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Game One Box Score / Game Two Box Score
 
CEDARVILLE, Ohio – The Ursuline College softball team ran into a pair of talented hurlers from Cedarville University on Monday (March 31) afternoon and the Arrows were turned away in both games by the host Yellow Jackets. Cedarville won game one 5-0 before taking the second game by a score of 6-1.

Ursuline is now 8-13 overall and 0-6 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. Cedarville, picked to finish second in the G-MAC preseason poll, improved to 16-9 overall and 3-3 in the conference.

After 21 games away from Pepper Pike to start the year, Ursuline is scheduled to play its next six games at home, starting with Friday's (April 4) doubleheader against Salem International University. The first game will start at 3:00 p.m. and Max Radigan will call the action live on the Ursuline College Sports Network.
 

Game One: Cedarville 5, Ursuline 0
Cedarville scored all five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, two off freshman starting pitcher Brittany Humbel and the other three – only two of which were earned – off rookie Dagmar Smith.

UC mustered four hits off Cedarville starting pitcher Courtnie Spain as she went the distance to pick up her sixth win of the year (6-4). The junior pitcher walked three batters and had six strikeouts in her seven innings of work.

Humbel took the loss and fell to 2-5.
 
Game Two: Cedarville 6, Ursuline 1
The Arrows took an early lead in game two when senior Michele Hare scored in the top of the second. After working a one-out walk, UC's third baseman came around to score on an illegal pitch by CU's Cecelia DeBartolo.

Cedarville came right back to tie the game in the bottom half of the inning. Carlyn Hanzel started the inning by reaching on an error and after retiring the next two hitters, senior pitcher Sarah Maxwell should have been out of the inning. CU's Jessica Palm took advantage of the extra opportunity and singled to center to plate Hanzel and even the score.

The Yellow Jackets added a pair of runs in the fourth to knock Maxwell out of the game after three and one-third innings of work in favor of freshman Brittany Humbel. The game one starter was tagged for three runs in the fifth to make it a 6-1 game and UC couldn't get to DeBartolo to get back in the game.

Cedarville's junior pitcher had control issues and handed out eight walks to go with three hits. She did record 11 strikeouts and limited the damage to just the one earned run.

Maxwell took the loss and fell to 2-4 after allowing three runs, only two of which were earned.