Softball to faceoff against Michigan State Tuesday
Softball will head to East Lansing for a 5 p.m. game Tuesday against Michigan State after a strong homestand where it went 5-1.
The Spartans (21-14) are 7-1 in Big Ten play and undefeated in the home stadium. Michigan State is fresh off a three-game series against Purdue, winning two close games. They also pulled off a sweep against Penn State earlier in the week.
"The Spartans have been doing really well recently," said head coach Margo Jonker. "We need to be on the top of our game to beat them as we need to be on the top of our game to beat any of the Mid-American Conference schools."
CMU is looking to put its recent heartbreaking loss to Kent State in extra-innings behind itself after what was otherwise an impressive week.
Senior pitcher Kara Dornbos completed 21.1 innings over the four games this weekend after pitching two complete games, moving her into sixth in all-time program history. She gave up no runs in the first game against Kent State and gave up one run in her second meeting on Sunday.
The bats have also been hot as of late, with impressive performances coming from junior Cory DeLamielleure, who hit two home runs over the weekend. DeLamielleure was hitting .571 over the past five games going into Sunday.
Senior Macy Merchant has been showing her prowess with a .413 batting average and 13 stolen bases. She was routinely stealing bases against Buffalo and had three RBI over the weekend.
"Macy is doing awesome defensively and offensively," Jonker said. "She's an impressive player."
The Chippewas are now 18-12 on the season with a 4-2 MAC record. They will look to use the momentum from this weekend to give the Spartans a run for their money before four more MAC games this weekend against Northern Illinois and Western Michigan. They return home the weekend after.
