April 13, 2008

GREENCASTLE, Ind. – In Sunday's doubleheader finale at Walker Field to close out regular season conference play, sophomore hurler Megan Soultz and 3rd-ranked DePauw held visiting Millsaps to just one run off four hits and outscored the Majors 21-1 as they completed a 4-game weekend sweep with a pair of run-rule wins, 9-1, 12-0, in five innings.

DePauw (33-1, 8-0 SCAC), now winners of a school-record best 33-straight games, won both games with solid defense between the bases and pitching, eating up every line drive hit by Millsaps and allowing a total of seven base runners in two games (three HBPs).

Millsaps (16-11, 4-4 SCAC) made a statement early with a Jen McKinley solo home run in the first inning of Game 1, sending a shot to center field off Soultz with two outs to give the Majors a brief 1-0 lead, before DePauw came storming back with nine unanswered runs to take the game easily 9-1 in five innings.

Soultz scattered eight strikeouts in the circle and limited the Majors to just three hits as the DePauw offense cranked out 12 hits behind two apiece from Brianne Weeks, Emma Minx, Kelly Schwerzler and Lauren Rees.

The Tigers were in complete control the rest of the afternoon and cruised to a 12-0 win in the weekend finale behind five Millsaps errors and a combined 1-hit shutout from Soultz and Kristin Barrow, who tossed the fourth and fifth innings in relief.

The Majors' lone hit came in the first inning from the first batter, Tiffany Ladnier, who singled to first base before the DePauw defense retired the final 16 batters in order.

Millsaps will close out its regular season schedule on Tuesday at home, hosting cross-town rival MS College at 2/4 p.m. in a makeup twinbill from earlier in the season, before taking off for Danville, Ky., April 25-27 for the 2008 SCAC Softball Tournament. The Majors will be the No. 2 East seed and will play either Hendrix or Rhodes out of the West in their opener.