MARYVILLE, Mo. (April 6, 2021) - Central Missouri Softball earned its third MIAA sweep of the season with two wins over Northwest Missouri. The Jennies offense complied 26 hits and 18 runs while the UCM defense held the Bearcats to just 12 hits and five runs scored on the day.
GAME 1 - Central Missouri 5, Northwest Missouri 2
How it Happened:
• After giving up two Bearcat funs in the opening inning,
Paige Petefish and the Jennies defense held Northwest scoreless in the remaining six innings.
• A Bearcat home run to left field with one runner on in the bottom of the first plated the first runs of the game as Northwest took an early 2-0 lead.
• Central Missouri answered the Bearcats two runs by scoring three Jennies in the top of the second inning. Third baseman
Jessica Sader homered to center field in her first at-bat of the game scoring
Ashlyn Cook and herself to tie the game at 2-2.
• A double to center field by
Bailey Fowler would score
Bailee Bryant from second for the 3-2 lead.
• In their remaining 19 at-bats, the Bearcats recorded just four hits and left a total of five runners on base.
• A solo home runs by first baseman
Makenzie McAtee and right fielder Cook scored UCM's final two runs against Northwest.
• The Bearcats rally attempt in the bottom of the seventh fell short, awarding the Jennies the 5-2 victory.
• Three home runs in a single game ties the Jennies season record. They have now hit three home runs in six of their 27 games so far this season.
• Central Missouri out-hit Northwest 12-7 with five of the Jennies hits being for extra bases.
• Seven different Bearcats accounted for Northwest's total hits.
Leading the Jennies:
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Ashlyn Cook led the UCM offense with three hits in four at-bats. She also scored a game-high two runs.
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Jessica Sader went 2-4 and led drove in the team-high two runs.
• Shortstop
Abbey Fischer and cater
Sydney Wellshear also recorded two hits in game one.
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Paige Petefish threw the complete game for the Jennies. In 27 at-bats she allowed seven hits, two runs, one walk, and stuck out three Bearcat batters.
Leading the Bearcats:
• Olivia Blackford led Northwest's offense with her two-run homer in the bottom of the first.
• Breck Dickey threw six innings for Northwest. In 25 at-bats she allowed 10 hits, all five of UCM's runs, and three walks while striking out two.
GAME 2 - Central Missouri 13, Northwest Missouri 3
How it Happened:
• The Jennies recorded their second-most runs scored in a single game this season with 13 runs in game two against the Bearcats.
• It was a slow offensive started as the first two innings saw just two hits with no runs scored.
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Sadie Parks and the UCM defense held the Bearcats with just one hit in their first seven at-bats.
• This time, the Jennies were the first to score as UCM recorded four runs off four hits in the top of the third inning.
• With two outs and no runners on base,
Abbey Fischer hit a bomb to center field for the first run of the game. Back-to-back doubles by
Bailey Fowler and
Sydney Wellshear were followed by an
Ashlyn Cook single to score the following three runs of the inning, awarding the Jennies a 4-0 lead.
• Northwest Missouri added two runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning as three Bearcat singles produced two runs score. Parks and the UCM defense recorded the third out of the inning with two Bearcats in scoring position.
• After a scoreless fourth and fifth inning, the Jennies opened the sixth inning with six hits and six runs scored.
• A double to center field by pinch hitter
Abby Allnutt scored Cook from second for the first run of the inning. Allnutt advanced to third on a single by second baseman
Brenlyn McCoy. Another single by left fielder
Aubrie McRoberts would then score Allnutt, increasing UCM's lead by four at 6-2. With just one out and bases loaded, Fowler hit her second double of the game scoring all three baserunners. Fowler found her way home on a wild pitch, scoring the Jennies sixth run of the inning and their 10th run of the game.
• Northwest was able to score one run off one hit and one UCM error in the bottom of the sixth to keep the game alive.
• Central Missouri took advantage of its final inning, scoring three more runs to increase the Jennies lead by 10.
• The Jennies defense recorded three consecutive outs in the Bearcats final at-bats to win game two 13-3 and earn the league sweep.
• In a season-high 34 at-bats the Jennies out hit the Bearcats 14-5.
• Central Missouri's 13 runs scored is the most allowed by Northwest in their 20 games this season.
Leading the Jennies:
• Five Jennies totaled two hits while
Makenzie McAtee was walked a game-high three times.
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Abbey Fischer,
Bailey Fowler,
Sydney Wellshear, and
Ashlyn Cook each drove in a team-high two runs.
• Fowler led all baserunners with three runs scored.
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Sadie Parks threw the complete game. In 29 batters faced, Parks allowed five hits, three runs, and one walk while striking out three Bearcats.
Leading the Bearcats:
• Olivia Daugherty and Kaitlyn Weis lead Northwest with two hits apiece.
• Weis led the Bearcats with two RBI.
• Both Raven Defrain and Hayden Simmons each led the Northwest pitching staff with 2.2 innings pitched. Both Defrain and Simmons allowed five hits while Simmons recorded the Bearcats only strikeouts with two.
News & Notes:
• In their two games, the Jennies totaled 26 hits, 18 runs, 16 RBI, and 10 walks while Northwest finished with just 12 hits, five runs, five RBI, and two walks.
• As a team, UCM was 23-41 (.561) when advancing runners and 5-7 (.714) with runners on third and less than two outs.
• Right fielder
Ashlyn Cook led the UCM offense on the day with a .714 batting average, a 1.286 slugging percentage, and a .750 on-base percentage. She finished 5-7 with one walk, drove three runs and score three as well.
• Between
Paige Petefish and
Sadie Parks, the Jennies pitching staff posted a team ERA of 2.50 against the Bearcats offense.
• Central Missouri's six-run inning in game two is the most runs they've scored in a single inning since the Jennies seven-run inning against Nebraska-Kearney on March 10th.
• The Jennies have now swept three MIAA teams: Northwest Missouri, Newman, and Nebraska-Kearney.
• The two wins lesson the Bearcats lead in the all-time series to 65-62.
Up Next:
Jennies softball will resume league play this upcoming weekend with doubleheaders against Emporia State and Washburn. Central Missouri will first face the Hornets on Friday, April 9th. Game one is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. in Emporia, Kan.
