Adrian College softball will be opening at home against Franklin College on April 1. This comes after a long stint down in Florida with poor weather here in Adrian, our very own softball club is ready to open at home. Softball finished their run in Florida on a high note going 7-3 and winning their final game against Clark University. After this, they traveled back to Elizabethtown, Ky. for the Pioneer Classic where their time got cut short after only getting 2 games in the tournament was cancelled.
After this tournament, the Bulldogs travelled to Indiana for a series against Manchester University where they split a 2 game series, after this they went and played another 2 game series against Anderson in which they swept the series both games resulted in a mercy rule in 5 innings. The most recent matchup for the Bulldogs came against Heidelberg University on March 25, where they split a 2 game series, winning 12-1, and losing 11-3. This brought their overall record to 12-6.
This brings us to their opponent in the home opener, where they will host Franklin College. This is the first matchup between these 2 teams in 6 years, The last matchups the 2 teams had resulted in losses for Adrian with scores of 8-0, and 5-4; in the second game Adrian struck first in the top of the 4th inning scoring 1 in which Franklin responded in the bottom half of the inning. This would be all the scoring until the 7th inning where Adrian put up 3 runs in the top half of the frame putting them up with just 3 outs to get, however that wasn’t the fate for the Bulldogs that day as Franklin scored 4 runs in the bottom of the frame and walking it off against the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs are going to be out looking for blood this week.
The Bulldog bats have been hot having 6 hitters with a batting average around or above .300, being led by Maggie Leveille with a .383 batting average, Leveille also is leading the team in on base percentage, and tied for the lead in HRs as well as walks. There are some similar teams opponents between the Bulldogs and the Grizzlies, the number almost reaching double digits. Come out and support your Bulldogs this Tuesday April 1st, at the Adrian College softball field, which is directly behind Nicolay Field, if you are unable to attend in person you can still tune in live on Adrian College Television.
