default
Member
[Softball] Grenadiers sweep Rio for RSC crown
Rio Grande Sports Information
VIENNA, W.Va. - What a difference a day makes.
After piling up 25 runs in a pair of wins on Friday, including a 13-0 mercy rule-shortened win over Indiana University Southeast, the University of Rio Grande managed just two runs in a pair of extra-inning outings on Saturday as the Grenadiers swept the RedStorm to claim the championship of the 2019 River States Conference Softball Tournament at Jackson Memorial Park.
IU Southeast, the tourney's No. 2 seed, posted a 4-2 win in eight innings to force a second final in the double-elimination event and then won the crown with a 3-0 win in eight innings in the nightcap.
Top-seeded Rio Grande dropped to 34-14 with the losses - its first consecutive setbacks against conference foes since dropping four straight games at IU Southeast under the league's old scheduling format on April 17-18, 2015.
The runner-up finish also snapped a streak of five straight conference tournament championships for the RedStorm.
Continue reading...
Rio Grande Sports Information
VIENNA, W.Va. - What a difference a day makes.
After piling up 25 runs in a pair of wins on Friday, including a 13-0 mercy rule-shortened win over Indiana University Southeast, the University of Rio Grande managed just two runs in a pair of extra-inning outings on Saturday as the Grenadiers swept the RedStorm to claim the championship of the 2019 River States Conference Softball Tournament at Jackson Memorial Park.
IU Southeast, the tourney's No. 2 seed, posted a 4-2 win in eight innings to force a second final in the double-elimination event and then won the crown with a 3-0 win in eight innings in the nightcap.
Top-seeded Rio Grande dropped to 34-14 with the losses - its first consecutive setbacks against conference foes since dropping four straight games at IU Southeast under the league's old scheduling format on April 17-18, 2015.
The runner-up finish also snapped a streak of five straight conference tournament championships for the RedStorm.
Continue reading...