Sioux Center, Iowa — Dordt opens its Florida trip with two games on Saturday, March 6 and another two on Monday, March 8. The Defenders will play Calumet St. Joseph on Saturday at 10:15 and Spring Arbor at 12:30. The Defenders will then resume play on Monday against Bellevue and Northwestern Ohio at 12:30 and 2:45 respectively. All times listed are Central Time.
Calumet St. Joseph is 0-3 this season and has been outscored 18-5 so far. Calumet St. Joseph has not submitted stats for the three games so far.
Spring Arbor is 3-5 this season and has been outscored 41-30 through those eight games. Abbie Funk has a .375 batting average and six hits this season. Sarah Matlock is batting .368 with seven hits and two doubles and Jessie Panchaud is batting .360 with a team high nine hits. Hannah Laurin has a team high 23 innings pitched and is 1-3 with a 3.90 earned run average with 17 strikeouts.
Bellevue is 7-6 so far and have outscored teams 78-52. Allison O’Driscoll has 17 hits and a .459 batting average while Ashley Young has 16 hit and a .400 batting average with 10 doubles. Katlyn Kinman has 17 hits as well and a .362 batting average with 12 runs batted in. Lauren Russell leads the team with five homeruns and 16 runs batted in. Lauren Jurek is 4-3 on the mound in 40 innings pitched and has struck out 45 batters. Cory Carrillo is 2-0 but has pitched just nine innings.
Northwestern Ohio is 4-1 but has not recorded their season stats thus far.
Dordt is 7-3 and has outscored teams 61-34 this season. Kenzie Cunard has a team high 15 hits and bats.395 and has nine runs batted in. Jessica Oules is batting .387 with 12 hits and Emma Veenstra has nine hits with three doubles. Rachel Evavold has nine runs batted in and has eight hits in eight games with four doubles and a homerun.
Abby Kraemer has a 3-1 pitching record with a 1.81 earned run average and she has pitched 31 innings with 50 strikeouts. Rachel Evavold has a 3-0 record with a 2.33 earned run average and she has 15 strikeouts in 15 innings.
The Defenders are scheduled to face Warner and William Penn on Tuesday, March 9 and another six games from Wednesday-Friday.
