The Iowa Lakes Softball team took two losses to #11 Division I Indian Hills Community College. Strong hitting by the Warriors and errors by the Lakers, made the games out of reach for Iowa Lakes. The Lakers dopped game one 10-1 and game two 13-2. The Lakers are now 1-5 on the season and 1-3 in conference play.
Game One: IHCC 10, ILCC 1
The Warriors struck first in the top of the second. They scored two runs on a Laker error and an Indian Hills homerun.
The score remained 2-0 until the Lakers got one back in the bottom of the third. Amanda Franke led off the inning with a single to center. Lexi Chase smashed the first pitch she saw to the right center fence and Franke quickly scampered around the bases to score. The Warriors ended the threat that inning by getting the next three Laker batters out.
Indian Hills mounted a lead in the top of the fourth inning. They led off the inning with a homerun to go up 3-1. That was followed by a single and a Laker error to put two runners on. Chase got the next two batters to fly out and hit into a fielder's choice. The next Indian Hills batter singled to left, but Kiley Hill ended the inning by throwing a Warrior player out at the plate. Indian Hills took a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the fourth.
The Warriors scored another two runs in the top of the fifth on three hits, one walk, and a passed ball. They put up another two runs in the sixth on two hits and two errors and another two runs in the top of the seventh on three hits.
Lexi Chase took the loss for the Lakers. She gave up ten runs, four earned on twelve hits, one walk, and six strikeouts. Lexi Chase, Eliya Johnson, Myah Ehlenfeldt, and Amanda Franke each had a hit in the game.
Game Two: IHCC 13, ILCC 2
The Lakers and Warriors again started the game evenly matched, going three full innings before a run was scored. Indian Hills busted the game wide open in the top of the fourth, scoring six runs. They did this on two hits, one error, four walks, and one hit by pitch. The Warriors added three more runs in the top of the sixth on two hits, two walks, and one error.
Iowa Lakes tried to put something together in the bottom of the sixth. Franke led off the inning taking a pitch and advanced to second on a walk to Chase. Kailey Maksim hit a sacrifice fly to right to advance both runners. Emma Kral then stepped up to the plate and grounded out to short, scoring Franke. Allie McCabe followed with a single to score Chase and the final Laker run of the game.
Indian Hills added four runs in the top of the seventh on five hits and a fielder's choice.
Eliya Johnson took the loss for the Lakers. She pitched three innings, allowing six runs, five earned, on three hits, five walks, one hit by pitch, and struck out three. Lexi Chase pitched two innings, allowing no runs on two hits, and striking out one. Kiley Hill pitched the final two innings, allowing seven runs, four earned, on seven hits and walking two.
The Lakers will travel to Boone, Iowa on Wednesday, March 24th to take on Des Moines Area Community College. Game times are 2:00 and 4:00 PM.
Photo ID: Photo of freshman, Kaitlin Roundy, catching attached.
MEDIA: For more information, please contact Head Softball Coach, Katie King at (712) 362-8367 or the Iowa Lakes sports information office at (712) 362-7928.