Softball Taken Down by the Statesmen

Lamoni, Iowa – The Graceland University Softball team took on the William Penn University Statesmen. The Yellowjackets were defeated by the Statesmen in game one with a final score of 7-3 and, in game two, 8-4.

Season Record: Graceland 19-21; 5-15 | William Penn 15-25; 7-11

Final Score Game 1: Graceland 3 | William Penn 7
The Scoring – Game 1
B1 – The Yellowjackets would get on the board first to add one on a Taylor Beane double to left field to score Charlee Peters (GU: 1 | WP: 0)
B3 – Two Yellowjackets runs would score on a Jayda Gay single down the left field line; Grace Francis and Ries Wilson score (GU: 3 | WP: 0)
T4 – The Statesmen would add five runs from a two-run home run and a three-run homerun (GU: 3 | WP: 5)
T5 – A two-run William Penn homerun would cap the game scoring (GU: 3 | WP: 7)

Game 1 Individual Leaders
Allison Rebling (L, 9-6) went into the mound for 4.1 innings, facing 21 batters and had five strikeouts. Bre Small entered the game for 0.2 innings. Abigail Rapp closed the game on the mound in 2.0 innings, allowing no hits and no runs, with four strikeouts and one walk; she faced seven batters.
The Yellowjackets had six hits, led by Ries Wilson (2)
Hits produced; 2B: Paige Cooper, Ries Wilson, Taylor Beane | RBI: Taylor Beane, Jayda Gay (2)
Sac: Charlee Peters, Morina Goodman

Final Score Game 2: Graceland 4 | William Penn 8
The Scoring – Game 2
B1 – Paige Cooper would score on a Grace Francis ground out (GU: 1 | WP: 0)
T3 – Statesmen would add four runs from a three-run home run and a solo homerun (GU: 1 | WP: 4)
B3 – Taylor Beane singled through the left side to push Charlee Peters across the home plate (GU: 2 | WP: 4)
B5 – Graceland would add two runs from a Ries Wilson drilled homerun over the center field. Marissa Buckallew hit a grounder to third base to score Taylor Beane (GU: 4 | WP: 4)
T8 – The Statesmen would cap their scoring by adding four runs (GU: 4 | WP: 8)

Game 2 Individual Leaders
Samantha Bradshaw (L, 7-7) would step to the mound for the full game (8.0 innings), face 38 batters, have five strikeouts, and walk two.
The Yellowjackets had eight hits, led by Jayda Gay (3)
Hits produced; 2B: Charlee Peters (2) | HR: Ries Wilson | RBI: Ries Wilson, Grace Francis, Taylor Beane, Marissa Buckallew | Sac: Paige Cooper
Stolen Bases; Jayda Gay

Up Next:
The Softball team will return to their home field on Saturday, April 23, when they take on the Culver-Stockton College Wildcats. Game one is set for 1:00 pm.

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