Miami Student

Issue date: 4/13/07 Section: Sports

Battling freezing cold temperatures and ice-cold bats Tuesday, Miami was unable to score in the second game of the doubleheader, losing 13-0.

Finding themselves on the wrong end of a doubleheader sweep, the Miami University women's softball team (14-29-1) dropped a pair of midweek games to the Purdue Boilermakers (21-25-1) Tuesday.

In the first game, the Red and White came up just short in an extra-inning struggle, falling to Purdue 4-2. Things didn't get better in the second game, as the Boilermaker's run-ruled the 'Hawks 13-0, in five innings.

"In the first game, both teams didn't play very good defense," Head Coach Kelly Schoenly said. "It was a sloppy game all around, it just came down to who was going to scrape it together in the end."

Purdue scored first in game one as it took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning after capitalizing off of a Miami throwing error. The Boilermakers tallied their second run of the game in the top of the fifth when Alicia Spack led off the inning with a home run, her first of two on the day.

In the bottom of the fifth, Miami cut Purdue's lead to one, and then went on to tie up the game as Alicia Hogl led off the bottom of the sixth with a solo home run - her sixth of the season - tying the Miami freshmen single-season home run record.

A scoreless seventh inning forced the game into extra innings. Purdue loaded the bases in the eighth and used Purdue sophomore Candace Curtis's single to score the eventual winning runs.

Coming off of a tough loss, the RedHawks were looking to break out in the second game.

However, in the top of the third, the Boilermakers took the lead as Spack connected on her second home run of the day, just over the outstretched arms of 'Hawks centerfielder Hogl.

Purdue sophomore Catherine Zaworski posted an infield single then scored off a double from teammate Katie Mitchell. Kelsey Haupert picked up the RBI with a single through the right side staking the Boilermakers to a 3-0 lead.

"The biggest challenge in the second game was trying not to defeat ourselves," said senior Leslie Macedo. "It's not the hitter, and it's not Purdue. It's being able to get yourself mentally back in the game."

Miami, seeking to get back in the game, threatened the Boilermakers in the bottom of the third putting sophomore Ashley Gartland and Hogl on base. But the RedHawks couldn't manage to come up with a run.

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