Gusties hand norse first loss of the season
March 23, 2009
Kim Hess
Gustavus Adolphus College scored six runs on four hits in the top half of the seventh en route to a 9-5 come-from-behind victory today in Tucson, Arizona. The Norse had taken a 5-3 lead after scoring four runs in the bottom of the sixth. The loss was the first of the season for the nationally ranked #6 Norse who are now 5-1
Kim Hess, batting in the second slot, was 4-for-4. Hess drove in a run and scored once. Danielle Armbruster led the team with two rbi thanks to a double in the sixth. Anna Simonson also had a multiple hit performance going 2-for-4 batting lead-off.
The Norse will face North Central College later today. The North Central game will be the third of 10 on this spring trip to the Tucson Invitational Games.
