AKRON, Ohio – Junior Ronnie Ladines threw her eighth shutout of the season and top-seeded Kent State beat Central Michigan, 1-0, in the first round of the 2016 Mid-American Conference Softball Championship at Firestone Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
The Golden Flashes (36-20) scored just three batters into the bottom of the first inning on a double by junior Maddy Grimm. Kent State had other scoring opportunities but left six runners on base.
Fortunately, that was all of the offensive support that Ladines (23-8), who threw Kent State's first shutout in a MAC Softball Championship game since Kylie Reynolds in 2010, needed.