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Softball Spencer Kowatch, Sports Infomation Graduate Assistant

Blazers fall twice to Dickinson

Box Score FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College softball team lost both games to the Dickinson Red Devils 4-0 and 7-5.   
 
Inside the Circle  
  • Jordan Long (Middletown, Md./Middletown) tossed seven innings for the Blazers in the opener. The junior allowed four runs on eight hits, and no walks. She struck out four. 
  • In the second game, Rebecca Gottleib (Linthicum, Md./North County) was the first of three pitchers. She allowed one run on four hits in three innings. Rachel Benden (Gaithersburg, Md./Damascus) allowed four runs in the fourth. Lindsay Wilson (Pasadena, Md./Annapolis Area Christian School) finished the game with three innings of relief. She allowed a pair of unearned runs on three hits and a walk, taking the loss.   
At the Plate 
  • Alyssa Walters (New Oxford, Pa./New Oxford) went 3-for-6 on the day with a double and two singles. The sophomore crossed home and added a walk. 
  • Chloe Saunders (Middletown, Md./Middletown) doubled and drove in two.  
  • In the second game, Jordan Long (Middletown, Md./Middletown) went 2-for-3 and scored two runs.   
  • Gottleib doubled in both games. 
Dickinson 4, Hood 0 
  • The Red Devils scored first in the second inning when Emily Whelan hit a solo home run to left field.   
  • In the fourth inning, Paige Hahn hit a lead-off double for Dickinson and scored on a Whelan sacrifice fly to center for the second run for the Red Devils.   
  • Dickinson increased its lead by two with a two-out RBI double to center field knocking in Devon Kueny Jane Lloyd. 
  • The Blazers could not get anything going offensively, only mustering four hits and drawing two walks against Lindsay Kucker and Riley Kuehn. 
  • Kucker went five innings for the win. 
  • Kuehn pitched a perfect sixth and seventh for the save. 
Dickinson 7, Hood 5 
  • In the bottom of the first, Jocelyn Pfleiger (Quakertown, Pa./Dock Mennonite Academy) was able to draw a walk and double to left field by Gottleib advanced Pfleiger to third. The Blazers scored their first run of the day when Pfleiger scored on a throwing error by Dickinson. 
  • In the second inning, Hahn hit a leadoff home run to right field to tie the game at 1-1 After Hahn homered to tie the game in the second, the Blazers reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the inning.  
  • Long singled to start the inning and Gabby Carton (Middletown, N.J./Middletown North) followed with a walk. After Colleen Blasko (Bowie, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) bunted them into scoring position, an RBI groundout by Saunders made it 2-1. 
  • Eden Blanker led off the fifth with a homer to give the Red Devils a 5-2 advantage.   
  • A two-out rally in the bottom of the sixth inning tied it for the Blazers. Walters led off the frame with a double and Long was hit by a pitch. It appeared Dickinson may escape the inning but a two-out double by Chloe Saunders (Middletown, Md./Middletown) kept the inning going, driving in Walters. A bobbled throw at the first base and a dropped fly ball allowed Long and Saunders to score, tying things at 5-5.   
  • In the top of the seventh, Hahn reached on an error, which proved to be the difference. With the score still tied and two outs, Jessie Sandusky ripped a two-run double for the go-ahead runs, knocking in Blanker and Kaylie Renner.  
For the Red Devils 
  • Sandusky tallied three RBIs and scored three times and two hits in the second game for the Red Devils. 
  • Blanker was 4-for-7 on the day with three RBIs and a solo home run. 
  • Hahn was 3-for-7 with a solo home run. 
  • Kuney was 3-for-8 on the day with a double, one RBI, and a stolen base. 
  • In game two Kuehn pitched four innings allowing five hits and two earned runs. Renner came into relief pitching three innings and allowed two hits and one earned run.  
Notes 
  • Hood drops to 1-3 season. 
  • Dickinson improves to 3-1.  
Up Next 
The Blazers play host to Eastern Mennonite University for a non-conference doubleheader on Thursday, March 9 at 2 p.m. 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Rachel Benden

#4 Rachel Benden

P / UT
5' 5"
Senior
R/R
Colleen Blasko

#3 Colleen Blasko

C / OF
5' 4"
Senior
R/R
Rebecca Gottleib

#67 Rebecca Gottleib

P / OF
5' 6"
Sophomore
R/R
Jordan Long

#41 Jordan Long

P / 2B
5' 6"
Junior
R/R
Jocelyn Pfleiger

#25 Jocelyn Pfleiger

1B
5' 9"
Sophomore
R/R
Alyssa Walters

#5 Alyssa Walters

SS / OF
5' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
Lindsay Wilson

#9 Lindsay Wilson

1B
5' 7"
Senior
L/L
Gabby Carton

#17 Gabby Carton

1B / 3B
5' 5"
First Year
S/R
Chloe Saunders

#00 Chloe Saunders

C / IF
5' 3"
First Year
R/R

Players Mentioned

Rachel Benden

#4 Rachel Benden

5' 5"
Senior
R/R
P / UT
Colleen Blasko

#3 Colleen Blasko

5' 4"
Senior
R/R
C / OF
Rebecca Gottleib

#67 Rebecca Gottleib

5' 6"
Sophomore
R/R
P / OF
Jordan Long

#41 Jordan Long

5' 6"
Junior
R/R
P / 2B
Jocelyn Pfleiger

#25 Jocelyn Pfleiger

5' 9"
Sophomore
R/R
1B
Alyssa Walters

#5 Alyssa Walters

5' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
SS / OF
Lindsay Wilson

#9 Lindsay Wilson

5' 7"
Senior
L/L
1B
Gabby Carton

#17 Gabby Carton

5' 5"
First Year
S/R
1B / 3B
Chloe Saunders

#00 Chloe Saunders

5' 3"
First Year
R/R
C / IF