Spartans Drop Finale, 3-1

Sunday, May 3

East Lansing, Mich.

12 PM

Michigan State University

17-34, 3-20

Michigan

33-19, 11-13

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Michigan	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	3	4
Michigan State	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2

Carsyn Cassady delivers a pitch at Secchia Stadium

5/3/2026 2:06:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State dropped its season finale to Michigan, 3-1, on Sunday at Secchia Stadium.

Michigan starter Gabby Ellis earned the start for the visitors for the second straight day, tossing complete games in each outing. She limited the Spartans to just one base hit (by Zoie Bernard in the third inning). She struck out three and walked five. Madi Ramey had a sac fly in the third after a Lauren Putz triple, and Kiley Carr had a solo homer in the top of the seventh.

Carsyn Cassady delivered a three-hit outing, allowing just one earned run in a complete game effort where she struck out three. The Spartans stranded eight runners in the game, unable to capitalize more on Michigan's four errors - back-to-back Wolverine miscues in the sixth helped the Spartans load the bases, but MSU could not get any runs across.

The Spartans conclude their season at 17-34 (3-20 Big Ten). Michigan has qualified for the Big Ten Tournament with a 33-19 record and 11-13 mark in Big Ten play. The Big Ten Tournament will be played at Maryland, beginning Wednesday.

NOTEWORTHY

Senior Kirsten Caravaca threw out a baserunner trying to steal for the third straight game and the 12^th time this season. She is tied for first in the Big Ten and 35^th nationally in that category.
Kendall Smiley started and played all 51 games in right field this season.
Natalia Kenyatta walked twice and scored a run in the fifth inning
Zoie Bernard legged out an infield single in the third inning and reached on an error in the fifth.
Carsyn Cassady got the start (her 15^th of the season) and tossed a complete game, her third of the year. She gave up just three base hits and one earned run. She struck out three.
MSU stranded nine runners on the day, including leaving the bases loaded in the sixth.

SCORING SUMMARIES

The Wolverines scored a run in the top of the third when Lauren Putz tripled to the gap in right center, and came home on an error. They doubled their lead in the top of the fourth on a leadoff walk and an error followed by a Madi Ramey sac fly to left.
MSU manufactured a run in the bottom of the fifth on a pair of Wolverine miscues. Natalia Kenyatta led off the inning with a walk, and after getting two outs, the Wolverines committed back-to-back errors that brought her home to make it a 2-1 ballgame.
The Spartans threatened in the bottom of the sixth, when both Hannah Hawley and Britain Beshears reached on back-to-back infield errors. Kendall Smiley advanced the runners on a ground ball, and Sophie Holverstott walked to load the bases with two outs – but the Spartans left the bases juiced.
Michigan tacked on a run in the top of the seventh, a solo shot by Kiley Carr.