Abilene Christian
6-18, 2-4
Central Arkansas
16-10, 4-2
Alani blasts first home run of season vs. Bears
3/20/2021 2:38:00 PM | Softball
The win pushes the Bears to 16-10 overall and 4-2 in the conference, while the Wildcats finish the weekend at 6-18 and 2-4. ACU will return to action next weekend in Hammond, La., when it takes on Southeastern Louisiana in a three-game Southland Conference set.
As they did in a Friday evening doubleheader sweep, the Bears broke on top early with three runs in the second inning to take a 3-0 lead. The Wildcats got a run back in the bottom half of the inning on a solo home run by Shaylee Alani leading off the frame.
The Bears put the game away in the top of the fourth, however, with seven runs on five hits, including a pair of doubles from Jaylee Engelkes, the second of which drove in a pair of runs. Jenna Wildeman added a two-run single and Mary Kate Brown a two-run double for the Bears.
UCA pitcher Kayla Beaver made all that offense stand up, allowing just six hits and two runs over five complete innings in the run-rule victory. Val Rudd had a pair of hits for ACU, including a triple, while Donelle Johnson, Kayla Keeling and Avery Miloch each contributed a hit for the Wildcats.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kayla Beaver (8-3)
L: Bradley, Samantha (3-9)
Batting:
2B: Mary Kate Brown 1 ; Kaylyn Shepherd 1 ; Jaylee Engelkes 2
3B: Mary Kate Brown 1
HR: Kristen Whitehouse 1
RBI: Jenna Wildeman 3 ; Mary Kate Brown 4 ; Kaylyn Shepherd 1 ; Jaylee Engelkes 2 ; Kristen Whitehouse 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Jenna Wildeman 2 ; Lexi McClellan 1 ; Mary Kate Brown 1 ; Callie Eary 1 ; Jaylee Engelkes 1 ; Megan Crownover 1 ; Reagan Sperling 1 ; Cylla Hill 1 ; Kristen Whitehouse 3 ; Lindsey Williams 1 ; Tremere Harris 1 ; Erin Blackburn 1
CS: Gabbi Scott 1 ; Tremere Harris 1
HBP: Kaylyn Shepherd 1 ; Jaylee Engelkes 1 ; Tremere Harris 1
Batting:
2B: Keeling, Kayla 1
3B: Rudd, Val 1
HR: Alani, Shaylee 1
RBI: Rudd, Val 1 ; Alani, Shaylee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Alani, Shaylee 1 ; Belch, Katelyn 1
