COCOA, Fla. – Softball opened up their season in beautiful weather down in the sunshine state of Florida. Cornerstone faced off against two tough teams that have already played more than 10 games. The Golden Eagles dropped the first game 14-3 in five against Ave Maria and 5-3 against undefeated St. Thomas.
Delaney Wilson had a day tallying five hits to lead the Golden Eagles as
Maddy Chatman drove in two runs to lead the way for all hitters. Cornerstone will be right back in action on Monday as they face off against Florida National at 11:30 a.m., Macomb Community College at 4:30 p.m., and Culver-Stockton at 7 p.m.
Game One Highlights – Ave Maria – 14 Cornerstone – 3
- Ave Maria got things started in the scoring column as two hitters in, a run was scored off the bat of Saluter for an RBI triple. She would later score on a passed ball. Four hitters later, a single scored another to give Ave Maria a 3-0 lead after the first inning.
- Cornerstone would respond right away in the second inning. Moriah Sprague started the inning with a walk and advanced to second after the next batter grounded out. Sprague would come home thanks to a hit by Maddy Chatman to make it 3-1 in the top of the second.
- It was a long bottom half of the second inning as Ave Maria would walk the base loaded in the first three batters. Three straight singles later, AMU scored another three runs to make it a 6-1 game. It didn't stop there as they would go on to add five more runs thanks to timely walks and hits.
- Cornerstone was quiet the next few innings as Ave Maria would add on another run in the fourth inning thanks to a homerun off the bat of Michi to make it a 14-2 AMU lead.
- Jolie Groeneveld led off the fifth inning with a hit down the right field line that had the right field lay out for it but would miss as the ball rolled all the way to the wall as Groeneveld would get an inside the park homerun. Cornerstone would not be able to score anymore runs as they would lose the first game 14-3 in five innings.
Game Two Highlights – St. Thomas – 5 Cornerstone - 3
- St. Thomas started off the game with a sharp single and Mckenna Glide got the next two batters out. The next two hitters for St. Thomas get sharp hits to score as they would take an early 2-0 lead after the top of the first.
- Mackenzie Nagelhout got a hit and would score the next batter up as Delaney Wilson would rope a single into center that Nagelhout scored from first on to get the first run on the board for the Golden Eagles.
- It was quiet for both teams the next two-innings as the Groeneveld was thrown out at home trying to score on a ground ball to end the third inning.
- Sydney Tilma gets the bottom of the fourth started with double down the left field line that she would later score on the double from freshman Morgan Jenkins to tie the game 2-2. Maddy Chatman would later hit a nice little dribbler to the pitcher that she beat out as Jenkins would score as Cornerstone would take the 3-2 lead after the fourth.
- St. Thomas would answer with a quick run in the top half of the fifth as a double and a single plated a run. Cornerstone was on the verge of getting out of the fifth with just one run scored as a costly error scored two runs for St. Thomas as they would take the lead 5-3.
- St. Thomas shut down the Cornerstone bats as they would not be able to find any way to tie the game as they would fall to undefeated St. Thomas 5-3
By the Numbers
5 –
Delaney Wilson led the way with five hits for the Golden Eagles
2 – Two hits for freshman
Morgan Jenkins in her debut and two RBI for
Maddy Chatman to lead Cornerstone
1 –
Jolie Groeneveld's first hit of the season was an inside the park homerun for the Golden Eagles first homer.
What's Next?
Softball will be back in action on Monday, March 6 as they take on Florida National at 11:30 a.m., Macomb Community College at 4:30 p.m., and Culver-Stockton at 7 p.m.
Softball Contact: Jesse Campbell
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