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Winner Grinnell College GCSB 16-16, 10-3 MWC
2
Cornell College CCSB 8-24, 6-7 MWC
Winner
Grinnell College GCSB
16-16, 10-3 MWC
5
Final
2
Cornell College CCSB
8-24, 6-7 MWC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Grinnell College GCSB 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 8 1
Cornell College CCSB 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 2

W: Vermeulen, Kathryn (10-6) L: Alyssa Pearson (5-12)

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Winner Grinnell College GCSB 17-16, 11-3 MWC
5
Cornell College CCSB 8-24, 6-8 MWC
Winner
Grinnell College GCSB
17-16, 11-3 MWC
10
Final
5
Cornell College CCSB
8-24, 6-8 MWC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Grinnell College GCSB 1 0 3 2 0 1 3 10 14 0
Cornell College CCSB 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 10 2

W: O'Bryan, Maddy (5-7) L: Alyssa Pearson (5-13)

Softball

Game Recap: Softball | | Ted Schultz

Grinnell softball team punches ticket to postseason play with twin bill sweep at Cornell

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa - For the third time since 2018, the Grinnell College softball team is postseason bound.
 
The Pioneers punched their ticket to the Midwest Conference Tournament Saturday with a 5-2 victory over Cornell College in the opening game of a doubleheader.
 
Grinnell didn't rest on its laurels, though, and took the second game 10-5.
 
Kathryn Vermeulen '24 scattered eight hits in the opener while fanning three batters in a complete-game effort. Samantha Chu '24 and Taylor Durak '24 paced the offense with two hits apiece.
 
Grinnell took a lead it would never relinquish with two runs in the third inning on an RBI single by Chu and run-scoring double from Durak. Mary Webb '23 walked with the bases loaded to make it 3-0 in the fifth.
 
After Cornell cut the lead to 3-1, Amanda Ramirez '23 had a sacrifice fly in the sixth and Emma Nelson '23 an RBI single in the seventh.
 
Ramirez, Alexa Okada '24 and Chu each had three hits in the second game for Grinnell (17-16, 11-3 MWC). Chu's RBI double in the first made it 1-0 before Cornell (8-24, 6-8 MWC) tied it in the bottom of the inning.
 
The Pioneers added three runs in the third as Webb pushed across two runs with a double and Nelson plated one with another double. In the fourth, Chu was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Durak hit an RBI single to make it 6-1.
 
Cornell closed the gap to 6-4 before the Pioneers added some insurance. Chu hit an RBI double in the sixth, while Okada added a two-run triple in the seventh and later scored on a wild pitch.
 
Maddy O'Bryan '24 was the winning pitcher, giving up eight hits in six innings while striking out two.

Fittingly, Grinnell's defense ended the game via a double play in the bottom of the seventh inning that involved Ramirez, who now owns the school record for DPs turned in a season with 11.
 
Grinnell closes MWC play Sunday with a home doubleheader against Illinois College. Action begins at 1 p.m.
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