score line in the fifth to pull away. McKenzie Butgereit got things started with an RBI single. Two more runs then scored on a Lourdes wild pitch and error. Kaitlin Johnson then tripled to score a run, and Morgan Murat singled to bring home Kaitlin Johnson and make the score 10-5. 
  • Kaitlin Johnson continued to stay hot at the plate, adding to the scoring with a two RBI double to left center in the seventh to bring the lead to 12-5. 
  • Mikayla Meade hit an RBI single for the final run of the game as Kaitlin Johnson closed things out on the mound to secure the 13-5 game one victory. 
 
Game Two: Cornerstone – 7 Lourdes - 5
  • Game two started off with a bang as Sierra Sanchez walked to open things and later scored as McKenzie Butgereit doubled to right field. 
  • Lourdes quickly tied things as Alyssa Ziegler scored on a fielder's choice in the bottom of the first to make it 1-1. 
  • Alexis Nowowiecki later singled in the inning for the Gray Wolves to give LU the 2-1 lead as Hailey Cramer came around to score. 
  • Cornerstone responded to take the lead in the third inning with three runs, highlighted by a pair of RBI singles from Sierra Sanchez and Kaitlin Johnson to making it 4-2.
  • In the bottom of the third, McKenzie Butgereit made a great save to keep the ball in the infield but it did not prevent Lourdes from scoring as they got one run back on a single to bring the CU lead to just one at 4-3. 
  • Lourdes was able to regain the lead in the bottom of the fifth scoring on back-to-back RBI singles to make it 5-4. 
  • Cornerstone refused to go down lightly however as Sierra Sanchez became the hero, hitting a three-run bomb to right field that scored Kailin Hurrle and Molly Poole to make it 7-5. 
  • Mikayla Meade had been in relief, but was subbed out for Kaitlin Johnson who was able to avoid a walk and strikeout the side to record the save and give Cornerstone the 7-5 game two victory. 

By the Numbers
.500/3.50 – Kaitlin Johnson is doing it all as she is hitting .500 so far this year and has a 3.50 ERA with 10 innings pitched. 
6 – Sierra Sanchez has a team best six RBI on the year after five today. 
20/21 – Cornerstone scored 20 runs on 21 hits today making each hit a productive one. 
 
What's Next?
Cornerstone hosts Bethel of Indiana on Tuesday, March 9 for a double-header starting at 3:30 p.m.  
 
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