Ravens Come Back to Sweep Defiance on Senior Day

Anderson University Softball team (9-27, 4-14) came from behind in Game 2 to sweep Defiance College (13-23, 8-9) in a HCAC doubleheader by scores of 10-2 and 10-6 on Sunday in Anderson. 

GAME 1: ANDERSON 10, DEFIANCE 2 (F/6)

• The Ravens outhit the Yellow Jackets 12-6
• Anderson scored 7 runs in the fifth and sixth innings combined
• Molly Buck - 3-3, 1 Run, 3 RBIs, 1 2B, 1 HR
• Maddie Tuttle - 2-2, 2 Runs, 2 RBIs, 1 BB
• Belle Blickenstaff - 2-4, 1 Run, 1 RBI
• Brianna Fellers - 1-2, 1 Run
• Braelynn Hattendorf - 1-3, 1 Run, 2 RBIs
• Maddie Schoenradt - 1-3, 1 Run, 1 BB
• Ashley Wheeler - 1-3, 1 Run
• Brook Reaves - 1-3, 1 Run
• Saige Fellers - 1 Run
• M.J. Harper - Win (2-2), 6 IP (CG), 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K

GAME 2: ANDERSON 10, DEFIANCE 6

• Both teams had 13 hits throughout the game
• The Ravens went down 5-1 and scored 9 of the final 10 runs
• Maddie Schoenradt - 3-3, 1 Run, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF, 2 SBs
• M.J. Harper - 1-1, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Molly Buck - 2-3, 2 Runs, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Ashley Wheeler - 2-4, 1 Run, 3 RBIs, 1 2B
• Kylie Coleman - 1-2, 1 Run, 1 BB
• Madison Smith - 1-3, 1 RBI
• Brook Reaves - 1-4, 1 Run, 1 RBI
• Belle Blickenstaff - 1-4, 1 Run
• Braelynn Hattendorf (Hitting) - 1-4, 1 Run
• Alexis Bertram - 1 Run
• Saige Fellers - 1 Run
• Kinzie Byrd - 2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB
• Braelynn Hattendorf (Pitching) - Win (3-6), 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB

COACH TONY HOLLOWAY'S COMMENTS

• These were the two best games that we've played all year. Everyone got to play and everyone contributed.
• We've been very fortunate this year. We have five seniors. Three of them will be coming back for another year of eligibility. Molly Buck is graduating early and Alexis Bean will go on. It's been a good ride. It's been kind of a bumpy ride with COVID and everything like that, but I'm hoping that maybe after what we've seen [on Sunday] that we're going in the right direction.

SENIOR COMMENTS

• Molly Buck – I'm really glad [Sunday] was Senior Day. I think we all played very well. We really played as a team. Overall it was a great day.
• Ashley Wheeler – It was overall a really great day. We finally played as a team and played really well together. It all came together and it was really awesome. It was a great way to end the season.
• Alexis Bean – We really played as a team. It was the same team we had in Kentucky that we were playing for each other, with each other and we didn't let off the gas. To me, it makes me really happy that we went out that way.
• Brook Reaves – [Sunday] was a great way to go out. We swept, so that was a good feeling. I felt like all of the girls' energy was amazing. Even when we got down, we battled back. It really felt like the team was playing for [the seniors]. The love and support from the coaching staff and the fans was really appreciated.
• Katelynn Campbell – I can't thank my team enough. They supported me through and through, all day long, all season long and [Sunday], I feel like the team really pulled together and pulled through to put together two wins and get the sweep on Senior Day. It was much appreciated.