ROCHESTER, Minn. - Grinnell College's softball team gave perennial power Luther College all it could handle before the Norse hung on for a 5-2 win Sunday afternoon at the Rochester Dome.
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Grinnell fell behind 5-1 before scoring a run in the bottom of the seventh. The Pioneers had the bases loaded when the game ended.
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Grinnell (1-3) managed six hits in the game, including two from Jasmine Oda '25.
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The Norse scored one run in the first, second and fifth innings to build a 3-0 lead. The Pioneers got on the board in the bottom of the fifth when Oda scored on an error.
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After Luther picked up two more runs in the sixth, the Pioneers made one last push in the seventh. Taylor Durak '24 led off with a double and pinch runner Alexa Okada '24 went to third when Oda belted a ground-rule double.
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Okada scored and Oda moved to third on a groundout before Kyra Killion's '24 infield single put runners on the corners. After a fielder's choice, Amanda Ramirez '23 hit a single to left to load the bases, but the runners were stranded.
Maddy O'Bryan '24 was the pitcher of record for Grinnell.
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Earlier in the day, the Pioneers lost 8-0 in six innings to St. Catherine University. The winners scored in just two frames, tallying three runs in the fourth inning and five in the sixth.
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Grinnell managed three hits in the game, with Samantha Chu '24 getting two of those. Kathryn Vermeulen '24, Grinnell's starting pitcher, struck out one batter.
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Grinnell is off until its spring break trip to Florida in three weeks.
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