Jeff Yoder | Echo
The blistering hot start to the season continued for the Taylor softball team last Saturday as the Trojans put together back-to-back shutouts against Brescia-10-0 and 8-0-in Lebanon, Tenn. Taylor (5-1) has now outscored their opponents by a total of 46-15 over six games this season.
Junior pitcher Hannah Klebesadel carried the Trojans in the first game of the doubleheader as Taylor run-ruled the Bearcats. Klebesadel pitched five scoreless innings while striking out nine batters and giving up just one hit.
A pair of Taylor freshman flexed their bats in game one. Newcomers Alex Lovelace and Anna Gunderson went a combined 5-6 from the plate scoring three runs, as Lovelace went a perfect 3-3 with two runs scored and Gunderson 2-3 with one run.
Senior Emily Tweedy added two hits while sophomore Ashley Miller hit her first home run of the season.
In game two, freshmen contributed heavily for the Trojans as Hannah Robbins-Crossroads League Pitcher of the Week-and Maddie Cornell combined for another shutout. Robbins struck out seven batters and allowed just two hits in four innings pitched before Cornell came in to pitch spotless fifth and sixth innings.
Gunderson tallied two more hits in the second game-giving her four on the day-while another freshman Lauren Ehle added two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Junior Bethany Bates also homered in the fifth inning to give the Trojans the exclamation point.
Robbins also showed her skills with a bat in the second game of the day with two hits and two runs scored. With the win, Robbins is now 3-0 from the mound on the season.The Trojans will travel for another doubleheader this Friday in Midway, Ky., against Midway College.
Photography by Timothy P. Riethmiller
