April 22, 2007
Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
Grand Valley State concluded the home portion of its schedule with a sweep over Saginaw Valley State on Sunday afternoon. The Lakers shutout the Cardinals, 8-0 in game one and 14-0 in game two. GVSU will travel to Gannon on Friday, April 27 at 3:00 p.m. and Mercyhurst on Saturday, April 28 at noon for two GLIAC doubleheaders.
Grand Valley started off game one by posting three runs in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, sophomore short stop Nichole Woityra singled and then moved to second base as junior second baseman Kristin Moleski. Woityra scored as senior first baseman Crista Buresh singled. The runners moved up to second and third base on a ground out and then both scored on a single by junior center field Lisa Preuss.
The Lakers added two more runs in the third innning to go ahead, 5-0. Moleski singled to center field to start the inning and scored as Buresh doubled to center field. Junior designated player Elizabeth Smith singled and advanced to second base on the throw. Junior catcher Katie Kring singled to scored Buresh.
The Lakers completed the shutout by recording three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Junior right fielder Sarah Holland singled and moved to third base on an error by the center fielder. She scored as Woityra came up to the plate and singled to left field. Moleski hit a home run to score the final two Laker runs of the inning.
Grand Valley State out hit Saginaw Valley State, 11-3 and the Cardinals recorded three errors in game one. Moleski was a perfect 3-for-3 with thee runs scored and two RBI and Buresh was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI. Woityra was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.
Sophomore Lori Andjelich picked up her 13th win of the season, throwing the three hit shutout. She also tallied four strikeouts.
GVSU continued its offense in game two, posting five runs on five hits and two SVSU errors. Holland started off the game with a ground-rule double and scored on a Moleski single. Buresh singled to score Moleski and Preuss double to score another Laker run. She then scored as freshman catcher Breanne Kronberg reached first base on an error by the left fielder. Kronberg scored the fifth run on a single by sophomore third baseman Becky Rudenga.
GVSU added one more run in the second and two in the third inning. Woityra singled in the second and scored on a Moleski single. Smith doubled to start the third inning. Press hit a double to bring in a run and freshman right fielder Rebecca Plummer singled to scored the second run of the inning.
The Lakers scored six more runs in the fourth inning to close out the 14-0 win. Woityra and Moleski recorded back-to-back singles and Buresh walked to load the bases. Smith singled to bring in two runs and back-to-back Cardinal errors brought in the third run of the inning. Two outs later Holland singled to drive in three more runs.
Grand Valley tallied 16 hits in the game to SVSU's two. The Cardinals also committed five errors, while the Lakers had two. Moleski was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI, wihle Buresh was 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. Preuss went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI and Woityra had two hits and two runs scored. Holland went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI and Smith was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored.
Junior Stephanie Cole (13-3) pitched the two-hitter and struck out six batters in the five innings of action.
The Lakers will take their five-game winning streak to Erie, Pa. as they play at Gannon and Mercyhurst.
