April 2, 2023, SHEPHERD, Mich. -- The Grand Rapids Community College baseball and softball teams won four of five games played at Mid Michigan College on Sunday, three in dominating fashion.
Due to the inclement weather on Friday, the softball team was forced to play a triple header.
The team lost the first game 7-4 despite pounding out nine hits.
The team bounced back in the second and third game, 13-2 and 9-1, with Izzy Regner picking up both wins.
In all, GRCC's softball team accumulated 36 hits over the three games and had just two errors in the final two games after five costly errors in the opener. It batted .379 and slugged an impressive .653.
After missing the doubleheader due to sickness on Thursday, freshman catcher Samara Kolehouse was on fire, going seven-for-10 with seven runs batted in, including three home runs and two doubles that nearly went out of the ballpark as well.
Jaye Guichelaar also had seven hits on the day, batting .538 with two doubles.
Alyssa Wierenga hit her first career home run in game three of the day, a three-run blast.
Regner also hit a home run, her fourth of the season, and on the mound she gave up just two earned runs while striking out 22.
GRCC is now 11-9 on the season and 3-4 in conference play.
On the baseball diamond, GRCC and Mid Michigan had a pitchers’ duel in game one.
But in the top of the seventh, the Raiders broke a 1-1 tie with two runs on three straight hits to put the visitors up 3-1.
Mid Michigan led the bottom of the seventh off with a home run, but left the potential game-tying at third, as GRCC hung on for the 3-2 win.
Lucas McKinney earned his team-best third win of the season, going six innings and giving up three hits while striking out five.
GRCC got off to a 6-0 lead in the nightcap and cruised to a 17-3 victory, while totaling 15 hits and committing no errors.
The highlight early in the game was a grand slam by center fielder Trevin Laming, his team-best fourth of the season.
Left fielder Aaron Bess blasted his first four bagger of the season, just one of three hits in the game.
GRCC also got two hits from Fernando Rivera-Calderon, Tommy Reid, Jake Gumieny, and Joe Hoeks.
Colton Leatherman allowed just two earned runs over six innings of work, while striking out six to pick up his second win of the season.
GRCC is now 12-10 and 7-1 in the conference.
The baseball team will be back on the diamond on Tuesday in a doubleheader at Davenport University.
The softball team isn't scheduled to resume play until they make up their final two games of the Delta College series on April 7.
This story was reported by Ben Brown.