EDMOND, Okla. (May 1, 2019) - Central Missouri Jennies Softball bucked a three-year streak of losing their first MIAA Tournament game with their 4-1 win over Lindenwood Wednesday afternoon. The Jennies got a great pitching performance from
Shelby Clark and three first-inning runs proved to be enough to take down the Lions.
Play-by-Play
• A trend started in the first as the Lions left runners on first and second without scoring. Lindenwood stranded 10 runners in the game.
• The Jennies got off to a hot start and had a 1-0 lead three batters into the game. Back-to-back hits by
Lauryn Deer and
Ashlyn Cook put runners on the corners with nobody out.
Hailey Crabtree drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly to score Deer.
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Jessica Sader then went to the opposite field for a run-scoring triple to make it 2-0. She scored on
Taylor Dames' RBI ground out and after one the Jens had a 3-0 lead.
• The Lions again stranded a pair in the second and the score remained 3-0 until the fourth. Lindenwood finally got on the board after a sacrifice fly, but it could've been more. LWU had runners on first and second with nobody out, but were only able to get the one run in.
• A two-out double by Sader in the fifth led to the fourth Jennies run. She scored as Dames' fly ball to right was misplayed and UCM took the three-run lead back, 4-1.
• Lindenwood got runners on base again in the sixth and seventh, but Clark was up to the task and kept them from scoring in UCM's 4-1 win.
Jennies Stat Leaders
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Shelby Clark pitched all seven innings allowing one run on six hits with four strikeouts.
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Jessica Sader finished 2-3 with a double, triple, RBI and two runs scored.
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Lauryn Deer and
Ashlyn Cook each had two hits and a run scored.
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Alexis Koop had two hits in three at bats.
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Hailey Crabtree and
Taylor Dames each drove in a run.
For the Lions
• Hannah Johnson picked up two hits in four at bats.
• Kayla Scholz pinch ran and scored.
• Becca Stocker was 1-1 with an RBI.
• Stormee Galka started and threw the first 4.2 innings allowing four runs (three earned) on eight hits.
• Marina Esparza threw 1.1 scoreless innings in relief.
News and Notes
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Lauryn Deer upped her hit total to 73, one behind fourth-place all-time and nine back of the UCM single-season record.
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Jessica Sader drove in her 45th run of the season.
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Shelby Clark has now thrown all of the Jennies last 15 innings against Lindenwood allowing just two runs
• The Jennies remained ranked in the NCAA Central Region rankings at No. 9 this week.
• This is the first time since 2015 the Jennies have won their first MIAA Tournament game and they improve to 73-56 all-time in the MIAA Tournament.
• Lindenwood was just 2-12 with runners on base and 0-7 with runners in scoring position.
Up Next
• Central Missouri will take on No. 1 seed and host Central Oklahoma tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m.
