Softball Recap: Michigan Lutheran Seminary Drops Highest Score of Season Against Montrose

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Michigan Lutheran Seminary). Everything went their way against the Montrose Rams on Tuesday as they made off with a 24-6 win. The Cardinals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 18 games by six runs or more this season.

Ally Coffey made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 14 consecutive appearances. She was even better at the plate, getting on base in five of her six plate appearances with three runs, two RBI, and one double.

In other batting news, Michigan Lutheran Seminary got a massive performance out of Ana Graves, who went 1-for-4 with four runs and two RBI. Those four runs gave Graves a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Makayla Roth, who got on base in four of her five plate appearances with two runs, two RBI, and one double.

Michigan Lutheran Seminary is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 25-9 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Montrose, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-13.

Coming up, Michigan Lutheran Seminary will welcome Kingston at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Michigan Lutheran Seminary's pitchers better be ready for this one: Kingston has averaged an impressive 7.6 runs per game this season. As for Montrose, they will venture away from home to square off against Durand at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Railroaders have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.87 runs per game on average), something the Rams will no doubt try to take advantage of.