Strong improvements in hitting from a young softball team manifested in Hillsdale’s sweeps over Lourdes University and Walsh University and a split with Lake Erie College over the course of four days. Hillsdale took an early 4-0 lead in game one against Lake Erie on Friday with an RBI single from sophomore second baseman Amanda...
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Softball ranked second in GLIAC after 3-1 weekend
Though the Chargers softball team’s six-game winning streak ended over the weekend, the team swept the Northwood Timberwolves and split with the GLIAC-leading Saginaw Valley Cardinals for a 3-1 weekend. Hillsdale held Northwood to five innings in game one, taking an early lead and a final score of 10-1. The Charger scoring started in the...
Knecht connects cows, chess, and musical cognition
Human short-term memory only has a capacity for five to seven items — like the digits of a phone number — yet expert musicians can learn and retain music they may have heard for the first time only a few minutes ago. According to Professor of Music Melissa Knecht, these feats of memory involve the...
Softball team shines in winning weekend against GVSU and Ferris
After falling to Grand Valley State University in its first game of the weekend, the Hillsdale College softball team rallied back to win their final conference game against the Lakers and sweep the Ferris State Bulldogs this weekend. The 3-1 weekend boosts the Chargers to 5-3 in the GLIAC and 15-16 overall. Grand Valley started...
Softball goes .500 to open conference play
After beginning conference play over the weekend, the Hillsdale College softball team split doubleheaders against University of Findlay and Tiffin University, leaving the Chargers 2-2 in conference and 12-15 overall on the season. The Chargers opened the conference season with a 4-2 win against Findlay on Friday, when freshman pitcher Dana Weidinger’s four strikeouts and...




