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Photo by: Jasper Warner '25 - @jasperwarnermedia
Team 47 Completes Sweep Over Kent State
4/12/2025 5:50:00 PM | Softball
The Chippewas recorded three straight 10+ hit games as they defeated Kent State for the series sweep on Saturday afternoon.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Two more games at Margo Jonker Stadium, two more wins for Central Michigan Softball.
CMU defeated Kent State 4-3 and 12-4 (5) to complete the series sweep over the Golden Flashes. The Chippewas advance to 19-18 overall and 11-4 in MAC play, as Kent State falls to 7-31 and 0-14 in the conference.
In the first game, Central Michigan retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning via an RBI double from Carly Sleeman.
The Chippewas trailed in the first inning after Kent State scored with an RBI single but answered back to tie it when Maddison Diekman singled up the middle to score Grace Koenig in the second inning. Two more runs scored with a single from Sleeman and a double from Allyssa Hollo, 3-1 Chippewas after two complete.
Kent State tied the game in the top of the sixth inning with a run scored via wild pitch and a sacrifice fly.
The double in the bottom of that inning would seal the deal, and let CMU take the victory in game one.
Brooklyn Compau made her 14th start of the season for the Chippewas and lasted 5.1 innings before Cierra Laska entered in relief.
Laska earned the win, the second of her career as a relief pitcher for the Chippewas.
Central Michigan recorded 10 hits in the game, but the key was timing as they left nine runners on base.
In game two, the CMU bats continued to be hot, but this time in the right moments.
The Chippewas charted 12 hits in the series finale, and every batter in the lineup charted a hit. Grace Koenig, Carly Sleeman and Rachel Cairo recorded two hits each in the game, and London Williams sent a ball 60 feet over the left field fence for her 9th career home run in her freshman season.
Kent State again struck first in the top of the first inning with a sacrifice fly, but a two-run home run from Sleeman in the bottom half of the inning gave CMU the lead.
The Golden Flashes scored two more in the top of the second, and that would be it for the game.
An eight run inning in the third inning boosted CMU heavily into the lead.
The scoring started with the Williams solo home run. Keira Tolmie hit a sacrifice fly to score Allyssa Hollo, which tied the game at four.
Rachel Cairo singled up the middle to score Tori Briggs and Grace Koenig, as CMU took the 6-4 lead.
Two more runs came across with a single from Sleeman to score Diekman and Cairo.
Allyssa Hollo hit her 12th double of the season, and the Chippewas capped off the inning with a 10-4 lead.
Rachel Cairo recorded a double in the fourth to score Tolmie, and a wild pitch on ball four to Sleeman scored Ashley Bila who pinch ran for Cairo.
Central Michigan has now charted 10 or more hits in fourteen game this season, and have hit 34 home runs as a team.
The Chippewas next travel to Toledo, Ohio to take on the Rockets in a mid-week double header on Tuesday, April 15th.
For the latest news and updates on CMU Softball, follow the team on X (@cmusoftball) and Instagram (@cmichsoftball).
CMU defeated Kent State 4-3 and 12-4 (5) to complete the series sweep over the Golden Flashes. The Chippewas advance to 19-18 overall and 11-4 in MAC play, as Kent State falls to 7-31 and 0-14 in the conference.
In the first game, Central Michigan retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning via an RBI double from Carly Sleeman.
The Chippewas trailed in the first inning after Kent State scored with an RBI single but answered back to tie it when Maddison Diekman singled up the middle to score Grace Koenig in the second inning. Two more runs scored with a single from Sleeman and a double from Allyssa Hollo, 3-1 Chippewas after two complete.
Kent State tied the game in the top of the sixth inning with a run scored via wild pitch and a sacrifice fly.
The double in the bottom of that inning would seal the deal, and let CMU take the victory in game one.
Brooklyn Compau made her 14th start of the season for the Chippewas and lasted 5.1 innings before Cierra Laska entered in relief.
Laska earned the win, the second of her career as a relief pitcher for the Chippewas.
Central Michigan recorded 10 hits in the game, but the key was timing as they left nine runners on base.
In game two, the CMU bats continued to be hot, but this time in the right moments.
The Chippewas charted 12 hits in the series finale, and every batter in the lineup charted a hit. Grace Koenig, Carly Sleeman and Rachel Cairo recorded two hits each in the game, and London Williams sent a ball 60 feet over the left field fence for her 9th career home run in her freshman season.
Kent State again struck first in the top of the first inning with a sacrifice fly, but a two-run home run from Sleeman in the bottom half of the inning gave CMU the lead.
The Golden Flashes scored two more in the top of the second, and that would be it for the game.
An eight run inning in the third inning boosted CMU heavily into the lead.
The scoring started with the Williams solo home run. Keira Tolmie hit a sacrifice fly to score Allyssa Hollo, which tied the game at four.
Rachel Cairo singled up the middle to score Tori Briggs and Grace Koenig, as CMU took the 6-4 lead.
Two more runs came across with a single from Sleeman to score Diekman and Cairo.
Allyssa Hollo hit her 12th double of the season, and the Chippewas capped off the inning with a 10-4 lead.
Rachel Cairo recorded a double in the fourth to score Tolmie, and a wild pitch on ball four to Sleeman scored Ashley Bila who pinch ran for Cairo.
Central Michigan has now charted 10 or more hits in fourteen game this season, and have hit 34 home runs as a team.
The Chippewas next travel to Toledo, Ohio to take on the Rockets in a mid-week double header on Tuesday, April 15th.
For the latest news and updates on CMU Softball, follow the team on X (@cmusoftball) and Instagram (@cmichsoftball).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Laska, Cierra (1-2)
L: Ella Johnson (3-6)
Batting:
2B: Megan Claerhout 1 ; Delaney Robeson 1
RBI: Megan Claerhout 1 ; Carley Penner 1
SF: Carley Penner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Savannah Wing 1 ; Brooke Aberle 1 ; Megan Claerhout 1
HBP: Katie Jo Moery 1
Batting:
2B: Sleeman, Carly 1 ; Hollo, Allyssa 1 ; Tolmie, Keira 1 ; Diekman, Maddison 1
RBI: Sleeman, Carly 2 ; Hollo, Allyssa 1 ; Diekman, Maddison 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sleeman, Carly 1 ; Koenig, Grace 1 ; Diekman, Maddison 2
SB: Lotus, Emma 1 ; Hollo, Allyssa 1 ; Koenig, Grace 1 ; Diekman, Maddison 1
HBP: Sleeman, Carly 1
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