The Forester softball team split a doubleheader at Elmhurst
College on Friday, winning the opener 8-0 in five innings before
falling 7-2 in game two. Lake Forest is now 8-4 and the Bluejays
3-3 on the season.
The first inning was the only scoreless frame for the Foresters in
game one. Senior Mallory
Norton (Chicago, Ill./Resurrection) led off the second with a
base hit, advanced to second on a passed ball, and scored on a
one-out single by freshman Nikki Miller
(Starkville, Miss./Starkville Academy).
Lake Forest broke the game open with three runs in the third.
Freshman Jordan
Ratliff (Petersburg, Mich./Summerfield) walked to lead off the
inning and, after a sacrifice bunt, sophomore Leslie
Harshey (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) singled and stole second
base. Senior Tracy Rainey
(Roselle, Ill./Lake Park) reached on an error but was still
credited with a run batted in, the school record 116th of her
career. Norton singled in Harshey and scored on a double by
sophomore Danielle
Gore (Arlington Heights, Ill./Hersey).
Three more Forester runs scored in the fourth. Senior Sam
Pinsonneault (Manchester, N.H./New Hampton) walked to lead off
the inning and freshman Megan
Harkins (Homewood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) followed with a
base hit. A sacrifice bunt moved up the runners and Rainey singled
in Pinsonneault and advanced to second on the throw. Norton
followed with an RBI-groundout and Rainey scored the final run of
the inning on a wild pitch.
Harkins had a bunt single with two outs in the fifth inning. She
then stole second and scored the final run of the contest on a base
hit by Harshey.
Harkins, Harshey, Norton, and Miller each had two of the Foresters'
10 hits in the game. Rainey and Norton drove in two runs apiece and
Harkins, Norton, and Pinsonneault scored twice each.
Ratliff held Elmhurst scoreless for all five innings for her first
career shutout. She did not allow a base hit until surrendering a
pair of fifth-inning singles.
Ratliff also started game two and allowed three hits in two more
scoreless innings of work. She is now 4-0 with a 1.30 earned run
average on the season.
The Foresters took the early lead with a pair of runs in the top of
the second inning. Gore singled with one out, stole second, and
advanced to third on an illegal pitch. Miller then walked and stole
second. A two-out single by senior Jill Pfund
(Morenci, Mich./Morenci) scored both runners.
The Bluejays turned a two-run deficit into a three-run lead with
five unearned runs in the bottom of the third inning. The home team
also plated two (one earned) in the fifth.
Lake Forest was scheduled to play its home opener against Wheaton
College tomorrow afternoon but the game was postponed due to
impending bad weather. The team's next scheduled doubleheader is
Carthage College at 1:00 next Saturday afternoon (March 27).
May 13, 2010
Megan Harkins Named Forester Athlete of the Week
April 29, 2010
Jordan Ratliff Repeats as Forester Athlete of the Week
April 25, 2010
Foresters Sweep Grinnell to Finish 12-1 in Conference Play
April 22, 2010
Jordan Ratliff Named Forester Athlete of the Week
April 17, 2010
Lake Forest Wins 7-1 and 5-2 at Illinois College
April 15, 2010
Tracy Rainey Named Forester Athlete of the Week
April 14, 2010
Foresters Fall Twice to Visiting Wheaton College
March 30, 2010
Jordan Ratliff Named Midwest Conference Pitcher of the Week
March 30, 2010
Lake Forest Wins the Opener, Ties Game Two at Chicago
March 18, 2010
Mallory Norton Named Forester Athlete of the Week
March 10, 2010
Lake Forest Splits Two More Games in Florida on Wednesday
