Clermont, FL – Alma College Softball continued play at The Spring Games on Thursday, taking on Alvernia and Capital. The Scots swept the day, winning by scores of 3-1 and 4-3.
 
Alma 3, Alvernia 1
Alma's opening game of the day was low scoring, with the Scots striking in the 1^st  inning. A failed pickoff attempt saw Peyton Fether race home to give Alma a 1-0 lead. The Scots doubled their lead in the next inning, with Sophia Somerset doing the damage. An RBI single to left field scored Camille Lozmack. Alvernia hit back in the 4^th, but Sydni Wolverton scored on a groundout to pad the lead. The scoring ended there, and Alma walked out 3-1 winners.
 
The Scots got hits from six different players. With McKenna Salley the only Alma hitter to get on base twice with a walk drawn. Morgan Westall (4-0) went all seven innings, allowing three hits and striking out six batters.
 
Alma 4, Capital 3
The Scots scored first in game two as well, with Lily Thompson scoring on a Comet error in the 2^nd inning. Natalia Rodriguez doubled the lead in the 3^rd, singling home Julia Duncan to make it 2-0. Lozmack added to the margin in the 5^th, clubbing an RBI single which scored Adelyn Dorotz. Rodriguez then struck again, scoring what would be the game-winning run on a sac fly. Capital managed three runs in the 6^th, but Alma held on to take a 4-3 win.
 
Rodriguez accounted for half of Alma's runs, and Duncan was the only Alma batter to make it to the base path more than once. Mikaylyn Kenney (2-1) pitched all seven innings in the win. She scattered five hits, and struck out three.
 
Alma is back in action tomorrow with two more games before returning home to Michigan.