Holland Reporter

The Grand Valley State softball team experienced two defeats on Thursday afternoon, facing Tiffin and St. Cloud State in Clermont, Florida. The losses brought the Lakers' season record to 8-10.

In the first game against Tiffin, GVSU initially took a lead by scoring three runs in the first inning. Elizabeth Wesoloski's double allowed Eliana Eiland and Faith Edwards to score, putting the Lakers ahead 2-0. Grace Usher later contributed with a sacrifice fly, bringing Wesoloski home for a third run.

However, Tiffin responded quickly with two runs in the second inning through a two-run homer, narrowing GVSU's lead to 3-2. The Dragons then gained momentum, scoring additional runs across subsequent innings—two in the third, three in the fourth from a solo homer and a two-RBI double, and one more in the fifth from another solo home run—securing an 8-3 victory over GVSU.

Wesoloski achieved her 15th and 16th RBIs of the season during this match. Eiland also made significant contributions with a triple and one run scored. Usher added an RBI with her hit. Nevaeh Ingram started as pitcher but suffered a loss after pitching for 3.1 innings while Kylie Swierkos provided relief pitching for 3.2 innings.

The second game saw St. Cloud State take an early lead against GVSU with a solo home run in their first inning at bat. Despite this setback, GVSU managed to briefly gain control by scoring twice in the third inning thanks to Morgan Spicer's triple which scored Carsyn Segorski followed by Eiland’s sacrifice fly allowing Spicer to score.

St. Cloud State equalized shortly after before securing victory with eight runs during their fifth inning; thus invoking mercy rule win at final score of 10-2 against Lakers who couldn't recover from such offensive surge led primarily through Karli Dorr who pitched up until suffering loss recorded within her stats now standing at (3-3).

Tomorrow morning marks another opportunity for redemption when Grand Valley takes on Ohio Dominican within context Spring Games scheduled time set starting precisely half past ten AM sharp local timezone keeping fans hopeful looking forward better outcomes anticipated forthcoming matchup eventful series closing day fixtures altogether!