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Jolie Groeneveld
9
Concordia (MI) CONCORDI 24-23
10
Winner Cornerstone CORNERST 14-17-1
Concordia (MI) CONCORDI
24-23
9
Final
10
Cornerstone CORNERST
14-17-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Concordia (MI) CONCORDI 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 1 9 14 1
Cornerstone CORNERST 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 2 10 18 3

W: Braam, Alyssa (4-6) L: C. Kane (1-3)

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Concordia (MI) CONCORDI 24-24
10
Winner Cornerstone CORNERST 15-17-1
Concordia (MI) CONCORDI
24-24
3
Final
10
Cornerstone CORNERST
15-17-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Concordia (MI) CONCORDI 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
Cornerstone CORNERST 2 2 0 0 6 0 X 10 10 3

W: Meade, Mikayla (5-4) L: H. Duchene (13-8)

Game Recap: Softball | | @n_jcamp

Softball puts up 10 spots in sweep of Concordia

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.  – The Golden Eagle offense came alive in a much-needed double-header sweep of Concordia behind seven hits from Jolie Groeneveld, winning 10-9 in extra innings and 10-3. The wins end a four-game skid and move Cornerstone to 15-17-1, 10-10 WHAC on the year, tied for sixth in the conference standings with two games to play. CU will host Lourdes on Friday starting at 3 p.m. for senior day to end the regular season. 
 
Game One: Cornerstone – 10 Concordia – 9 (in 8) 
  • The sacrifice bunt put the Cardinals on top in the first as a Payton Lewis bunt scored Shannon McAlinden to give them a 1-0 lead off starter Kaitlin Johnson in game one. 
  • Jolie Groeneveld singled to lead off the bottom of the inning and tied the game with a run scored on a Sydney Carr ground out. 
  • Cornerstone erupted for four more runs to take the lead in the bottom of the second, highlighted by a pair of RBI triples from Allisen Martz and Mackenzie Nagelhout that made it 5-1. 
  • Shannon McAlinden got a run back on an RBI single for Concordia in the top of the fourth with an RBI single. 
  • Two more runs scored in the fifth that made it a one run game. CU looked to get out of the inning, but a two-out error by CU in center field prolonged the inning and allowed Concordia to score three more runs and retake the lead 7-5. 
  • Concordia responded with an outfield error of their own that allowed Molly Poole to score and brought Cornerstone within one, 7-6 in the bottom of the fifth. 
  • Alyssa Braam came in and pitched the top of the sixth for CU and recorded the first and only 1-2-3 inning of the first game. 
  • Cornerstone tied the game with another small ball run in the bottom of the sixth as Mackenzie Nagelhout scored on a sacrifice bunt from Delaney Wilson. 
  • The back-and-fourth then continued as another CU error allowed Concordia to go back on top by a run in the top of the seventh 8-7. 
  • A redemption RBI double kept Cornerstone alive as Mackenzie Nagelhout redeemed her error with a hit that scored Bailey Anson, tied the game, and forced extra innings at 8-8. 
  • Concordia scored a run on an RBI bunt single from Payton Lewis as they went on top 9-8 in the top of the eighth. 
  • Cassidy Kane looked to secure the victory for CUAA, but Molly Poole hit a one out solo home run, the first of her career to tie the game at nine. 
  • A single and two walks loaded the bases with two outs and Jolie Groeneveld singled to score the pinch-hitter Moriah Sprague, giving Cornerstone the 10-9 game one victory. 
 
Game Two: Cornerstone – 10 Concordia - 3
  • Cornerstone kept the offense going in game two as Jolie Groeneveld and Mackenzie Nagelhout each got on and came around to score on a ground out and a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0 after one. 
  • Jolie Groeneveld continued to crush the ball with a two RBI to dead center field to put CU on top 4-0 in the second. 
  • After two strong innings from Alyssa Braam who started game two, two more Cornerstone errors allowed CUAA to get back within a run with a three-run top of the third.
  • Mikayla Meade entered and dominated in the circle for the Golden Eagles in the last four innings allowing just three hits and no runs. 
  • Concordia struggled to find the strike zone in the fifth walking the bases loaded with two outs. Jolie Groeneveld took advantage with a bases loaded triple to put CU on top 7-3. 
  • Mackenzie Nagelhout, Sydney Carr, and Delaney Wilson all had RBI hits with two outs in the inning as well to push the lead to 10-3 and total six runs in the inning. 
  • Mikayla Meade walked a couple runners late, but Concordia had no answer as Cornerstone went on to win game two 10-3. 
 
By the Numbers:
7/5/1 – Jolie Groeneveld did a little of everything in today's double-header with seven hits, seven RBI, five runs scored, a home run, and a triple. 
1 – Molly Poole hit her first career home run in game one to tie the game at nine. 
4.0/0 – Mikayla Meade responded to pitch four scoreless innings in game two to secure the victory and move to 5-4. 
 
What's Next?
Softball plays their final home games of the year with senior day on Friday vs. Lourdes. Games start at 3 p.m. Cornerstone will also have dinner at De Witt on Friday from 4:30-6 p.m. with hamburgers and hot dogs available for students/staff/faculty with a scan of their ID card. 
 
Softball Contact: Jesse Campbell
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