The Dordt Defender softball season came to a close on Friday, May 2 in Fremont, Nebraska at the Midland Pod. Dordt survived an elimination game to make it to the pod's championship but fell to Morningside in the second meeting of the two teams in the bracket. Dordt played from in front to down the hosts in the first game of the day, 5-0 and lost a 7-0 decision to the Mustangs.
VS MIDLAND BOX SCORE (PDF)
VS MORNINGSIDE BOX SCORE (PDF)
MIDLAND GAME
Dordt started the scoring right away with
Brooke Rule doubling to start the game and
Chloe Kreuz knocked her in with a sacrifice fly after a
Brooklynn Cox sacrifice moved Rule to third. Another sacrifice bunt advanced Kreuz to second and
Lauren Steenstra walked.
Ashtyn Grissom walked to load the bases and
Kyleigh Reiter delivered a single that scored two runs.
Midland stranded two in the bottom of the inning and Dordt added a fourth run with Rule tripling down the left field line and Rule eventually scored on a sacrifice bunt by Cox.
After a lightning delay the Defenders added a run on a
Julia Bremer single that scored Steenstra and Kreuz kept the Midland offense off balance the rest of the game in recording the 5-0 shutout.
THE NUMBERS
DORDT | 5R | 9H | 0E | 8LOB
MIDLAND | 0R | 4H | 0E | 6LOB
Dordt Leaders
Chloe Kreuz | 7ip | 4h | 0r | 1bb | 1-4 | 1rbi | 1r
Brooke Rule | 3-4 | 1-2b | 1-3b | 2r
Kyleigh Reiter | 2-3 | 2rbi
MORNINGSIDE GAME
Dordt's offense was unable to get on track and lost a 7-0 decision to the Morningside Mustangs in the championship game of the Midland Pod on Friday. The bracket concluded a day later than scheduled due to rain and lightning over the last 72 hours.
Morningside scored one in the first, two in the third and three in the fifth inning.
Dordt's best chance came in the fourth when
Brooklynn Cox reached on an error and
Chloe Kreuz followed with a single. A pair of flyouts ended the threat and kept the score at 3-0. Dordt got another two runners on in the sixth with
Brooke Rule and Kreuz each singling but a ground out and pop out finished the frame.
Kreuz tied the Dordt program single-season hits record.
This is the third straight season the Defenders have won at least 26 games and fifth in a row with at least 21 wins.
THE NUMBERS
DORDT | 0R | 4H | 0E | 6LOB
MORNINGSIDE | 7R | 10H | 2E | 7LOB
Dordt Leaders
Chloe Kreuz | 2-3 | 2-1b
Brynn Torrenga | 1-2 | 1bb
Brooke Rule | 1-3
Bailey Sample | 1 1/3 ip | 1k | 1h | 0r
NEXT
Dordt ends the season with a 26-27 overall record while Morningside will play Northwestern in the GPAC Championship Series on Monday, May 5.
