Storm softball drops two on Senior Day

INDIANOLA, Iowa - The Simpson softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Coe on a Saturday afternoon where the Storm honored four graduating seniors in their final homestand of the regular season.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

• Simpson and Coe began locked into a pitcher's dual as the game was scoreless through the first four innings.
• The Storm had a runner reach scoring position in each of the first four innings, but was unable to find the clutch hit to drive in the early run.
• Coe claimed the first lead of the game after loading the bases on a hit-by-pitch and back-to-back bunt singles with nobody out. Emma LaFave worked three straight ground balls, but two runs scored as Coe opened up a 2-0 lead.
• Ashlyn Steen led off the fifth with a single, and moved to third on a stolen base and throwing error to set up Alexis Ehlers, who drove in the first run of the day on a sacrifice fly to left.
• A double from Mackenzie James in the seventh scored Megan Heidelbauer to tie up the game in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings.
• The two sides went back and forth before Coe finally managed to break through in the 10th inning with a six-run frame.
• The Storm mounted a comeback attempt, picking up three runs and bringing the tying run to the plate before falling 8-5 in extras.

GAME ONE LEADERS

Emma LaFave - 9 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
Megan Heidelbauer - 3-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 R
Caelynn Obleton - 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 BB

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

• Simpson opened up the first lead of the game, scoring one in the first on a Mackenzie James' RBI single through the left side, scoring Alexis Ehlers.
• The Storm added to the lead in the third with an RBI single from Ehlers, plating Ashlyn Steen to make it a 2-0 ballgame.
• Coe rallied back in the fourth, scoring all four of its runs on the day to take a 4-2 advantage.
• James and the Storm added one more in the fifth to cut the lead in half but were unable to capitalize on a bases-loaded nobody-out situation in the six, falling to Coe 4-3.

GAME TWO LEADERS

Mackenzie James - 3-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Alexis Ehlers - 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R
Marina Cronin - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

UP NEXT
Simpson hits the road for one final doubleheader in the regular season, traveling to Cornell on Sunday, May 4 for a 1 p.m. start time.