April 23, 2023, GRAND RAPIDS Mich. – Izzy Regner won her 11th straight game helping the Grand Rapids Community College softball team to a 4-1 victory over Muskegon Community College on Sunday.

The baseball team rallied back from a 9-1 deficit, but had its 17-game win streak snapped by Muskegon.

The softball team improved its record to 19-15 overall and 11-9 in the conference after winning the series against Muskegon, three games to two.

Freshman outfielder, Alyssa Wierenga, scored GRCC's first run of the game, and had a game-high three hits.   

Muskegon tied the game at one with a run in the sixth, but GRCC responded with three two-out runs in the bottom of the inning. The Jayhawks had a chance in the top of the seventh with the first two batters reaching base, but Regner retired the final three batters to secure the victory.

Regner is now 16-3 on the year and has won 11 straight games since taking a loss on March 30. She has a 1.02 ERA and after 34 strikeouts against Muskegon this series, she has a staggering 222 punch outs for the year.

The baseball team, now 26-11 overall and 18-2 in the conference, was down 5-0 and 9-1 at points during the game. A grand slam by Fernando Rivera-Calderon
in the sixth inning brought the team to within a run. But Muskegon tacked on two insurance runs to win 14-11.

GRCC out-hit the Jayhawks 13-12, but had three errors to just one for the visitors.

Zacarias Salinas led the offensive attack going three-for-four from the plate with two runs batted in. Rivera-Calderon, Jake Gumieny and Xander Reisbig all had two hits, with Rivera-Calderon having five RBI.

The baseball team is scheduled to play a nine-inning game against Kellogg Community College on April 25.  The softball team will be back on the field April 28 when it begins its final conference series of the season at Bay College.   

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