Jaime Smith
Steve Woltmann Photo
0
North Central NCC 0-1, 0-1 CCIW
8
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN 4-3, 2-1 CCIW
North Central NCC
0-1, 0-1 CCIW
0
Final
8
Millikin MILLIKIN
4-3, 2-1 CCIW
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
North Central NCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Millikin MILLIKIN 2 3 0 3 X 8 10 0

W: Armstrong, Aly (3-1) L: Gadomski, Samantha (0-1)

2
North Central NCC 0-2, 0-2 CCIW
3
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN 5-3, 3-1 CCIW
North Central NCC
0-2, 0-2 CCIW
2
Final
3
Millikin MILLIKIN
5-3, 3-1 CCIW
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
North Central NCC 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 2
Millikin MILLIKIN 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 0

W: Sargent, Addison (2-1) L: Adams, Breanna (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Cardinals Fall Twice in Season Opener to Millikin

Contact: Nicholas Osterloo, Sports Information Graduate Assistant, 630-637-5302

DECATUR, Ill. (Mar. 20th, 2021) - In their first games of the season, the North Central College softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader against Millikin University on Saturday afternoon.

The Big Blue jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning as they took advantage of a Cardinals error. Pitcher Samantha Gadomski was able to escape the bottom of the first without an earned run given up.

Following three more Millikin runs in the bottom half of the second inning, Breanna Adams recorded the lone Cardinals' hit in game one. In the end, the Big Blue won 8-0 in five innings to take the first game. Gadomski falls to 0-1 on the year as she gave up six hits in 1.1 innings pitched and five runs (two earned runs). Adams came in relief of Gadomski in the second inning and went on to finish the game for the Cardinals.

In game two, Millikin used a fielder's choice to take a 1-0 lead in the first inning. To start the top of the third inning, Jaime Smith singled through the left side of the field before Katie Del Re moved her over to second base on a sacrifice bunt. Following an Alexa Sherlund ground out which advanced Smith to third base, Emily Miller hit a clutch two-out double to give North Central their first run of the day.

The Big Blue broke up the 1-1 tie in the third inning when Camryn Skundberg hit Rylee Blake home from third base. In the top half of the fifth inning, Smith scored her second run of the game as Talia Torosian grounded out to the shortstop to knot the game at two. Adams then posted six straight shutout innings to bring the game to the 12th inning.

The Cardinals began the top of the 12th inning with back-to-back singles but were unable to capitalize as Millikin would go onto win the game in the bottom half of the inning when Kaylee Glouch reached on a Cardinals error to bring Blake home and secure the win.

Both Miller and Smith tallied three hits each in game two for the Cardinals. Smith also totaled two steals on the afternoon. As a team, they posted ten hits and plated the two runs. Adams suffered the loss as she threw 11.2 innings along with eight strikeouts in the extended contest.

North Central heads down the street to face Benedictine University in a doubleheader on Friday afternoon. You can find live coverage links to those games HERE.

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