March 19, 2005
Softball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cards Score Twice in the 7th Inning for a 5-4 win

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - The Saginaw Valley State softball team escaped the weather and travelled to Lewis University for a four-game invitational this weekend and started the trip with a come-from-behind 5-4 win over St. Francis (IL). The Cards trailed 4-3 going into the bottom of the seventh when Monica Sims (Millbury, Ohio) singled to right field to begin the inning. After a wild pitch advanced Sims to second, senior Katie Albert (Waterford, Mich./Kettering) followed with a single to left field sending Sims to third with no outs. Jamie Seaman (St. Clair Shores, Mich.) singled to left with the bases loaded after a Lorelea Rice (East Caledon, Ont.) walk and scored Sims to tie the game at 4-4. Tabitha Greenwood (Vassar, Mich.) walked with the bases loaded for the final tally.
     Rice picked up the win on the mound and improved to 3-1. She threw a complete game and allowed two earned runs and five hits with three strikeouts. The Cards took a 2-0 lead after four innings before St. Francis tied the game with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. SVSU went ahead 3-2 with a run in the bottom of the sixth and St. Francis answered with two runs of their own in the top of the seventh.
     Senior Emily Byram (Grand Rapids, Mich./Allendale) went 1-for-3 with two RBI. Senior Nicole Shick (Montrose, Mich.) hit her first homer of the season and was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. SVSU banged out 10 hits in the game as eight out of nine batters hit safely in the lineup.

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Contact: Ryan Thompson (989) 964-4933

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