ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - In the final day of the Missouri Western Regional Crossover, the Jennies offense was at it's finest scoring a season-high 15 runs and knocked a season-high 18 hits in a 15-0 win over Concordia. The win is also Head Coach
Susan Anderson's 300th at UCM and puts the Jennies at 16-14 this season.
The Jennies scored at least one run in every inning.
Emily Robinson got the scoring started with a two-out RBI single in the first.
Allison Tonyan pitched out of trouble in the first, escaping a two-on, two-out threat to get the Jennies back to the plate. The Jennies put two more runs on the board with an RBI single from
Ali Jo Rogers and a sacrifice fly from
Emily King.
Central Missouri tacked on in the third
Alex Leonhart crossed the plate on a double steal attempt. UCM made it 7-0 in the fourth getting an RBI double from King and two-RBI single from Leonhart.
Tonyan ran into trouble in the bottom of the frame, loading the bases with two out, but induced a ground ball to short to escape the threat. Tonyan threw her second-straight shutout win to move to 4-4 on the season. She threw all five innings and allowed just two hits while striking out six and walking six.
The Jennies put on an offensive display in the fifth, scoring eight runs in the inning helped out by home runs from
Lauren Mabe and
Allie Dishinger.
Keelia Martin, Rogers and King also had RBI in the inning.
The last time the Jennies scored 15 runs was almost two years ago to the date, March 19, 2014 when they scored 16 against Missouri S&T. The 18 hits are the most in a game since the Jens also knocked 18 last year against Upper Iowa.
Every starter scored at least one run and seven of the nine picked up at least one hit. Leonhart knocked a career-high four hits and scored two runs while driving in two more. Dishinger finished 3-for-4 with a HR and three RBI. King also drove in three runs and went 2-for-3 with a sacrifice fly. The Jens also got three stolen bases, one each from Rogers,
Makayla Schoonover and
Hailey Crabtree.
Central Missouri returns to MIAA action this week with a doubleheader against Missouri Southern Wednesday, March 23 with a 1 p.m. start in Warrensburg.