Lake Forest Completes Pool Play Undefeated before Falling to Nation's #2 Team
Foresters defeat Muskingum College, lose to University of Texas-Tyler  
  

Mallory Norton

Tracy Rainey

The Foresters were the first team to score for the sixth time in seven games when senior Mallory Norton's (Chicago, Ill./Resurrection) ground ball drove in freshman Noel Harmon (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln Way Central) in the bottom of the first inning against Muskingum.

Norton then belted her second home run of the season in the bottom of the third inning to double the Lake Forest lead.

Muskingum scored its first run of the game in the top of the fifth.

The Foresters finally pulled away with three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Senior Jill Pfund (Morenci, Mich./Morenci) started the rally with a one-out single and scored on a pinch-hit triple by freshman Kelly Chesnut (Channahon, Ill./Minooka). Harmon singled in another run with two outs, advanced to second on a base hit by senior Tracy Rainey (Roselle, Ill./Lake Park), and then scored on a single by Norton.

Freshman Jordan Ratliff (Petersburg, Mich./Summerfield) pitched all seven innings for Lake Forest and struck out seven batters while surrendering just three runs (one earned) on seven base hits. She did not issue a walk.

Texas-Tyler scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning and four in the fourth to knock the Foresters out of contention for the tournament's overall championship. Lake Forest had a base hit in each of the game's first six innings, including a double by senior Tracy Rainey (Roselle, Ill./Lake Park) in the first that made her the program's leader in that category with 38 in her career.

Freshman pitcher Molly Thomsen (Rumford, R.I./St. Mary Academy) entered the game with two outs in the fourth inning and held Texas-Tyler hitless in two-and-one-third innings of relief.

Lake Forest will face ninth-ranked Gustavus Adolphus College in the Gold Consolation Bracket tomorrow morning at 8:30. The Foresters will play again at 10:30 a.m. if they win and 12:30 p.m. if they lose.