Yellow Jacket Sports Weekly Recap (Apr. 9 – Apr. 15)
By: Hanna Young
Defiance College 7 vs Alma College 6
The Defiance College Yellow Jackets took on Alma College in a midweek double header at Sal Hench Field. In the first of two games Alma took the lead in their first at bat in the top of the inning, Danielle Dumoulin doubled to score Taylor Griffith and then Julia Duncan reached first on an error that scored Danielle Dumoulin (2-0). The Yellow Jackets tied the game at two in the bottom of the first inning. Junior Brooke Silcox hit a sacrifice fly that scored senior Marissa Roberts on an error by Alma (2-1). Then freshman Ali Mowen reached first on an error and then advanced to second while senior Josilyn Guzman scored (2-2). Brooke Silcox added to Defiance’s lead by smashing a homerun over the fence in left center (2-3). Alma regained the lead in the fifth inning after Aynslee Kountz hit a home run over the left field fence to score herself and Taylor Griffith (4-3). Again the Yellow Jackets answered in the bottom of the fifth inning. Senior Lily Linke was walked with bases loaded forcing sophomore Kelly Limbaugh to score (4-4). Then Ali Mowen drove the ball up the middle for a single that scored Josilyn Guzman and Brooke Silcox (6-4). Alma scored in the sixth inning off of a wild pitch that scored Avery Vos (6-5). Alma tied the game in the top of the seventh inning Emma Frasier reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Aynslee Kountz (6-6). In the bottom of the seventh inning Defiance regained their lead to end the game. Ali Mowen reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Brooke Silcox (6-7). The Yellow Jackets had five hits in the contest including a double from Marissa Roberts and a homerun by Brooke Silcox. Laney Grimwood, Ali Mowen, and Marissa Roberts each had one while Brooke Silcox recorded two. Josilyn Guzman and Laney Grimwood each had a stolen base as well. Two pitchers saw action in the first contest of the day. Starting pitcher junior Riley Alcorn went 4.1 innings in the circle for Defiance facing 20 batters. She threw 90 pitches and 56 strikes. The next Yellow Jacket pitcher was junior Savannah McCoy who tossed 2.2 innings and faced 12 batters. She threw 53 pitches with 35 of those falling into the zone.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Alma (Mich.) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Defiance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Defiance College 3 vs Alma College 2
In the second matchup between Defiance College and Alma College the first two frames remained scoreless. The Yellow Jackets then gained the lead in the bottom of the 3rd inning and never looked back. Junior Laney Grimwood reached on a throwing error that scored sophomore Destiny Coil (0-1). A single by senior Marissa Roberts then scored Laney Grimwood from third base (0-2). Freshman Ali Mowen helped round out the scoring for the Yellow Jackets in the bottom of the fourth inning after hitting a sacrifice bunt to score sophomore Kelly Limbaugh (0-3). Alma tried to make a comeback in the top of the seventh inning. Danielle Dumoulin singled to drive in Aynslee Kountz (1-3). Then a wild pitch allowed for Jessica Eva to score (2-3). Defiance had five hitters all record one hit including: Laney Grimwood, Marissa Roberts, Anika Craft, Lily Linke, and Destiny Coil. Lily Linke and Destiny Coil each had doubles. There were 3 stolen bases in the contest: two by Anika Craft and one by Brooke Silcox. Sophomore Anika Craft threw a whole game in the circle for the Yellow Jackets, pitching 7 innings and facing 25 batters. She threw 85 pitches and 56 of those fell into the strike zone. Defiance committed 1 error.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Alma (Mich.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Defiance | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Ohio Wesleyan University 14 vs Defiance College 12
