Sandburg Softball Starts Season at Spoon River

CANTON — The Carl Sandburg College softball team kicked off its 2023 season Wednesday at Spoon River, dropping a pair of contests to the Snappers.

GAME 1
Spoon River 8, Sandburg 0 (5 innings)
Sandburg         000      00        —        0          1          1
Spoon River     110      06        —        8          10        0
L: Brooklyn Walker 4.2 IP, 1 K, 7 BB

Key Moment
Sandburg trailed just 2-0 through four innings before the hosts struck for six runs to end the contest early. A pair of two-run home runs highlighted the frame for Spoon River.

Sandburg Standout
Brooklyn Walker collected the Chargers' lone hit, a two-out single in the third.

GAME 2
Spoon River 10, Sandburg 0 (5 innings)
Sandburg         000      00        —        0          6          1
Spoon River     640      0x        —        10        7          0
L: Maleaha Nagel 4 IP, 1K, 4 BB

Key Moments
Spoon River's first six batters of the game each reached base and came around to score. The Snappers used two walks, two doubles, a triple and a homer in the rally.

Sandburg Standouts
Emma Wolfe, Riley Creasey, Kayla Wolf, Maleaha Nagel, Olivia Lewis and Ava Ruggles each singled in the contest for the Chargers. 

UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
Noon March 11 at Coastal Alabama-East

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