March 30, 2001 


                  Michigan State University Softball
                  Michigan State at Illinois (Game 1)
             3/30/01 at Urbana, Ill. (Eichelberger Field)


Michigan State 1 (10-23,0-1 BIG TEN)


Name (Pos)                 AB  R  H RBI  BB SO PO  A
Brittney Green 3b.........  3  0  0  0    0  0  1  3
Shealee Dunavan cf........  3  0  0  1    0  1  2  0
Tiffany Wallace rf........  3  0  2  0    0  0  1  1
 Sandy Lewis pr............ 0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0
Demita Clark dh...........  3  0  1  0    0  0  0  0
Robyn Golden 1b...........  1  0  0  0    0  1  5  0
 Natalie Furrow pr/1b...... 2  0  0  0    0  0  1  0
Angel Merren lf...........  3  0  0  0    0  1  3  0
Lacy Hauxhurst c..........  3  0  1  0    0  0  1  1
 Theresa Pusateri pr....... 0  1  0  0    0  0  0  0
Amanda Melton 2b..........  3  0  1  0    0  0  2  0
Margaret Schick ss........  2  0  1  0    0  0  2  1
Becky Gray p..............  0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0
 Keri DeJong p............. 0  0  0  0    0  0  0  1
Totals.................... 26  1  6  1    0  3 18  7



Illinois 4 (29-12,1-0 BIG TEN)


Name (Pos)                 AB  R  H RBI  BB SO PO  A
Erin Montgomery rf........  3  1  1  0    1  0  0  0
Erin Jones 3b.............  3  0  2  0    0  0  1  4
Lindsey Hamma ss..........  3  1  2  0    0  0  2  3
Janna Sartini c...........  3  1  1  2    0  0  7  2
Katie O'Connell 2b........  2  1  0  0    1  0  2  1
Alicia Hammel 1b..........  2  0  1  0    0  0  8  0
Sarah Baumgartner cf......  3  0  1  1    0  0  1  0
Karyn Bird dh.............  2  0  1  0    1  1  0  0
Kristie Sauter lf.........  2  0  0  0    0  0  0  0
 Meghan Watson pr.......... 1  0  0  0    0  0  0  0
Amanda Fortune p..........  0  0  0  0    0  0  0  3
Totals.................... 24  4  9  3    3  1 21 13





Score by innings:                   R  H  E
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Michigan State        001 000 0  -  1  6  1
Illinois              300 001    -  4  9  2
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E - Gray(5), Jones, Sauter.
LOB - Spartans 4, Illini 6.
2B - Wallace(5), Clark(3), Jones, Sartini, Hammel.
SB - Dunavan(8). CS - Hamma.
SH - Hammel.


Michigan State         IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB BF
Becky Gray..........  2.0   5   3   2   1   0  11 12
Keri DeJong.........  4.0   4   1   1   2   1  13 16



Illinois               IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB BF
Amanda Fortune......  7.0   6   1   1   0   3  26 26





Win - Fortune 13-5.  Loss - Gray 4-9.  Save - None.
Umpires - Home:Steve Culp  1st:Steve McCrillis  3rd:Joe Reed
Start: 2:00 pm   Time: 1:48   Attendance: 352


Game Notes:
Illinois wins first-ever Big Ten game.