College Roundup

FORT WAYNE -ÊThe Manchester College baseball team dropped a nine-inning game to Indiana Tech Wednesday afternoon in Fort Wayne. The Warriors blanked the Spartans 6-0.

Manchester managed just two hits in the shutout, with one coming from Criag Hersey and the other from Brian Minix.

Manchester is 11-20 overall. The Spartans will host Franklin in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.

INDIANA TECH 6, MANCHESTER 0

Manchester 000 000 000 - 0 2 0

Indiana Tech 110 103 00x - 6 7 1

WP -ÊTodd Fleetwood (8 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 11 Ks, 2 BB). LP -ÊTom Davidson (6 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 5 Ks, 5 BB).

Manchester leaders -ÊCraig Hersey 1B, SB; Brian Minix 1B

SOFTBALL

GRACE 6, HUNTINGTON 0

HUNTINGTON 4, GRACE 2

Wednesday in Huntington

The Grace College softball team ended the regular season Wednesday with a doubleheader split against the Huntington College Foresters in a Mid-Central Conference battle. Grace won the opener 6-0 before losing game two 4-2.

In the opener, Rachel Liebsch pitched six shutout innings, striking out six batters and allowing just three hits. Grace scored four runs in the fifth on a pair of singles, a double and a tripleto break a scoreless tie. The Lancers added two more in the sixth for the final tally.

In game two, Grace scored twice in the top of the second to take a 2-1 lead, but huntington rallied with one in the bottom of the second and two in the third for the win.

Grace (8-18, 7-7 MCC) will now play in the Mid-Central Conference Tournament May 3-5. The Lancers will be the No. 5 seed in the double-elimination tournament.

GC 000 042 0 - 6 9 1

HC 000 000 0 - 0 3 5

WP -ÊRachel Liebsch. LP -ÊSchamber.

Grace leaders -ÊKelli Irish 2B, 3 RBIs; Christina Clark 3B, RBI

GC 020 000 0 - 2 9 3

HC 101 200 x - 4 4 1

WP - Reinking. LP -ÊNikki Chessum.

Grace leaders -ÊMeredith Simpson RBI; Shannon Haskins RBIs