Yellow Jackets Sports Weekly Recap (Mar. 27 – Apr. 2nd)
By: Hanna Young
March 28th – Softball
Defiance College 2 vs Albion College 1
Defiance College Softball took on Albion College in Albion after a battle with the weather. The game started off quietly with neither team scoring until the 4th inning. Albion scored first in the top of the 4th inning off of a single shot home run by Courtney Ellis (0-1). The Yellow Jackets responded in the bottom of the fifth inning when senior Marissa Roberts hit a 2 RBI single into right field, scoring juniors Genesis Brooks and Laney Grimwood (2-1). The Yellow Jackets recorded five hits in the game: Anna Emswiler, Ali Mowen, Laney Grimwood, Amber Krause, and Marissa Roberts each had 1. Roberts recorded two RBIs. Emswiler, Krause, and Kelly Limbaugh each had a stolen base as well. Junior Savannah McCoy spent the entire 7 innings in the circle for the Yellow Jackets. McCoy had 4 strikes out, facing 25 batters. She threw 99 pitches, 63 of those were strikes. Defiance left the game error free.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Albion (Mich.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Defiance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 0 |
March 28th – Softball
Defiance College 5 vs Albion College 0
In the second game of the night at Albion, Defiance dominated the game from the first inning. After senior Marissa Roberts and sophomore Anika Craft made it to first and second base respectively, Craft stole 3rd base drawing a throwing error on the catcher allowing Craft to score (1-0). Junior Brooke Silcox followed this up with an RBI single to score Roberts (2-0). Senior Lily Linke then hit a single into right field, advancing to second on a throw, which allowed senior Josilyn Guzman to score (3-0). That was not the last time the Yellow Jackets struck during this game. In the bottom of the 2nd inning, Marissa Roberts singled into center field which allowed sophomore Amber Krause to score (4-0). In the bottom of the 6th inning Defiance rounded out the scoring when freshman Savanah Bergman hit a single into right field that allowed Josilyn Guzman (5-0). The Yellow Jackets had 9 hits in the game. Anika Craft, Marissa Roberts, Lily Linke, and Savanah Bergman each had one while Brooke Silcox and Josilyn Guzman each recorded two. Craft recorded two stolen bases. Anika Craft went the whole 7 innings, recording 10 strikeouts, she faced 26 batters and threw 98 pitches, 64 of those being strikes. Defiance College commited one error in the game.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Defiance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Albion (Mich.) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 9 | 1 |
March 28th – Baseball
Postponed – Defiance College vs Terra State Community College
Defiance College Baseball postponed their game with a date not yet determined due to wet field conditions.
April 1st – Softball
Defiance College 10 vs Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 3
The Defiance College Softball team traveled to Rose-Hulman for a two game series on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets started off the game with a big first inning. Senior Josilyn Guzman singled, driving in senior Marissa Roberts, moving junior Brooke Silcox, and then advancing to second herself on the throw (1-0). Senior Lily Linke followed this up with another RBI single scoring Roberts and advancing Guzman to third (2-0). Then freshman Ali Mowen reached first and moved to second on an error, Linke moved to third and Guzman scored (3-0). Lastly, in the first inning sophomore Amber Krause stole second and Mowen scored on a throwing error (4-0). The Yellow Jackets struck again in the second inning when Brooke Silcox singled, moving to second on a throw, then advancing to third on an error and scoring Marissa Roberts (5-0). Then Josilyn Guzman grounded out, scoring Silcox (6-0). Rose-Hulman scored their first run of the game in the third inning when Jadyn Winker hit an RBI double that scored Phoebe Worstell (5-1). The Fightin’ Engineers then scored again in the fifth inning, Nicole Lang hit a homerun scoring herself and Katelyn Sarvis (5-3). Defiance answered in the sixth inning when Ali Mowen hit a two RBI double that scored Josilyn Guzman and Brooke Silcox (8-3). The Yellow Jackets ended the game adding a few more runs to the board. In the top of the seventh Brooke Silcox hit a sacrifice fly that scored sophomore Kelly Limbaugh (9-3). Rounding out the scoring was Josilyn Guzman with a solo shot homerun (10-3). Defiance had 14 hits in the game and several players that recorded multiple hits. Ali Mowen, Laney Grimwood, and Destiny Coil each had one, Brooke Silcox had two, and Marissa Roberts, Lily Linke, and Josilyn Guzman all had three. Roberts, Coil, and Linke all had doubles as well. Josilyn Guzman had the lone homerun in the game. Multiple players had RBIs including: Lily Linke with one, Brooke Silcox with two, and Josilyn Guzman and Ali Mowen each had three. Three stolen bases were recorded by the Yellow Jackets by: Lily Linke, Amber Krause, and Kelly Limbaugh. Junior Savannah McCoy pitched a complete game for the Yellow Jackets. She faced 32 batters throwing 108 pitches with 62 of those being strikes. Defiance committed 3 errors.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Defiance | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 3 |
| Rose-Hulman (Ind.) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
April 1st – Softball
Defiance College 7 vs Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 4
The second game of the day for Defiance College’s softball team proved to be as successful as the first. The Yellow Jackets struck first once again, this time in the second inning. Freshman Anna Emswiler grounded out, but that scored freshman Ali Mowen as well as moved sophomore Amber Krause to third base (1-0). Defiance scored again in the third inning; junior Brooke Silcox singled, then advanced to third on errors, which scored sophomore Kelly Limbaugh (2-0). Next senior Josilyn Guzman singled to score Brooke Silcox (3-0). The Yellow Jackets scored in three consecutive innings when they added to the scoreboard again in the fourth inning. Junior Laney Grimwood hit a solo homerun (4-0). Brooke Silcox singled again, moving senior Marissa Roberts to second and scoring sophomore Anika Craft (5-0). Rose-Hulman tried to rally in the fourth inning. Phoebe Wortsell singled, moving Nicole Lang to second and scoring Katelyn Sarvis (5-1). Then Lang scored on a wild pitch (5-2). The Fightin’ Engineers continued to try battling back again in the sixth inning when Nicole Lang homered, scoring herself and Katelyn Sarvis (5-4). Defiance College answered this run by scoring again in the seventh inning. Anna Emswiler singled, scoring Ali Mowen and moving Amber Krause to third (6-4). Lasty, Anika Craft hit a sacrifice fly to score Krause (7-4). Defiance pounded the hits in this game totaling 14, Marissa Roberts and Anna Emswiler each had one, Josilyn Guzman, Ali Mowen, Amber Krause, and Laney Grimwood each had two, while Brooke Silcox threw in a total of four hits. Anika Craft, Josilyn Guzman, and Laney Grimwood each had an RBI while Brooke Silcox and Anna Emswiler had two. Craft and Kelly Limbaugh each had a stolen base. Anika Craft spent the whole game in the circle for Defiance. She faced 30 batters, throwing 119 pitches with 83 of those falling in the zone. The Yellow Jackets recorded 3 errors.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Defiance | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| Rose-Hulman (Ind.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
April 1st – Men’s Track
Tiffleberg Open
The Defiance College Men’s Track & Field team traveled to Heidelberg University for the Tiffleberg Open. The Yellow Jackets had two men place as well as several others that set personal records. Freshman Marlon Brown competed in the 400 meter dash finishing with a time of 49.82 seconds which captured him a second place finish. Brown also competed in the 200 meter dash setting a PR with a time of 22.62 seconds. Sophomore Gavin Maratea competed in the 100 meter dash for the first time setting a PR completing it in 11.79 seconds. Freshman Landon Sensmeier also competed in the 100 meter dash for the first time finishing it in 12.83 seconds. Freshman Isaac Miler competed in the 200 meter dash setting a PR with a time of 23.39 seconds. Miler also competed in the Long Jump placing tenth. Junior Ron Scott also competed in the shot put event throwing 11.35 meters.
April 1st – Women’s Track
Tiffleberg Open
The Defiance College Women’s Track & Field teams also traveled to Tiffin for the Tiffleberg Open. Senior Lisa-Marie Markau competed in the 100 meter dash setting a new PR with a time of 12.60 seconds earning her second place. Markau also competed in the 200 meter dash placing third. Sophomore Lexi Coward and senior Brianna Snider each participated in the 800 meter run. Freshman Shyla Pemberton competed in the 400 meter dash finishing with a time of 1:05.20 earning her seventh place.
