Softball 2/24/2013 4:30:00 PM Tyler Madsen, Truman Athletics

Softball Drops Two on Sunday

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ROCHESTER, Minn. - - The Truman softball team dropped two games on Sunday at the MIAA/NSIC Crossover, falling 12-4 in five innings to Winona (Minn.) State in the opener before coming up on the short end of a 1-0 pitchers' duel in the finale against Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.).

Kelsey Bollman (Maquoketa, Iowa, Maquoketa) and Kristin Grossman (Glen Ellyn, Ill., Glenbard South) registered two hits apiece in the opener against WSU, but after the Bulldogs took an early 2-0 lead, the Warriors (4-0) responded with four in the first and three more in the second to take a 7-2 lead. Truman would get two back in the top of the fifth before WSU capitalized on a Bulldog miscue to score five unearned runs in the home-half, ending the game by run-rule. Kindra Henze (Palmyra, Mo., Palmyra) and Kirsten Krause (St. Louis, Mo., Parkway North) each pitched 2.1 innings, combining to strike out seven.

Then, in the finale, five Bulldogs held CSP (5-5) to just two hits, but a first-inning run would prove to be the difference in a 1-0 Golden Bear victory. Hannah Washburn (Keokuk, Iowa, Keokuk) struck out eight CSP hitters and sat down the final 16 batters, but a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the first was the difference maker. Grossman added her third hit of the day as one of five Bulldogs to register base-knocks, as Truman stranded eight runners.

The Bulldogs, now 7-3 overall on the season, return to action next weekend at the MSSU Zenner-Mathis Invitational, starting on Friday, March 2 at 2:00 pm against Sioux Falls (S.D.).

Saturday Evening Recap
Hours after the Truman softball team suffered its first loss of the 2013 season, freshman Kindra Henze and senior Kirsten Krause combined for the program's eighth no-hitter since 1999 to pick up a day one split at the MIAA/NSIC Crossover.

Henze struck out 10 of the 12 batters she faced, including the first five to start the game, while Krause added another strikeout in the fifth as Truman cruised to an 8-0 abbreviated 5-inning win against Sioux Falls (S.D.). The Bulldog win capped the day with a victory after the purple and white came on the short end of an 8-6 loss to Upper Iowa in the opener.

On the day, Kristin Grossman, Cate Simon (O'Fallon, Mo., Fort Zumwalt South), Andrea Klipsch (St. Louis, Mo., Lindbergh) and Kelsey Bollman each tallied four hits, with Grossman recording nine total bases with a pair of doubles and a round-tripper. The 'Dogs hit .424 as a team, going 25-for-59 with eight extra base hits.

The Bulldogs return to action with two games on Sunday, taking on Winona (Minn.) State at noon before facing Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) at 2:00 pm.

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