PNW Softball Drops Doubleheader to Judson Tuesday
The Purdue University Northwest softball team lost a pair of close games to Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference opponent Judson University Tuesday night.
The Pride (10-13-1, 0-2 CCAC) kicked off CCAC play against the Eagles (21-6, 6-0 CCAC), dropping Game 1, 2-1, before falling in the nightcap, 3-2.
Game 1: Judson 2, PNW 1
The Black and Gold were the first to get on the scoreboard in the top of the third inning, thanks to an RBI-single from Holly Pagan (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) which plated Kyleigh Payne (Bourbonnais, Ill./Bishop McNamara) who doubled earlier in the inning.
Judson would even the score in the bottom of the fourth inning, before scoring what would be the game-winning run in the bottom of the fifth to top the Pride, 2-1.
Payne, Pagan and Haley Loden (Crown Point, Ind./Lake Central) each led the Black and gold with two hits apiece, while Hannah Lopez (Granada Hills, Calif./Bishop Alemany) and Samantha Oppenhuis (Munster, Ind./Illiana Christian) recorded one hit each.
Caroline Brown (Minooka, Ill./Minooka Community) pitched a complete game for the Pride, allowing two runs on six hits and striking out three.
Game 2: Judson 3, PNW 2
Both teams would remain scoreless until the top of the sixth inning, when Payne and Pagan connected on back-to-back home runs to put the Pride ahead 2-0.
The Eagles would answer back with a three-run inning in the bottom half of the sixth to take a 3-2 lead, followed by holding the Pride scoreless in the top of the seventh to pull away the 3-2 victory.
Payne and Loden kept up their offense in Game 2, each recording two hits with Pagan, Brown and Allyson Leach (Demotte, Ind./North Newton) each recording one hit.
Pagan pitched a complete game for PNW, allowing just four hits while striking out one.
The Black and Gold return to action Thursday, Mar. 30, when they host Olivet Nazarene in a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. (CT).
Purdue Northwest Completes Final Round of TPC Deere Run Invite Lauren Bailey again led the way for the Purdue University Northwest women’s golf team on the final day of the TPC Deere Run Invitational at the Midwest Collegiate Athletic Championships Tuesday.
Bailey (Wanatah, Ind./Lacrosse), a freshman, shot a second-day 89 to finish with a two-day score of 175. Teammate Meaghan Spalla (Crown Point, Ind./Boone Grove) cut six strokes off her Day 1 score to shoot a 97 Tuesday and finish with a 200 and tied for 84th.
Darian Smith (Muskegon, Mich./Mona Shores) recorded a two-day score of 206 to post the third-best score for the Pride.
Freshman Jenna Gericke (Highland, Ind./Highland) posted a 104 – cutting seven strokes off her Day 1 score – to finish with a 215 and Allison Banasiak (Highland, Ind./Highland) added score of 103 – 12 better than her Day 1 score – to finish with a 218.
In total, PNW shaved six strokes off its Day 1 score to shoot a Tuesday 393 and finish with two-day score of 790, good for 16th place.
PNW returns to action Friday when the Pride travel to Kankakee, Ill., for the Olivet Spring Invite.
TPC Deere Run Invitational at the MW Collegiate Championships
Final Round PURDUE NORTHWEST (397-393--790) – t-45. Lauren Bailey 86-89—175; t-84. Meaghan Spalla 103-97--200; 98. Darian Smith 97-109--206; 102. Jenna Gericke 111-104--215; t-103. Allison Banasiak 115-103--218.
Purdue Northwest Sweeps CCAC Player of the Week Honors The Purdue University Northwest men’s and women’s tennis teams swept the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week awards, with Brooke Foltz and Ulf Grosseloh receiving the honors.
Grosseloh, a 6-foot-1 freshman from Maximilliansau, Germany earned the PNW men's program's first ever Player of the Week honor after propelling the Pride to a big CCAC-opening win over St. Ambrose Saturday, topping the Bees' Bart Van Rooijen at #1 singles, 7-5, 6-3, to hand him his first loss of the year.
Grosseloh improved to 6-1 on the year and the Pride men's tennis team now stands at 8-1 after winning just one match a season ago.
Foltz, a junior from Michigan City, Ind. earned the Black and Gold’s second all-time POW accolade, helping the Pride pick up a 5-4 win over St. Ambrose Saturday on the road by winning her No. 1 singles match in straight sets.
Foltz then teamed up with Stella Evers for a marathon win at No. 1 doubles, winning, 8-8, 7-3. On the year, Foltz is 5-1 in singles and 4-2 in doubles play.
Both Pride teams return to action Wednesday when they host CCAC foe Olivet Nazarene in a double event at Match Point Tennis in Griffith, Ind. Match time is set for 2 p.m. CT.