The Yellow Jacket baseball team took on the Ohio Wesleyan University Battling Bishops in a non conference tilt on Wednesday night at Rutter Field. The Bishops started off the game strong by scoring in the top of the first inning. Sammy Stoner tripled to score Ryan Stefancin which was followed by a Dj Neff double to score Sammy Stoner (2-0). The second inning also saw scoring from Ohio Wesleyan. Tyler Monaco started the scoring in the inning by singling to score Noah Brazytis (3-0). Then Dj Neff hit a two RBI single that scored Ryan Stefancin and Tyler Monaco (5-0). Lastly, Zane Vintense singled to score Sammy Stoner (6-0). The Yellow Jackets scored in the third inning to shorten the Bishops lead. Junior Trent Murdock hit a double into center field which scored senior Alex Morr and freshman Ethan Jenkins (6-2). Then sophomore Gunner Gregg doubled to center field to score senior Josh Vischer and Trent Murdock (6-4). Lastly, Gunner Gregg scored after senior Dylan King attempted to steal second base. (6-5). Ohio Wesleyan added to their lead in the fifth inning after a single by Jack Bates scored Zane Vitense (7-5). The Yellow Jackets then scored in the bottom of the inning to cut the Bishop’s lead back to one when senior Hunter Bostater singled allowing Trent Murdock to score on an error (7-6). In the top of the sixth inning Dj Neff scored on a throwing error (8-6). In the bottom of the sixth inning Defiance moved into the driver’s seat. Josh Vischer singled to drive in Ethan Jenkins (8-7). Next Trent Murdock doubled to score Josh Vischer and Alex Morr (8-9). Lastly, Hunter Bostater singled on a fielder’s choice while senior Austin Horning scored (8-10). The Bishops rallied in the top of the seventh. The inning started when Ryan Stefancin singled to score Tyler Monaco (9-10). Dillon Ysseldyke singled to plate Ryan Stefancin and Blake Pettit (11-10). Then Zane Vitense singled to score Sammy Stoner (12-10). Defiance tied the game back up in the bottom of the eighth inning. Trent Murdock singled to plating Josh Vischer (12-11). Then Hunter Bostater singled to score Austin Horning (12-12). The Battling Bishop’s Dj Neff blasted the ball over the left field fence to score himself and Sammy Stoner in top of the ninth inning (14-12). The Yellow Jackets recorded 18 hits in the contest. Austin Hornung, Gunner Gregg, Dylan King, Tyler Dehan, and Ethan Jenkins all had one, Alex Morr and Hunter Bostater had two, while Trent Murdock recorded 4 and Josh Vischer paved the way with five hits. Gunner Gregg and Tyler Dehan each had a stolen base. Six Yellow Jacket pitchers saw action on Wednesday night. Starting pitcher freshman Blake Bowman threw 2 innings, facing 15 batters and throwing 42 pitches with 29 of those being strikes. The next pitcher was sophomore Jeffery Varga; he pitched 2.1 innings, facing 10 batters, and throwing 34 pitches with 19 of those being strikes. Then sophomore Tyler Sickmiller came in and pitched 1 inning, facing 6 batters. He threw 30 pitches with 18 of those in the strike zone. Next was senior Cohen Nies who also threw 1 inning, facing 9 batters and throwing 36 pitches where 21 were strikes. The second to last pitcher was junior Johnny Hammerstein who spent 1.1 innings on the bump. He faced 5 batters and threw 20 pitchers with 13 of those being in the zone. The last pitcher to see action was sophomore Sam Thombs, he threw one inning for the Yellow Jackets. He faced 8 batters, throwing 30 pitches with 19 of those falling into the zone.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 1 |
| Defiance | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 4 |
Anderson University 12 vs Defiance College 3
The Yellow Jackets traveled to Anderson University on Friday to kick off a three game series. Defiance College started off with a quick lead in the top of the first inning. Senior Hunter Bostater singled to score senior Josh Vischer (1-0). However, the next three innings were dominated by the Ravens. In the bottom of the second inning Griffin Wolf hit a sacrifice fly to score Justin Reed (1-1). Then in the bottom of the third inning Justin Reed doubled to score Tyler Smitherma which was followed by a Trey Dorton single to score Justin Reed (1-3). In the bottom of the fourth inning Tyler Smitherma walked with bases loaded to force Grahm Reedy to score (1-4). This was followed by a Justin Reed grand slam to clear the bases, this scored himself, Tyler Smitherma, Charlie Jones, and Connor Gordon (1-8). Then in the top of the sixth inning Defiance added their last few runs of the game. Senior Alex Morr singled to score sophomore Tyler Dehan and freshman Ethan Jenkins (3-8). Anderson sealed the game in the bottom of the sixth inning. Trey Dorton doubled to score Jed Downham and Griffin Wolf (3-10). This was followed up with a triple by Grahm Reedy to score Trey Dorton (3-11). Lastly Grahm Reedy scored on a fielding error (3-12). The Yellow Jackets recorded 11 hits in the contest. Trent Murdock, Hunter Bostater, Gunner Gregg, Austin Hornung, and Ethan Jenkins each had one, while Alex Morr, Josh Vischer, and Dylan King each had two. Three pitchers spent time on the bump for the Yellow Jackets. Starting pitcher senior Cohen Nies went 5.1 innings, facing 33 batters. The next pitcher was junior Jeremy Russo who went 1.2 innings and faced 10 batters. The last pitcher for the Defiance was sophomore Damarius Taylor who pitched 1 inning and faced 3 batters.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Defiance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| Anderson (Ind.) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 12 | 16 | 0 |
