TUCSON, ARIZONA – After starting off their season with a 6-3 record, the Ancilla softball team dropped two games on their final day of their spring trip, losing two games by the eight run rule.
In the first game, Ancilla lost to Douglas College 17-1 in five innings. Douglas scored in every inning including a five run second and eight run fifth.
The second game was a game of comebacks for the Chargers. North Central Missouri scored four in the top of the first, but Ancilla came back with three of their own in the bottom of the third NCM answered with five runs in the top of the fourth. The Chargers came back within two, trailing 9-7 after scoring four in the bottom of the fifth, but that is all they would score in the game. NCM put up a seven run inning in the sixth and held Ancilla in the bottom of the inning to preserve the 16-7 victory. Brooke Stout finished the game with three hits, while Brittany Probasco and Allena McElfresh both finished with two. Probasco led the team with three RBI, while Abbey Renner contributed two RBI.
“We played one of the toughest schedules we have ever played on a spring trip and came away with a 5-5 record on the trip,” said Ancilla coach Scott Reese. “This is definitely a disappointing way to end the trip, but we have a long season ahead of us. We have to focus on the positives. We had two sweeps in both of the double headers that we played in and went 3-5 against NJCAA Division I competition.”
Ancilla (6-5) returns home to begin their Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) Western Conference schedule onThursday, March 26 at Lake Michigan College. They have their first home games in conference on Friday and Saturday, starting at 3:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. respectively.
