The Tiffin University softball team, coming off a sweep of Ferris State, cruised into Allendale, Michigan to take on the Grand Valley State Lakers. In game one, freshman right hander Kimmy Reynolds put on a pitching clinic.

Reynolds, 9-3 on the season, has improved as the season has progressed, and Sunday was no exception. Over her last three starts, she has thrown three complete game shutouts, surrendering only 4 hits, and has punched out 24 batters.

With Reynolds blanking the Lakers, it was her offense that needed to get going, and in the 6th they got rolling. Cassandra Brown reached on an error, and Kaitlin Gruenewald singled to put two on. Jena King, who has been on a tear of late, lined a single back up the middle to score Brown. Delaney Mixer tacked on the final run with a single to score Gruenewald to give the Dragons a 2-0 lead.

Over the final two innings, Reynolds didn't allow a base runner en route to her 10th win of the season. She surrendered only 3 hits, walked 3, and struck out 4. At the plate, Jena King was the only Dragon with multiple hits. King was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Over the weekend, King was 8 for 12 with 4 runs batted in, and has boosted her average to a healthy .416.

Game two was in complete contrast to game one, as Tiffin gave up four runs before they even stepped to the plate. The Lakers touched up Dragon starter Sarah Brown for 4 runs on 3 hits and two walks. Brown never made it out of the first inning, lasting only a third of an inning. Relief pitcher Kelsey Yaratch didn't fare much better, throwing the final 4 2/3 innings, giving up 10 hits, 5 runs, only one earned, walked 2, and struck out 1.

At the plate, Tiffin smacked 7 hits, but stranded 9 runners on base as Grand Valley danced out of danger everytime the Dragons were about to strike. In the first inning, Tiffin put a runner in scoring position, but couldn't capitalize. In the second, they loaded the bases, yet the Lakers somehow found away to get out of the inning without surrendering a run. Tiffin went on to fall in the contest 9-0 in five innings.

The split gives the Dragons a 20-12 overall record and a 10-3 GLIAC record. The Dragons sit in 3rd place in the GLIAC, a half game behind Grand Valley, and a full game behind front running Wayne St. The 20 victories gives Tiffin its 6th straight 20 win season, dating back to the 2009-10 campaign.