The Carmel softball team lost to Cathedral Friday, 15-3 in five innings at the Cherry Tree Softball Complex.
The Greyhounds scored all three of their runs in the third inning, cutting into a 5-0 Irish lead. Sarah Goddard reached on error, then advanced to third after Megan Nichols hit a single.
Caroline Roop then hit a 1-0 pitch; Cathedral tried to get Goddard out at home, but she made it in for the score. Meanwhile, Nichols advanced to third. Brooke Bair then stepped up and doubled home Nichols and Roop.
With that, Carmel was within 5-3. But the Irish answered back with three runs in the top of the fourth, then added seven runs in the fifth inning, including a grand slam.
“It’s early in the season,” said Greyhounds coach Ginger Britton. “Every situation, obviously we’re trying to learn from something. I think some of the mistakes that are being made in the last two games, we clean them up and I don’t think those will get made as we continue on through the year. So it’s a good opportunity to see what we need to work on and take it from there.”
Nichols finished the game 2-for-3, while Roop hit a second-inning double.
The Greyhounds are 0-2 for the season and play at Westfield on Monday.
Cathedral 15, Carmel 3
(5 innings)
Carmel AB R H RBI
Stormy Kotzelnick 2 0 0 0
Sarah Goddard 3 1 0 0
Megan Nichols 3 1 2 0
Caroline Roop 3 1 1 1
Brooke Bair 2 0 1 2
Maddie Searles 2 0 1 0
Audrey Hussain 2 0 0 0
Ella Greenawald 2 0 0 0
Ariana Zdobylak 1 0 0 0
Totals 20 3 5 3
Score by innings
Cathedral 104 37 – 15 14 1
Carmel 003 00 – 3 5 3
2B: Bair, Roop.
Carmel pitching IP R ER H
Sommer Edwards 4.1 15 12 13
Kaitlyn Grimes 0.2 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Edwards 3, Grimes 1. Walks: Edwards 4.
Hamilton Heights lost a wild game to Lapel 17-12 Friday at Grand Park.
The Bulldogs scored two runs in the top of the first inning, but the Huskies answered back with a two-run single from Meredith Diller in the bottom of the first. Lapel jumped ahead 8-2 by the middle of the third, but Heights poured it on in the third and fourth innings.
The Huskies loaded the bases in the third inning after Hayley Greene doubled and Adyson Baber and Faith Hittle were hit by pitches. Greene scored on a wild pitch, then Diller singled in Baber. Hittle scored on Alayna Baber’s RBI ground out, bringing Heights within 8-5.
After holding Lapel scoreless in the top of the fourth, the Huskies took a 10-8 lead in the bottom of the inning. Isabella Neiling reached on error, then Greene doubled her home. Adyson Baber got on with a base hit, and she and Greene were sent home by Diller’s third hit of the day, a double. Alayna Baber batted in Diller with a single, then Kelsie Albright’s base hit sent Alayna Baber home.
That gave Heights a 10-8 lead, but the Bulldogs used a two-RBI double to go ahead 11-10 in the top of the fifth. Hittle tied the game for the Huskies in the bottom of the fifth with a single to score Neiling.
Lapel held a 17-11 lead going into the bottom of the seventh. Heights got one run back, when Alayna Baber’s line drive scored Greene, but a fly out ended the game.
Greene, Diller and Alayna Baber all had three hits, with Greene hitting doubles for all three. Diller totaled five RBIs.
The Huskies are 1-2 and host Anderson on Thursday, April 4.
Lapel 17, Hamilton Heights 12
Heights AB R H RBI
Bayleigh Runner 3 0 0 0
Isabella Neiling 5 3 2 0
Hayley Greene 4 4 3 1
Adyson Baber 4 2 2 0
Faith Hittle 3 1 1 1
Meredith Diller 5 1 3 5
Abby Ross 0 0 0 0
Alayna Baber 5 1 3 3
Kelsie Albright 4 0 1 1
Sydney Massicotte 2 0 0 0
Kat Cox 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 12 16 11
Score by innings
Lapel 251 035 1 – 17 14 1
Heights 203 510 1 – 12 16 5
2B: Greene 3, Diller. SB: Ad. Baber, Diller. HBP: Hittle 2, Albright, Ad. Baber, Massicotte, Greene.
Heights IP R ER H
Albright 3.1 8 3 5
Ad. Baber 3.2 9 5 9
Strikeouts: Ad. Baber 3, Albright 1. Walks: Albright 4, Ad. Baber 3.
Carmel’s Caroline Roop (24) and Megan Nichols (1) celebrate after scoring two runs for the Greyhounds during their game with Cathedral Friday at the Cherry Tree Softball Complex. (Richie Hall)