Softball: Tritons shut out Hillsdale College

The UM-St. Louis softball team picked up a pair of wins as they defeated Hillsdale College in a non-conference doubleheader on April 15. UM-St. Louis shut out Hillsdale in the first game, winning 8-0 and then went on to win the second game 5-2.

Megan Riggs went 5-6 in the two games combined and brought in an RBI, three stolen bases and two runs and a triple.

In the bottom of the first inning, Kruse hit a RBI single up the middle to give UM-St. Louis an early 1-0 lead. The Tritons added to that lead in the second inning when Riggs hit an RBI triple to bring home Dana Essner.

Carly Maddox followed that with an RBI single up the middle to bring home Riggs and give the Tritons a 3-0 lead.

Ja Cee Ellis hit a two-run RBI single up the middle in the fourth inning to add to the Tritons lead. Jennifer Beckmann then helped seal the win for UM- St. Louis when she hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning. The final run of the game came when Jessica Keim hit an RBI single up the middle to give the Tritons the 8-0 lead.

The Tritons improved to 15-18 on the season while Hillsdale dropped to 7-24.

Crystal Koehler picked up her fifth win of the season as she pitched five innings and gave up only three hits. Allyson DeFosset pitched one inning in the game and gave up one hit.

Aimee Genter pitched 3.1 innings for Hillsdale College and was charged with the loss. Genter gave up seven hits and five runs in the game. Jamie Vandenburgh pitched 2.1 innings in the game and gave up three runs on four hits.

In game two, Hillsdale got on the scoreboard in the first inning, but Kelly Essner hit an RBI single to center field to bring home Riggs and tie the game 1-1. The game remained tied until Casey Dierkes hit a solo homerun to give the Tritons a 2-1 lead.

Hillsdale tied the game 2-2 in the fourth inning after Jordan Kellie hit an RBI single to left center field. The Tritons came through in the bottom of the fifth inning and scored three runs to take the lead.

Keim hit a double to bring in two runs then Stephanie Kelly hit a single to the shortstop to bring in the final run of the game.

Amanda Seib pitched 3.2 innings for the Tritons and gave up two runs on four hits in the game. Seib struck out three batters and walked three. DeFosset picked up her 10th win of the season as she pitched 3.1 innings in the game and gave up no hits while striking out eight batters out of the 11 she faced.

Jamie Vandenburgh picked up the loss for Hillsdale as she pitched five innings and gave up five runs on eight hits.