Abilene Christian
23-23, 13-8
Sam Houston
11-36, 4-14
Softball earns series sweep on Senior Day
4/23/2022 5:29:00 PM | Softball
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- After a scoreless first inning, it was the Bearkats who were on the board first with a solo homerun in the top of the second inning.
- The Wildcats would answer in the bottom of the second when Logan Gaspar hit a ground-rule double to bring home Miranda Davila and Avery Miloch, taking the 2-1 lead.
- ACU would add two more runs in the fourth inning, Davila scored on a sacrifice fly by Matti Reiling and Miloch scored on the attempt to throw a runner out at second.
- Calie Burris would earn an RBI after drawing a bases-loaded walk to put the Wildcats up 5-1 in the bottom of the fourth.
- ACU would take a 7-1 lead after back-to-back RBIs from Riley White and Sydney Kaiser in the bottom of the sixth.
- Sam Houston would plate two runs in the top of the seventh before a diving play by Burris secured the final out and the win.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- Calie Burris drew two walks in the game which no puts her in a tie for the most career walks drawn with 62.
- Logan Gaspar recorded another multi-hit game, she now has two on the season both coming in this series.
- Mercedes Eichelberger now has 49 hits on the season, the most for a Wildcat in a season since 2017.
ON DECK:
- The Wildcats will have next weekend off before closing out the regular season at SFA May 6-7.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Holman-Mansell, Sidney (14-13)
L: VENTO, MIKA (4-17)
Batting:
2B: TELG, EMILY 1
HR: WASIK, BRAILEY 1
RBI: FISHER, SHERIDAN 1 ; WASIK, BRAILEY 1 ; KUTAC, KYNDAL 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WASIK, BRAILEY 1 ; QUINLAN, BRODIE 1 ; TELG, EMILY 1
HBP: KUTAC, KYNDAL 2
Batting:
2B: Eichelberger, Mercedes 1 ; White, Riley 1 ; Miloch, Avery 1 ; Gaspar, Logan 1
RBI: Burris, Calie 1 ; White, Riley 1 ; Kaiser, Sydney 1 ; Gaspar, Logan 2 ; Reiling, Matti 1
SF: Reiling, Matti 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Eichelberger, Mercedes 1 ; Burris, Calie 1 ; Davila, Miranda "Randi" 2 ; Miloch, Avery 2 ; Gaspar, Logan 1
SB: Eichelberger, Mercedes 1
HBP: Eichelberger, Mercedes 1 ; Davila, Miranda "Randi" 1
