ROSEMONT, Ill. – Parkland College Softball (1-0) won its first game of the season, defeating Triton College (0-1) by the scores of 4-2. The game was played in the Dome at the Parkway Bank Sports Complex.
The score was tied at 2 until
Isabel Shafer singled in the winning run in the top of the sixth. The Cobras were up, 17-3, after 3 innings of a second game, but it was called due to time limitations.
"It was a nice start and a good night to get the first-game jitters out of the way. It had been 361 days since our last games," reflected Co-Head Coach
Dan Paulson. "We are very proud, overall, of the performance, but for us, it is more about the process and seeing where our weaknesses are. But it was great to finally play!"
Up next, the Cobras will travel to Pekin, Ill., to play a doubleheader against Frontier CC in the Avanti's Dome. Gametimes are 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm.
Game 1: Parkland 4, Triton 2 (7 innings)
Parkland scored 2 runs in the first, one on a squeeze bunt from cleanup hitter
Summer Johnson (2-3, 2 RBI) allowing
Reagan Cheely (1-3, 2 runs) to score from third. Triton scored 2 of their own in 4
th, setting up some late-game heroics from the same pair. In the top of the 6
th, with 2 outs, Cheely doubled, setting up Johnson, who singled in the winning run on a ground ball to center field.
Johnson and
Isabel Shafer (2-4, 1 RBI) led to Cobras to a total of six hits.
Chayse Ramey got the win for Parkland. The righty went seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits and striking out seven.
Game 2: Parkland 17, Triton 3 (3 innings-unofficial)
The Parkland bats were hot from the start in game two, as lead-off hitter
Anna Walker (3-4, 4 RBI) sent a shot off a 2-0 pitch over the 230' fence in right center. The Cobras never looked back, racking up 15 hits in 3 innings of play.
Madison Vogel (2-2, 5 RBI) was most effective with runners in scoring position, driving in runs with a walk, a double, and a single.
Reagan Cheely (3-3, 3 RBI) joined Walker with 3 hits apiece, and
Lizzy Davis (2-3, 1 RBI) and
Lauren Kavanagh (2-2, 1 RBI) joined Vogel with two.
Defensively, the Cobras turned two double-plays and had no errors.
Josie Birch allowed one hit and zero runs over two innings.
Emily Senjan threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.
