MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – On Sunday afternoon the No. 24 Miami University softball team fell to Central Michigan University 9-5. This drops the RedHawks to 36-7 on the season and 18-1 in the Mid-American Conference. Central Michigan moves to 13-26 (10-7 MAC).
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• A double from Karli Spaid in the top of the first scored Allie Cummins to give the RedHawks a 1-0 lead.
• A throwing error in the bottom of the first allowed a runner to cross home for the Chippewas and a RBI single later that inning gave them the 2-1 lead.
• In the bottom of the second a grand slam from Central pushed their lead to 6-1.
• The RedHawks cut the lead to 6-2 in the top of the third when Holly Blaska singled to score Cummins.
• In the bottom of the third the Chippewas extended their lead to 7-2 on a RBI single.
• Two scored on an error in the bottom of the fourth for Central to extend their lead to 9-2.
• A solo homer from Jenna Golembiewski in the top of the fifth shortened the lead to 9-3.
• Reagan Bartholomew hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh to also score Golembiewski and cut the deficit to 9-5, but it was not enough for the RedHawks to come back, giving them their first conference loss of the season.

 
NOTES:

• Spaid now ranks seventh (tied) in career hits in MAC history with 252.
• Hadley Parisien went 2-for-3 at the plate.
• Golembiewski and Bartholomew each had solo home runs.
• Addy Jarvis went four innings in the circle and struck out four.
• Madilyn Reeves went two innings in the circle and struck out two.

UP NEXT: The RedHawks return to Oxford, Ohio to face Eastern Kentucky University in a doubleheader at 4 p.m. on April 23.