CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. – The (RV) Trevecca Nazarene University softball team (39-11, 21-3 Great Midwest) began the final weekend of the regular season with a sweep of Thomas More University (14-34, 8-16 Great Midwest) at the Thomas More Softball Field on Friday afternoon.
The Trojans' 11 game winning streak was snapped in game two of the Findlay series despite having won 19 of their last 20 and 23 of their last 25 games.
The Trojans completed their 16-game home season by going an impressive 15-1. Only three of the 16 games at the Trevecca Softball Complex were decided by a single run of which the Trojans took two.
TNU and TMU have never met in softball. This is the first year in the G-MAC for the Saints.
HOW IT HAPPENED
GM 1: TNU 7, TMU 2
The Trojans quickly jumped on the board in the first inning with a three-run frame. Trevecca got a pair of runs before recording an out as Ashlan Sensing doubled in the opening run while Annabelle Ellis hit a single to center to score another. Sensing later came home off a fielder's choice. Trevecca added four more runs in the fourth off a two-run single up the middle off the bat of Malone Thrift and a Kendall Andrews two-run home run. Thomas More got a home run of its own in the bottom of the fourth and one more run in the sixth but could not put any other dents in the Trevecca defense.
CIRCLE AND BOX NOTES
* Anna Bennett was 2-4 with a run scored.
* Malone Thrift went 2-3 with two RBIs and a run scored.
* Kendall Andrews was 1-3 with a walk, two runs scored and two RBIs.
* Ashlan Sensing improved to 20-6 with another complete game performance.
* Sensing pitched seven innings while throwing eight strikeouts allowing one run and three hits.
GM 2: TNU 9, TMU 1 – F/6
With two on and one out in the first, the Saints struck first off of a sacrifice fly. The Trojans responded with a run in the second after Annabelle Ellis led the frame off with a double. She scored off Sydney McCormick's groundout to tie the game at 1-1. The next time McCormick stood in to bat, she drove in another run, this time off a double to right center field in the fourth. That RBI went on to be the winning run as the Trojans added three more for good measure in the fifth inning. A two-run single off the bat of Kyleigh Burgett helped the cause while Gracie Kirby reaching via a fielder's choice scored another for Trevecca.
CIRCLE AND BOX NOTES
* Annabelle Ellis was 3-4 with an RBI, and three runs scored.
* Sydney McCormick was also 3-4 with four RBIs and a run scored.
* Kyleigh Burgett went 2-2 with two RBIs and a run scored.
* Halle Grace Patton (11-3) started and went six innings collecting four strikeouts in the win.
NEXT ON THE DIAMOND
The Trojans finish out the regular season with a doubleheader against longtime Great Midwest rivals Cedarville University (20-27, 13-9 Great Midwest) on Saturday, April 27 at 11 a.m.
Trevecca owns a 29-7 record versus CU, the longest rival for the Trojans in the NCAA Division II era. The series has grown closer recently after the Trojans won 21 of the first 22 meetings. In 2017 and 2018, the Yellowjackets turned the series in their favor, winning five of seven meetings. Trevecca has won six of the last seven.
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