Softball Ends Season With 6-0 Win Over Ursuline 6-0 Before Dropping Tough 8-7 Contest To Tiffin

OVERVIEW – URSULINE/TIFFIN (G-MAC TOURNAMENT)

SCORES: #6 Northwood Timberwolves 6, #3 Ursuline Arrows 0 | #1 Tiffin Dragons 8, Northwood 7

RECORDS: Northwood 23-22 | Ursuline 20-26 | Tiffin 34-13

LOCATION: Akron, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood softball sees its season come to an end after going 1-1 on day two of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament, defeating Ursuline 6-0 before dropping a tough 8-7 contest to Tiffin Thursday (April 30).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS - URSULINE

• Northwood got the scoring going in the bottom of the second inning on a two-run single by Brinley Eckerman.
• Eckerman earned a third RBI in the game on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth.
• In the fifth inning, Gage Lambert made the score 4-0 on an RBI single.
• Chloe Cooper rounded out the scoring with a two-run double in the fifth that the score 6-0.
• Kamden Binney earned the shutout in the circle with a strong performance, allowing just three singles and no walks in seven innings. She struck out four in her 14th win of the season.

GAME STATS - URSULINE

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 6/14/1, Ursuline: 0/3/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 9, Ursuline: 5
• Winning Pitcher – Binney (14-8): 7 IP, 3 H, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Olivia Franko (4-10): 4 1/3 IP, 11 H, 6 R, BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS - URSULINE

• Cooper: 3-3, 2B, R, 2 RBIs
• Lambert: 3-4, 2 R, RBI
• Eckerman: 1-3, 3 RBIs
• Jenna Kowalski: 3-4
• Ella Wagner: 1-1, R

GAME HIGHLIGHTS - TIFFIN

• Tiffin got off to a fast start in the game, using a pair of bases loaded walks and a two-out, two-run single to go up 4-0 after one.
• The Dragons scored another run in the bottom of the fourth to lead 5-0.
• Northwood stormed back in the top of the fifth, starting with a bases loaded walk to Kowalski.
• Ashlyn Lundquist followed with a two-run single to get within two at 5-3.
• Delaney Belding came through with a clutch two-out, pinch-hit single that plated a pair and tied the score 5-5.
• Tiffin came right back with two runs in the bottom of the inning to lead 7-5 heading to the sixth.
• The Timberwolves came right back with a run in the sixth on an RBI double for Lundquist to get Northwood within one at 7-6.
• Trailing by one in the final inning, Delanie Gale came through with a historic double in the clutch to tie the score. That was her 19th double of the season, tying the program record for doubles in a season with Grace Dutoi (2019).
• Tiffin came back one more time, earning the walk-off win on an error to give the Dragons the dramatic victory.
• Misses opportunities cost Northwood in the game, as the Timberwolves left 12 runners on base in the contest.

GAME STATS – TIFFIN

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 7/13/1, Ursuline: 8/10/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 12, Ursuline: 6
• Winning Pitcher – Ella Esterby (17-9): 5 IP, 10, 7 R, 3 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Binney (14-9): 1 1/3 IP, 5 H, 5 R (4 ER), 3 BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS - TIFFIN

• Lundquist: 2-3, 2B, R, 3 RBIs
• Eckerman: 3-5, 2 R
• Gale, 2-4, 2B, R, RBI
• Ziel: 2-5, 2B, 2 R
• Belding: 2 RBIs
• Dalaney Gage: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 5 K