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Taylor snaps GC winning streak over efforts of two Leaf complete games

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GOSHEN, Ind. — Shortstop Jessica Bachtell hit the left-field scoreboard with her first collegiate home run on Saturday as the Goshen College softball team lost a Crossroads League doubleheader to Taylor University by scores of 2-0 and 10-1 at the John Ingold Athletic Complex.

Junior pitcher Emily Cummings took a no-hitter into the fourth inning and held the Trojans (22-6, 14-2) without an earned run into the seventh in the opener, allowing 6 hits in a complete-game effort. Catcher Ri Koteles doubled for the Maple Leafs (12-20, 6-10).

Taylor got its first run after a fielding error in the sixth, when a sacrifice bunt and a groundout put pinch-runner Olivia Hostetler on third base ahead of a Hannah Castor single. Two walks and a Taylor Wilson double accounted for the insurance run in the seventh.

Goshen came inches away from tying the score in the bottom of the seventh after a one-out hit from Leah Herrman; Sandra Rodriguez launched a 220-foot fly ball to the far side of the center-field fence, but center fielder Courtney Moriarty had just enough room to reach across the safety tubing and reel in the would-be game-tying homer.

Following a single from Cassandra Espinoza that put the tying run on base, Jessica Doctor recorded her third strikeout to seal the complete-game win.

Bachtell's line drive to left put the Maple Leafs up 1-0 after the first inning of game two before Taylor scored in each of its next four trips to the plate, adding three home runs amid four multi-hit performances. Moriarty and Maddi Evans each drove in three runs and Erin Cozad contributed two RBI. Castor and Wilson each doubled.

The teams also completed a game that was suspended in March at Taylor; after neither team scored in the game's resumption, the result went into the record books as a 10-0 Trojan victory.

The Maple Leafs embark on a six-game road trip that takes them to Spring Arbor University on Monday, Huntington University on Tuesday and the University of Saint Francis on Friday before returning home on Saturday. First pitch for all three weekday doubleheaders is set for 3 p.m.

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