EMPORIA, Kan. (Feb. 17, 2018) - Central Missouri Jennies Softball struggled to score in the first two games of the Emporia State Softball Classic. UCM dropped their two games Saturday, putting them at 4-8 on the season.

Game One - Maryville 7, Central Missouri 2
Play-by-Play
• Maryville scored the first seven runs of the game. They got three in the very first inning, scoring a run on a wild pitch a sacrifice fly and an RBI single.
• They added one more in the third on an RBI double and them three more in the fifth on a pair of run-scoring hits.
• The Jennies scored two in the seventh on RBI singles by Emily King and Payton Summers.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Central Missouri knocked five hits by five different players.
• Summers and King were 1-3 with a hit and an RBI each.
• Lauryn Deer, Allie Dishinger and Taylor Dames had the Jennies other three hits.
• Katie Giacone started and allowed four runs, two earned in two innings with two strikeouts.
• Jordan Johnson pitched four innings in relief and gave up three runs on seven hits with three strikeouts. 

For the Saints
• Alyssa Callans threw seven innings and gave up two runs, one earned on five hits with five strikeouts. She was also 1-1 at the plate with two walks and three runs scored.
• Jaclyn Pasakarnis was 3-4 wit a run scored and two RBI.
• Bri Livingstone also had two RBI and was 1-2.

Game Two - Henderson State 8, Central Missouri 0 - 6 innings
Play-by-Play
• The Reddies scored two runs in the first inning and never looked back. Kaitlyn Felder knocked a two-run home run to get the scoring started.
• HSU scored twice in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
• Kailey Reese and Nadia Ballarin had run-scoring hits in the fourth.
• Madie Green produced the final four runs with a two-run home run in the fifth and a two-run single in the sixth.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Allie Dishinger, Payton Summers and Alexis Koop each had a hit for UCM.
• Makayla Schoonover reached base on a walk and stole a base.
• Sarah Brown got the start and gave up six runs on seven hits in four innings.

For the Reddies
• Kaitlyn Felder threw 4.2 innings and gave uup just two hits and two walks with a strikeout. She also went 1-2 at the plate with a home run and two RBI.
• Madie Green finished 2-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored.
• Nadia Ballarin was 2-3 with an RBI. 

News and Notes
• These games were played in Emporia, Kan. after the Arkansas-Monticello 9-State Classic was canceled because of rain. 
• Central Missouri has now lost four straight
• The Jennies have scored two or fewer runs in seven of their 12 games this season.
• Allie Dishinger's triple was the first of her career.

Up Next
• Central Missouri will play two more tomorrow in Emporia. First they'll take on Illinois-Springfield at 3 p.m. followed by William Jewell at 5 p.m. The Jens are a combined 16-4 all-time against these two opponents.