MIAMI SOFTBALL

MU blanks Skyhawks in final MAC play tune-up

By MIKE SMITH
​OXFORD, OH --  Madilyn Reeves evened her record at 6-6 with a three-hit, 5-0  Miami shutout of Stonehill Tuesday at Miami Softball Stadium. It was the last non-conference outing for MU before beginning Mid-American Conference play at Kent State Friday. 

The RedHawks are now 9-14, with wins in four of their last six games -- all at home. Reeves went 4-1 during that span, She struck out sefven and walked four across four innings Tuesday. Le'a Chevrier three two hitless innings, and Shelbie Krieger followed with a perfect seventh. 

The RedHawks offense, meanwhile, totaled . . . 

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. . . nine hits. Shelbie Kunkel led the way with three safeties. Ella Carter homered for the second consecutive game. Kaylee Oh tripled, while Kunkel and Chloe Parks doubled. 

Madilyn Reeves shares a teammate and head coach Mandy Gardner-Colegate between innings of a recent win. (MVSmith/MRO)

• Erin Pinter, who also walked twice, singled in Parks with Miami's first fun in the second inning. 
• Carter led off the fourth with a homer to center. Pinter followed with a walk. After a single and fielder's choice, she came home on catcher's throw to second during a steal attempt. 
• Miami's fifth inning run came on a bases loaded walk to Pinter, driving in Kunkel. 
•  Freshman Nathalie Hagle singled with one out and later came around to score on a double to right center by Kunkel.