NORMAN, Okla.— ACU finished up their round robin play of the Courtyard Marriott Tournament on Saturday morning against Northwestern. After a 5-1 loss to NU and an Oklahoma loss to North Texas, the Wildcats would once again face Northwestern in the one versus four game of the tournament bracket. NU would once again come out on top of the second game, setting up a second meeting with North Texas on Sunday morning.
Game 1
Alivia Sinnott began the day in the circle for the Wildcats as they face a tough program in Northwestern. The sophomore pitched five solid innings, giving up just two early runs before NU was able to get their bats around on her.
Jillian Hefner closed out the game with an inning of work and one earned run. ACU put up eight hits in the game but also left seven runners on base as they were unable to string hits together to bring in runs.
Samantha Bradley drove in the lone run for the Wildcats on a single through the left side.
Game 2
It was another Wildcats vs Wildcats showdown to end the night at Marita Hynes field but this time Northwestern wasted no time putting runs on the board. NU began the game with four runs in the bottom of the first and the Wildcats were unable to keep up with their offensive output.
Caroline Adair drove in the Wildcats only run on an RBI groundout in the top of the fourth. Northwestern put up six more runs in the bottom of fourth and ACU didn't have an answer in the fifth.
Stat pack
- Bradley led the Wildcats going 3-4 at the plate on the day.
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Donelle Johnson saw her first action of the year this weekend, and tallied a stolen base and a run scored in the second game of the day.
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Calie Burris and
Braeland Booth were the only players to tally extra-base hits, with Booth getting hers in a pinch-hitting appearance.
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Katelyn Belch went 2-2 at the plate as well as getting hit by a pitch to reach base in all three of her plate appearances in game one.
Farler Figures
On takeaways from game one: "We felt confident going from game one to game to today. The team looked sharp in game one but didn't come up with timely hits to take control."
On the solid hitting in game one: "Situational hitting is important and something that we are learning as a team. Offensively, we looked good in game one. When you out hit your opponent you'd like to see a different outcome with the score but we did have great at bats throughout the game."
On what the team needs to do to find success against UNT tomorrow: "We will need all three aspects of the game to be clicking together. Offensively things are starting to look better, we are coming up with some bigger stops on defense, and if pitching can keep their hitters off balance we will have a good ball game."
Up next
ACU will close out the tournament tomorrow with a third-place game against North Texas. The game is slated for the first pitch at 9:30 a.m.