Defiance College 4 vs Anderson University 2
In the second game of the three game series between Defiance College and Anderson University the Yellow Jackets jumped to an early lead and maintained it, scoring in three consecutive innings. In the top of the first inning senior Hunter Bostater doubled to right field to score senior Josh Vischer (1-0). Then in the top of the second inning Josh Vischer reached first on an error to score sophomore Tyler Dehan (2-0). Then junior Trent Murdock hit a sacrifice fly to score freshman Ethan Jenkins (3-0). Then in the third inning senior Austin Horning doubled to left field to score sophomore Gunner Gregg (4-0). Anderson University scored for the first time in the bottom of the sixth inning when Jed Downham doubled to score Justin Reed (4-1). The Ravens again scored in the bottom of the eighth inning when Grahm Reedy hit a sacrifice fly to score Griffin Wolf (4-2). The Yellow Jackets recorded 10 hits in the game: Josh Vischer, Hunter Bostater, Jacob Hild, and Tyler Dehan all recorded one, Trent Murdock, Gunner Gregg, and Austin Hornung each added two. Two Defiance pitchers saw action in this game. Sophomore Sam Thombs pitched 7 innings and faced 34 batters for the Yellow Jackets. The final pitcher was sophomore Jeffery Varga who pitched 2 innings and faced 6 batters.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Defiance | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Anderson (Ind.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Anderson University 12 vs Defiance College 2
In the last game of the series between the Defiance College Yellow Jackets and the Anderson University Ravens, Defiance College opened the scoring in the first inning. Senior Josh Vischer singled to left field to score senior Alex Morr (1-0). Anderson quickly answered though in the bottom of the first inning Tyler Smitherma singled to score Connor Gordon to tie the game (1-1). Then Griffin Wolf singled to score Charlie Jones (1-2). Anderson tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the second inning when Trey Dorton scored on a wild pitch and then an error, followed by a fielding error to score Luke Renard (1-4). The Yellow Jackets scored again in the top of the fourth inning after sophomore Jacob Hild singled to score Josh Vischer (2-4). The Ravens dominated the rest of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning Grahm Reedy homered which was followed by a Justin Reed single that scored Connor Gordon (2-6). They struck again in the bottom of the sixth after Justin Reed hit a sacrifice fly to score Charlie Jones and then Griffin Wolf homered to score himself and Tyler Smitherma (2-9). In the bottom of the seventh inning Connor Gordon singled to score Trey Dorton, followed by a Charlie Jones single to score Grahm Reedy and Luke Renard (2-12). Three Defiance pitchers saw action in the contest. Starting pitcher freshman Blake Bowman threw 3.1 innings and faced 22 batters. The next pitcher was sophomore Tyler Sickmiller who went 2.2 innings and faced 11 batters. The final pitcher that saw action was junior Johnny Hammerstein who faced 5 batters.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Defiance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Anderson (Ind.) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 0 |
Transylvania University 6 vs Defiance College 0
