Holman-Mansell, White dominate in the circle for ACU

Friday, February 25

Honolulu

4 P.M. CT

Abilene Christian

6-6

Montana

5-7

Abilene Christian

Montana

Riley White pitches in shutout win over Hawaii

Photo by: Megan McDonald

Holman-Mansell, White dominate in the circle for ACU

2/26/2022 12:49:00 AM | Softball

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HONOLULU, Hawaii – The Wildcats got two stellar pitching performances on Friday as they earned wins over Montana and Hawaii. Sidney Holman-Mansell tossed a four-hit shutout in game one with Riley White following with a three-hit shutout of her own.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Game 1 | ACU vs. Montana

The Grizzlies were the first to threaten with two runners on in the third but Sidney Holman-Mansell was able to work around the runners and get a ground out to end the inning.
ACU led off with back-to-back singles in the fourth, but were unable to bring a runner home.
It was all about the sixth inning for the Wildcats where they scored six of their eight runs. Mercedes Eichelberger was the first to reach base after being hit by a pitch and came around to score with a hit from Calie Burris.
A single from Sydney Kaiser followed by a double from Rose Gonzales led to another run scored before back-to-back walks with the bases loaded brought the score to 4-0.
Matti Reiling brought two more home with a double to get the score to 6-0 before the end of the inning.
Gonzales blasted a two-run bomb in the seventh to push the Wildcats lead to 8-0.
Holman-Mansell shut down the Grizzlies in the bottom of the seventh to earn the complete game shutout.

Game 2 | ACU vs. Hawaii

The Wildcats were on the board early after a Calie Burris single advanced Mercedes Eichelberger and then a throwing error allowed her to score.
Eichelberger scored again in the third inning, this time advancing on a single from Sydney Kaiser and scoring on a fielding error.
The Rainbow Wahine put two runners on in the bottom of the sixth but the Wildcats defense held to keep them scoreless.
Hawaii put another runner on in the seventh but White and the defense held for their second shutout of the day.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

Holman-Mansell tossed her second shutout of the season while White notched her first of the year and second of her career.
Rose Gonzales hit her first career homerun and had her first multi-RBI game in the win over Montana.
Calie Burris extended her streak of getting on base to six games. She went 4-8 on the day with an RBI.

ON DECK:

The Wildcats will play two more tomorrow with times to be determined based on the result of a final game being played Friday night. With a 2-1 record through three games, ACU will likely grab the two-seed and would play at 2 p.m. CT tomorrow.