With the bases empty in the bottom of the fifth inning Sunday afternoon, junior Maddy Grimm drove a 2-1 pitch from North Dakota State University’s Kaitlyn Leddy over the right field fence at the University of Louisville’s Ulmer Stadium, giving the Kent State softball team a two-run lead.
But this wasn’t just any home run for Grimm. It was the 37th of her collegiate career, propelling the junior past former Flashes Jamie Fitzpatrick and Jessica Carmichael on the program’s career home run list, as Kent State (12-3) rolled to a 3-2 record in the Red & Black Classic this weekend.