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Allison Smart went 5-for-8 with a double, a homerun and three runs batted in to help Albion College split a doubleheader with Alma College in Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association softball action at Dempsey Field Thursday afternoon. Alma won game one, 5-2, but Albion pounded 23 hits to score a 16-10 victory in the nightcap.

Smart, Kara Wandrie, Jessica Stange, Tate Kern, Jenna Dumbleton, Brenna Przeslawski, and Alyssa Tropea all collected three hits in game two.

CLICK HERE to view a three-minute video as Albion quickly scored four runs in the first inning of game two (WMV file | 10.6 MB).

ALBION, Mich. - Allison Smart (Manton/Manton) slugged a double and a homerun and drove in three runs, Jessica Stange (Macomb Township/Lutheran North) slugged a two-run homerun, and Jenna Dumbleton (Northville/Northville) drove in three runs as Albion College scored its first victory over Alma College since 2003 as the Britons outscored the Scots, 16-10, in the second game of a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association softball doubleheader at Dempsey Field.

Albion's first six batters reached base as it scored seven times in the first inning. The Britons added a run in the second to build an 8-0 lead. Albion added three runs in the fourth and five in the seventh.

Smart, Stange, Dumbleton, Kara Wandrie (Clarkston/Clarkston), Tate Kern (Kaleva/Brethren), Brenna Przeslawski (Harper Woods/Grosse Pointe North), and Alyssa Tropea (Bloomfield Hills/Seaholm) all collected three hits in the game.

The run support was enough for pitchers Amber Hummel (Indiana, Pa./Indiana Area) and Jenna Hogg (Flat Rock/Flat Rock). Hummel worked the first three innings, and Hogg was credited with the win after going the final four.

Albion settled for a split on the day after losing game one, 5-2. Kern slugged a two-run homerun in the second inning. Kern's homer pushed Albion to a 2-1 lead, but Alma came back with two runs in the fifth inning and two in the sixth inning.

Albion (8-8 overall, 1-1 MIAA) is scheduled to continue league play Saturday, playing a twinbill at Adrian College. The first pitch is set for 1 p.m.

In multimedia coverage, Bobby Lee, Albion's director of news & sports information, edited a portion of the first inning of the second game. Kara Wandrie and Allison Smart doubled, Samantha Kolling laced a RBI single, and Jessica Stange homered over the fence in left-center. Click here to view the windows media video that runs nearly three minutes in length.

» GAME 1: ALMA 5, ALBION 2
» GAME 2: ALBION 16, ALMA 10