Michigan State University
13-22, 3-9
Illinois
17-20, 4-8
Softball Narrowly Defeated in Series Finale
4/13/2025 3:25:00 PM | Softball
MSU moves to 13-22 (3-10 B1G) while Illinois improves to 17-20 (4-8 B1G). The Spartans return to Secchia Stadium on Tuesday, April 15 for a 6:00 p.m. non-conference match-up with Notre Dame. It's the final non-conference and mid-week game of the season for Michigan State.
Senior Faith Guidry (2-6) made the start and successfully navigated 6.2 innings before running into trouble with two outs in the seventh. Guidry tossed four consecutive scoreless innings entering the seventh and retired nine straight batters before a pair of two-out Illini home runs ended the contest.
Junior Kaelin Cash posted another multi-hit game with two on Sunday, driving in one. Senior Collette Allen and sophomore Hannah Greer tallied extra-base hits with Allen doubling and Greer homering in the second inning. Greer reached all three times she batted in the series finale drawing two walks. Junior Britain Beshears also drove in a runner for the Spartans.
It was Greer that broke a scoreless tie in the second inning when she popped her fourth home run of the season over the fence in left on the first pitch she saw. Allen set-up the two-run shot with a lead-off double to left center. Illinois tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the second.
Hannah Greer needs just one pitch to put us up 2-0 in the second inning with her fourth home run of the year!#GoGreen | #SpartanUp pic.twitter.com/8jSa4M8uoP
— Michigan State Softball (@MSU_Softball) April 13, 2025
The score remained 2-2 heading into the fifth inning when back-to-back singles by freshman Ava Coffinger and junior Hannah Hawley put two runners on base for Cash. Cash singled off the wall in right field to bring Coffinger home and Beshears brought Hawley home in the ensuing at-bat on a single lined back to the pitching circle.
Kaelin Cash rips a single off the wall in right to give us a 3-2 lead!#GoGreen | #SpartanUp pic.twitter.com/DBRwM8vLuB
— Michigan State Softball (@MSU_Softball) April 13, 2025
After allowing two runs in the second inning, Guidry fired four straight scoreless frames and retired nine Illini batters in a row to put two outs on the board in the seventh. Guidry needed just four pitches to retire the side in the sixth inning. Illinois' bats woke up in the nick of time however sending a pair of balls over the fence to steal a 5-4 win.
Faith Guidry needs just four pitches to get through the bottom of the sixth!
— Michigan State Softball (@MSU_Softball) April 13, 2025
We lead 4-2 heading to the seventh!#GoGreen | #SpartanUp pic.twitter.com/jNc998EZ3S
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nuechterlein, Megan (4-5)
L: Guidry, Faith (2-6)
Batting:
2B: Allen, Collette 1
HR: Greer, Hannah 1
RBI: Cash, Kaelin 1 ; Beshears, Britain 1 ; Greer, Hannah 2
SH: Smiley, Kendall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hawley, Hannah 1 ; Allen, Collette 1 ; Greer, Hannah 1 ; Coffinger, Ava 1
Batting:
HR: Click, Keirys 1 ; Donahue, Eileen 1
RBI: Meade, Stevie 1 ; Click, Keirys 2 ; Donahue, Eileen 1 ; Stiverson, Lizzie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Meade, Stevie 1 ; Click, Keirys 1 ; Donahue, Eileen 1 ; Avila, Yazzy 1 ; Berkmeyer, Paige 1
SB: Avila, Yazzy 1 ; Stiverson, Lizzie 1
CS: Miller, Alaina 1