The Defiance College softball team traveled to Kentucky for a Saturday conference doubleheader against Transylvania University. The Pioneers got off to an early start scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the first inning. Annie Schuck singled to center field, scoring Abby Frazier (0-1). Hadlee Carter scored on a wild pitch (0-2). Ending the scoring in the first inning for Transylvania was Stella Wulker who tripled to score Annie Schuck (0-3). Transy scored again in the third inning off of an Annie Schuck home run that scored herself and Hadlee Carter (0-5). The Pioneers scored one last time in the bottom of the fourth inning when Annie Schuck singled to the shortstop to score RyAnn Tharp (0-6). The Yellow Jacket offense only recorded 3 hits in the contest. Laney Grimwood, Marissa Roberts, and Ali Mowen all had one hit apiece. Josilyn Guzman and Kelly Limbaugh each had a stolen base as well. Two Defiance pitchers saw action in the first game of the day. Junior Savannah McCoy started the game pitching 1.2 innings for the Yellow Jackets. She faced 12 batters and threw 58 pitches 26 of those being strikes. Junior Riley Alcorn finished out the game, facing 19 batters in her 4 innings pitched. She threw 59 pitches with 37 of those falling into the strike zone.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Defiance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| #16 Transylvania (Ky.) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Transylvania University 7 vs Defiance College 0
The second game of the day Transy also jumped to an early lead. In the bottom of the first inning Taylor Senter singled, scoring Abby Frazier (0-1). The Pioneers added to their lead in the bottom of the second inning when Kennedi Stacey reached home on a wild pitch (0-2). A fielding error in the bottom of the third inning allowed for Annie Schuck to score (0-3). The consistent scoring of the Pioneers continued into the bottom of the fourth inning. Emily Hestand tripled to score Abby Frazier and Addy Mack (0-5). Then in the bottom of the fifth inning Addy Mack bunted for a single to score Stella Wulker (0-6). Lastly, Reagan Rouleau hit a sacrifice bunt to score Emilie Teall (0-7). Sophomore Anika Craft pitched the full 6 innings for the Yellow Jackets. She faced 30 batters, throwing 116 pitches with 67 of those falling into the zone.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Defiance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| #16 Transylvania (Ky.) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 | 7 | 2 |
Men’s Track & Field All-Ohio Championships
The Men’s Track and Field team competed at Ohio Wesleyan University in the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday where they tied for 11th place. Junior Ron Scott competed in the discus event and threw 32.22 meters. Freshman Isaac Miller competed in the long jump recording a distance of 6.12 meters which was enough to earn him 12th place. Senior Ja’Qway Janvier ran the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.33 seconds. Freshman Marlon Brown ran the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.39 seconds earning him a fifth place finish and a new PR. Marlon Brown also competed in the 400-meter dash earning a second place finish. Lastly, the 4×100 meter relay team consisting of Ja’Qway Janvier, Isaac Miller, Marlon Brown, and Gavin Maratea earned a fourth place finish with a time of 42.92 seconds.
Women’s Track & Field All-Ohio Championships
The Women’s Track and Field team competed at Ohio Wesleyan University in the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday where they received 11th place. Senior Lisa-Maria Markau competed in the 100-meter dash earning a new PR and third place. Sophomore Hailei Haynes also competed in the 100-meter dash finishing with a new PR and ninth place. Lisa-Maria Markau also competed in the 200-meter dash earning a new PR. Freshman Shyla Pemberton competed in the 200-meter dash finishing in 26.63 seconds to get her a new PR. The women’s 4×100 team made up of Hailei Haynes, Lisa-Maria Markau, Shyla Pemberton, and Shanti Elkins finished with a time of 50.17 seconds to earn them third place.
(Next Week April 17th – April 23rd)
*Home Events are indicated in purple*
(Wednesday, April 19th) Softball vs Manchester
Location: Manchester University
Time: 3:30pm and 5:30pm
(Friday, April 21st) Baseball vs Earlham University
Location: Earlham University
Time: 6pm
(Saturday, April 22nd) Baseball vs Earlham University
Location: Earlham University
Time: 12pm and 3pm
(Saturday, April 22nd) Softball vs Hanover University
Location: Sal Hench Field
Time: 1pm and 3pm
(Saturday, April 22nd) Men’s Track & Field at the Otterbein Twilight
Location: Westerville, Ohio
Time: TBA
(Saturday, April 22nd) Women’s Track & Field at the Otterbein Twilight
Location: Westerville, Ohio
Time: TBA