April 1st – Baseball (Moved to Sunday, April 2nd)
Defiance College 3 vs Bluffton University 7
Defiance College Baseball moved their games from Saturday to Sunday due to weather. In the first game the Yellow Jackets came up just short. The first two innings started off slowly, however, in the third inning Bluffton scored the first run. Jack Maurer hit an RBI single that scored Grant Hovest (1-0). Defiance tied the game up in the fifth inning after senior Alex Morr reached first and senior Dylan King scored (1-1). Bluffton struck again in the sixth inning when Kenny Schneider doubled, driving in Ezra Deitering and Nick Diana (3-1). The Beavers added to their lead in the seventh inning after Jack Towell doubled to score Jake Baumgartn (4-1). They struck again in the same inning after Nick Diana singled to score Towell (5-1). Defiance rallied in the bottom of the inning. After sophomore Tyler Dehan and Alex Morr got on base, Morr stole second then moved to third while Dehan scored (5-2). Junior Mitchell Roever hit a sacrifice fly to score Alex Morr (5-3). The Beavers would seal the game in the ninth inning by extending their lead. Ezra Deitering singled, moving Justin Maurer to third and scoring Jack Towell on a throwing error (6-3). Justin Maurer scored on a wild pitch (7-3). The Yellow Jackets recorded eight hits: Mitchell Roever, Austin Horning, Trent Murdock, Gunner Gregg, Josh Vischer, and Alex Morr all had one, while Hunter Bostater added two. Bostater had the lone double for the Yellow Jackets and Roever recorded the lone RBI. Tyler Dehan, Mitchell Roever, and Alex Morr each had a stolen base. Three pitchers saw action for Defiance today. Starting pitcher senior Cohen Nies had a six inning outing, facing 27 batters, throwing 112 pitches with 68 of those being strikes. The next pitcher for the Yellow Jackets was sophomore Tyler Sickmiller, he pitched 0.2 innings, facing 6 batters, throwing 30 pitches, 18 of those falling in the zone. Lastly, junior Johnny Hammerstein finished the game facing 12 batters in his 2.1 innings pitched. He threw 44 pitches, 21 of those being strikes. Defiance had two errors in the game.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Bluffton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Defiance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
April 1st – Baseball (Moved to Sunday, April 2nd)
Defiance College 4 vs Bluffton University 14
The second game of the day for the Defiance College Baseball team fell short. Bluffton started the game off in the first inning with a three run home run by Justin Maurer to score himself, Jack Towell, and Grant Hovest (3-0). Then Ezra Deitering hit an RBI double to score Kenny Schnieder (4-0). The Yellow Jackets brought themselves within one in the bottom of the first inning. Junior Trent Murdock doubled down the left field line to score senior Austin Horning and junior Mitchell Roever (4-2). Then senior Hunter Bostater singled to score Murdock (4-3). Defiance College struck again in the third inning after Trent Murdock hit a sacrifice fly, plating Mitchell Roever to tie the game (4-4). However, this was the closest that Defiance would come to pulling out the win. The Bluffton Beavers scored the go ahead run in the fifth as well as added a few extra. A string of hits landed in Bluffton’s favor, a single by Ezra Deitering scored Justin Maurer, a double by Evan Houseman, scoring Nick Diana followed (6-4). Then Austin Francis singled to score Evan Houseman and Ezra Deitering, Austin Francis scored on a throwing error (9-4). The seventh saw more hits from the Beavers. Austin Francis doubled to score Ezra Deitering, Grant Hovest singled to score Evan Houseman, and finally, Jack Towell doubled to score Grant Hovest (13-4). Bluffton ended the scoring in the eighth inning off of an Evan Houseman groundout to score Nick Diana (14-4). The Yellow Jackets recorded 8 hits in the game: Mitchell Roever, Austin Horning, Trent Murdock, and Josh Vischer each had one while Alex Morr and Hunter Bostater each added two. Murdock and Morr each recorded a double. Hunter Bostater had one RBI and Trent Murdock had three RBIs in the contest. Three pitchers also saw action Sunday. Starting pitcher sophomore Sam Thombs went 4.1 innings facing 26 batters, he threw 104 pitches 66 of those being in the zone. The next pitcher for the Yellow Jackets, sophomore Jeffrey Varga, contributed 1.2 innings facing 11 batters and throwing 36 pitches, 25 of those being strikes. The last pitcher for Defiance was freshman Ethan Jenkins. Jenkins spent 2 innings on the mound throwing 34 pitches, 19 of those being strikes and facing 10 batters. The Yellow Jackets committed one error.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Bluffton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 0 |
| Defiance | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
April 2nd – Baseball (Moved to Monday, April 3rd)
Defiance College vs Bluffton University
Due to the weather this weekend the Defiance College Baseball games with Bluffton University were postponed a day. Making the games on Saturday, April first were moved to Sunday and the game scheduled for Sunday has been moved to Monday.
(Next Week April 3rd – April 9th)
*Home Events are indicated in purple*
(Monday, April 3rd) Softball vs Adrian College
Location: AC Softball Field
Time: 4pm and 6pm
(Monday, April 3rd) Baseball vs Adrian College (Schedule Change)
Location: Rutter Field
Time: 4pm
(Friday, April 7th) Baseball vs Manchester University
Location: Rutter Field
Time: 1pm and 4pm
(Saturday, April 8th) Baseball vs Manchester University
Location: Rutter Field
Time: 1pm
(Saturday, April 8th) Softball vs Bluffton University
Location: Sal Hench Field
Time: 1pm and 3pm
(Saturday, April 8th) Men’s Track & Field at the 2023 Landon Bond Classic
Location: Berea College
Time: TBA
(Saturday, April 8th) Women’s Track & Field at the 2023 Landon Bond Classic
Location: Berea College
Time: TBA
