The Tiffin University softball team picked up win number one of the season on Saturday, a 5-2 win over Brevard College. In the night cap the Dragons were defeated 7-0 by Pfeiffer University.
The Dragons darted out of the box in game one, scoring on a Jena King rocket into left field to give them a 1-0 lead early. The runs just kept coming, as in the 2nd inning the Dragons plated another run on a Cassandra Brown double to deep left center field.
Brevard tied the game with two runs in the 3rd, but the Dragons continued to rattle the bats, pushing across two runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning on a Delaney Mixer single to right field. This pushed the Dragon lead to 4-2. The score remained this way until Mixer stepped to the plate in the 5th inning, and again she delivered, rifling a single to right field to plate the final Dragon run.
Taylor Spang drew the start and coasted along for 3 innings. She only surrendered 2 runs on 3 hits. She was relieved by Kelsey Yaratch, Yaratch threw 2 shutout innings for the Dragons on the mound, and she was followed by Sarah Brown. Brown finished off the Tornadoes with 3 K's in her 2 innings of work to get the save.
The Dragons plated 5 runs on 9 hits. Delaney Mixer was 2 for 3 at the plate, collecting 2 RBI's.
Game two didn't go as well for the Dragon hitters. They were shut out by the Pfeiffer University Falcons 7-0. The Falcons jumped on the Dragons quickly, scoring runs in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings. The final few blows came in innings four and five. In those two innings, the Falcons pushed across 5 of their 7 runs.
Kimmy Reynolds took to the mound for Tiffin, and lasted 2 1/3 innings, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits. Sarah Brown toed the rubber in relief, and was touched up for 5 hits and 5 runs in 3 2/3 innings.
Madison Yanek, Delaney Mixer, and Kailee Flowers all collected 2 hits for the Dragons, and Tiffin struggled to get the hits when it counted, stranding 8 runners on base. Mixer ended the day 4 for 6 with 2 RBI's.
The Dragons are 1-3 overall and will be back in action March 8th, in Florida on their Spring trip.
