Central Michigan University Athletics
Central Michigan University
Syracuse
Errors Prove Costly to CMU Softball Team
2/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
ROSEMONT, Ill. - Sloppy defense cost the Central Michigan softball team in both of its games Saturday at the season-opening Loyola/UIC Invitational.
Chippewa errors led to the winning run in both games as CMU fell to Syracuse, 3-2; and to Western Illinois, 1-0. The Chippewas (0-3) are scheduled to play co-host Illinois-Chicago on Sunday.
Syracuse used a one-out fielder's choice, a wild pitch and a CMU error to push across an unearned run in the top of the seventh inning, breaking a 2-2 tie.
Trista Cox hit her second home run of the season, a two-run blast in the sixth inning, to pull Central Michigan into a 2-2 tie.
CarolAnn Sexauer finished with two hits, while Chelsea DeLamielleure, Kristen Kuhlman and Lacy Tolfree had one each.
CMU pitcher Rachael Knapp allowed five hits, walked five and struck out nine in taking the loss.
The Chippewas suffered a similar fate against Western Illinois when the Leathernecks used a fielder's choice, a stolen base and two errors to push across the game's only run in the fifth inning.
For CMU, Kristen Goodall doubled, while Sara Hansen, DeLamielleure and Maison Kalina each singled. CMU stranded at least one runner in each of their final four at-bats, and they left two runners in scoring position in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Freshman Hanna Warren took the loss. She allowed four hits, walked three and struck out five.
