The Dordt Defenders closed the GPAC softball regular season on Saturday, April 26 with a sweep at Forest City, Iowa against Waldorf to climb to .500 in the GPAC and earn a spot in the postseason tournament in the process. Dordt won game one 10-0 and earned a 9-0 win in game two.
BOX SCORE GAME 1 (PDF)
BOX SCORE GAME 2 (PDF)
GAME ONE
Dordt took the lead right away with an unearned run in the first and
Brooke Rule homerun for two runs in the second for a 3-0 lead. A five-run fourth followed and was highlighted by a
Chloe Kreuz two-run single and a two-run double by
Ashtyn Grissom.
Dordt extended the lead to 10-0 on a
Megan Dickerson grounder that was misplayed allowing
Molly Zylstra to score.
While Dordt was scoring 10 runs on 11 hits Kreuz was limiting Waldorf to two hits and three base runners.
THE NUMBERS
Dordt | 10r | 11h | 1e | 7lob
Waldorf | 0r | 2h | 5e | 3lob
Dordt Leaders
Brooke Rule | 3-3 | 3r | 3h | 2rbi | hr
Annabelle Hensley | 2-4 | 2b
Peyton Whipple | 1-2 | 2r
Chloe Kreuz | 5ip | 0r | 2h | 8k | 1bb
GAME TWO
Dordt picked up where it left off in game two with six-run second inning setting the tone.
Ashtyn Grissom singled in a run to start the scoring and
Brooke Rule's single scored two runs.
Brooklynn Cox followed with a two-run double and
Chloe Kreuz ended the scoring in the frame with a single that got Cox across.
Kacie Karsak singled in
Lauren Steenstra in the fifth inning after Dordt went scoreless in the third and fourth. Rule then doubled and knocked in two runs for a 9-0 lead that held up as Waldorf got a runner as far as second before the final two outs were retired in the fifth.
Alexa Kopaska and the Dordt defense held Waldorf to three hits and didn't commit an error while securing Dordt's 22
nd win of the season and evened their GPAC record at 11-11. Dordt will be the sixth seed in the post-season tournament and will go to Midland on Wednesday, April 30 to start one of two, four-team double-elimination brackets with the championship series scheduled for Saturday, May 3.
THE NUMBERS
Dordt | 9r | 12h | 0e | 5lob
Waldorf | 0r | 3h | 2e | 4lob
Dordt Leaders
Alexa Kopaska | 5ip | 0r | 1bb | 4k
Brooke Rule | 3-4 | 1r | rbi | 2b
Chloe Kreuz | 2-3 |
Brynn Torrenga | 2-3 | 2r |
Lauren Steenstra | 1-3 | 2r | 2b
NEXT
Dordt has qualified for the GPAC post season tournament and official pairings will be announced late Saturday, April 26.
