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Buchanan Hamilton

Bucks

Hawkeyes

The Hamilton (MI) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Buchanan (MI) by a score of 9-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Buchanan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Hamilton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

Final score provided by E. Klingenberg.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Buchanan (25-26)

Buchanan has not entered stats for this game.

Hamilton (25-26)

Hamilton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.310	32	29	3	9	3	1
2	Kelsey Mersman (Sr)	.667	4	3	1	2	2	1
5	Bella Goetsch (So)	.750	4	4		3	1
7	Aliyah Pitsch (Fr)	.500	3	2		1
11	Braelyn DeHorn (Fr)	.333	3	3		1
14	Kendall Cornell (So)	.333	3	3		1
15	B. Petroelje (Jr)	.333	4	3	1	1
17	M. Luckadoo (Sr)		4	4
22	Lexi Mersman (So)		3	3
23	Julia Brown (Jr)		4	4	1

Hamilton

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	2	1	.375	.345	.720
2	Kelsey Mersman (Sr)	1			.750	1.000	1.750
5	Bella Goetsch (So)				.750	.750	1.500
7	Aliyah Pitsch (Fr)			1	.667	.500	1.167
11	Braelyn DeHorn (Fr)				.333	.333	.666
14	Kendall Cornell (So)		1		.333	.333	.666
15	B. Petroelje (Jr)	1			.500	.333	.833
22	Lexi Mersman (So)		1		.000	.000	.000

Hamilton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP	GS
	Team Totals	9.00	1	.000	2	1
2	Kelsey Mersman (Sr)	9.33			1
5	Bella Goetsch (So)	8.75	1	.000	1	1

Hamilton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	Team Totals	7	12	9	9	4	3
2	Kelsey Mersman (Sr)	3	6	4	4	2	1
5	Bella Goetsch (So)	4	6	5	5	2	2

Hamilton

#	Athlete Name	OBP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	3.400	1	134
2	Kelsey Mersman (Sr)	4.000		58
5	Bella Goetsch (So)	3.000	1	76

Game Story

Michigan High School Softball - Buchanan bounces Hamilton

May 14, 2026: Hamilton, MI 49419

The crowd at Thursday's non-league bout between the Buchanan Bucks (Buchanan, MI) and the host Hamilton Hawkeyes (Hamilton, MI), observed Buchanan's softball team get by Hamilton by a tally of 9-3.

The Bucks (11-5) will now prepare for their bout against Hamilton (Hamilton, MI). The Hawkeyes go into the non-league bout with a 17-8 record. In their last bout, Hamilton tipped Holland (Holland, MI), 18-0, in a league bout.

In their next game, the Hawkeyes clash with the Buchanan Bucks (Buchanan, MI) in a non-league bout, on Thursday, May 14. Hamilton will attempt to advance on its 18-10 season record.

Players of the Game

Buchanan (25-26)

Buchanan has not selected any Players of the Game.

Hamilton (25-26)

Congratulations to #2 Kelsey Mersman for being selected the Hamilton Softball Player of the Game.

Buchanan @ Hamilton Softball Game Info

Thu., May. 14, 2026 @ 4:15p

Game 1

The Hamilton (MI) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Buchanan (MI) by a score of 9-3.

Rankings & Records

Buchanan (25-26)

MI	Class
128	25

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
16-8	3-2	6-5	10-1	0-2	.667	.600	211	104

Hamilton (25-26)

MI	Class
116	41

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
26-12	8-4	13-4	12-7	1-1	.684	.667	387	177

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Buchanan	2.5	1.7	2.2	2.2	1.7	.1	1.0	1.0	8.8	10.8	1.1
Hamilton	1.5	2.7	1.2	.5	1.4	1.2	.3	0	10.2	9.3	1.2

Head-to-Head

Buchanan won last month

5/14 @ 4:15p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Buchanan - - - - - - - 9 - -
Hamilton - - - - - - - 3 - -

The Buchanan (MI) varsity softball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Hamilton (MI) by a score of 9-3.
Box score
Buchanan won last month

5/14 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Buchanan - - - - - - - 10 - -
Hamilton - - - - - - - 7 - -

The Buchanan (MI) varsity softball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Hamilton (MI) by a score of 10-7.
Box score

5/14 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Buchanan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Hamilton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Buchanan		Hamilton
-	Batting Average	.401
-	On Base Percentage	.481
-	Slugging Percentage	.572
-	Fielding Percentage	.000
-	Win Loss Percentage	.676

Team Leaders

Buchanan		Hamilton	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#9 Ashlyn Oliver.500	.287
-	On Base Percentage	#4 Roxy DeVries.625	.406
-	Slugging Percentage	#11 Braelyn DeHorn.777	.395
-	Fielding Percentage	#11 Braelyn DeHorn0	.828
-	Win Loss Percentage	#23 Julia Brown.750	.556

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Buchanan	3-1		Hamilton	6-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/7/26	Bridgman	Buchanan	(W) 6-3	3/24/26	Bridgman	Hamilton	(W) 7-1
4/7/26	Bridgman	Buchanan		3/24/26	Bridgman	Hamilton	(W) 16-1
6/4/26	Buchanan	Bridgman
4/22/26	Portage Northern	Buchanan		5/15/26	Hamilton	Portage Northern	(W) 7-3
5/27/26	Portage Northern	Buchanan	(L) 5-3	5/15/26	Hamilton	Portage Northern	(W) 13-7
5/27/26	Portage Northern	Buchanan	(W) 2-1
5/18/26	Buchanan	Zeeland West		4/28/26	Hamilton	Zeeland West	(L) 11-2
				4/28/26	Hamilton	Zeeland West	(L) 8-4
5/30/26	Buchanan	River Valley	(W) 12-2	4/17/26	River Valley	Hamilton	(W) 11-1
				4/17/26	River Valley	Hamilton	(W) 17-6

Record Breakdown

Buchanan (25-26)		Hamilton (25-26)
16-8	Overall	26-12
3-2	League	8-4
13-4	Non-League	15-7
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
3-1	Common Opponent	6-2
6-5	Home	13-4
10-1	Away	12-7
0-2	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
14-7	In-State	26-12
2-1	Out-of-State	0-0