EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Lewis University softball team lost in the first round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament as the Flyers fell to Missouri S&T 4-1 Wednesday (April 30).
TEAM RECORDS
Missouri S&T 18-32 | Lewis 36-17
SUMMARY
Both teams were scoreless through the first two innings. Missouri S&T broke through and scored four runs in the third inning giving the Miners a 4-0 lead.
Lewis looked to respond in the fourth inning after
Delaney Garden (Carpentersville, IL/Harry D. Jacobs High School) led off the inning with a single but the Flyers were unable to bring a run across.
Mackenzie Sheehan (Kansasville, Wis./Union Grove) led off the fifth inning with a single as well but she was later caught stealing as Missouri S&T got out of the jam.
The Flyers threatened in the bottom of the sixth inning after Garden hit a one-out triple to right then
Kristen Graham (Mapleton, IL/Illini Bluffs High School) and
Anna Frafjord (Sussex, WI/Hamilton High School) both walked to load the bases. The Miners managed to get the third out and escape further damage.
Lewis scored a run in the seventh inning after
Erica Hoffman (Hebron, IN/Boone Grove High School) tripled down the left field line and then
Ava Reed (Lemont, IL/Lemont High School) drove her home with an RBI groundout, making it 4-1. That would be the lone run the Flyers scored in the contest, with Missouri S&T winning 4-1.
Garden (18-9) suffered the loss in the circle after going the full seven innings, giving up nine hits, allowing four runs and striking out seven.
UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action Thursday, May 1 for an elimination game against Maryville starting at 11 a.m. CT.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Be sure to join us Friday, June 13 as host our 45th annual Golf Outing at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club starting at 1 p.m. For more information and to register visit:
https://www.alumni.lewisu.edu/2025-athletics-golf-outing
FLYERS ANNUAL FUND
Support the Flyers by making a gift to the Flyers Athletics Fund at
https://lewisflyers.com/202425AnnualFund
