Softball Recap: Mars Hill Bible Panthers vs. Waterloo Cougars
Mars Hill Bible fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Waterloo on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Waterloo Cougars by a score of 2-1. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Mars Hill Bible in their matchups with Waterloo: they've now lost three in a row.
Olivia Stegall was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, she tossed 7.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off ten hits. Stegall was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Molly Wright made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played.
Like Mars Hill Bible, Waterloo also got a great game from a two-way player: Addie Pollard. She tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. Pollard was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Pollard wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Caroline Lambert, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Mars Hill Bible's loss dropped their record down to 13-15. As for Waterloo, they pushed their record up to 24-5-1 with that victory, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season.
Mars Hill Bible does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Waterloo, they will head out on the road to square off against Wilson at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Waterloo: 2.8, Wilson: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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