Charger softball went 1-1 over the weekend, tying the weekend series with the defending Great Midwest Athletic Conference champions the Northwood University Timberwolves. 

The Chargers’ Saturday games against the Malone University Pioneers were postponed due to weather. On Sunday they beat the Northwood University Timberwolves 4-0 in the first game and lost in the nightcap 3-1.

“I think in that second game we just fell a couple runs short, but I think we’ve seen improvement each week,” head coach Kyle Gross said. “We’re gonna get those second games. We’re gonna break through and get those games when it matters.”

Junior Anna Chellman said the Chargers are looking to focus on their at-bat performance after their games with the Timberwolves. 

“I think we just stopped getting as aggressive at the plate,” Chellman said. “I think we just kind of got a little too comfortable with what we had done in the first game, and so we just need to get a little bit better at being more aggressive and having more of an offensive approach at the plate.”

Lately, the Chargers have faced the toughest competition in the G-MAC, according to Gross.

“Our last three conference teams have been the top three teams in our conference, and we’ve split each one,” Gross said. “And so that’s nothing to shake your head at. But if we could have stolen one of those games, it would have meant a lot as far as rankings and things like that.”

The Chargers will face the Thomas More University Saints on April 12 away at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. They will then play the Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers on April 13 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. 

Junior Mackenzi Maxson said she is proud of the team’s work this season.

“We’ve improved so much defensively and offensively from the beginning of the season, it’s awesome to see,” Maxson said. “I think being able to keep on working on that because again, we’re gonna have opportunities to work out things and work through kinks and just being able to get that kind of all squared away before we play some of the more competitive teams in the conference.”

“We’ve got to win that second game, so we’ve got to work hard this week and make sure that we’re winning both games of the series,” Gross said. “Go Chargers!”