Abilene Christian
6-23, 0-3
Utah Tech
18-9, 3-0
Shelander homers twice in series finale
3/19/2023 6:23:00 PM | Softball
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- A two-run homerun in the top of the first kicked off the scoring as UT took the 2-0 lead.
- Sammie Shelander launched a two-run bomb to tie the game up, 2-2, in the bottom of the first.
- The Trailblazers put up three runs in the top of the third inning to retake the lead, 5-2.
- Shelander and Avery Miloch hit back-to-back jacks in the bottom of the third to get back within one, 5-4.
- A six-run fourth and a three-run fifth inning put Utah Tech up 14-4 headed to the bottom of the fifth.
- The Wildcats loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the fifth and Bubba Rote hit a bases-clearing double to get back within seven runs and avoid the run-rule.
- ACU put up two more runs in the bottom of the seventh but couldn't overcome the large lead of UTU.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- Miloch's homerun was her team-leading seventh of the year, matching her homerun total from last season.
- Shelander extended her team-leading RBI total to 17 with three in the game, matching a season-high for RBI in a game.
- Olivia Taylor has put together a hitting streak of five games.
- Catrin Hoffman extended her on-base streak to seven games.
ON DECK:
- The Wildcats will be on the road for a midweek at Texas Tech on Wednesday and will return home to Poly Wells next weekend for a series with Southern Utah.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kate Dolinski (4-3)
L: White, Riley (2-10)
Batting:
2B: Carly Eldredge 1 ; Shea Clements 2 ; Lauren Almeida 1 ; LB Kahahawai-Kekona 1 ; Oaklee Trapp 1 ; Rachel Campbell 1
HR: Lauren Almeida 1
RBI: Shea Clements 2 ; Lauren Almeida 2 ; Hannah Hughbanks 3 ; LB Kahahawai-Kekona 2 ; Laura Lockard 2 ; Oaklee Trapp 1 ; Rachel Campbell 2
SF: Oaklee Trapp 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tanya Windle 2 ; Carly Eldredge 1 ; Shea Clements 4 ; Lauren Almeida 3 ; Ellie Evans 1 ; Hannah Hughbanks 1 ; LB Kahahawai-Kekona 1 ; Laura Lockard 1
HBP: Lauren Almeida 1
Batting:
2B: Rote, Bubba 1
HR: Shelander, Sammie 2 ; Miloch, Avery 1
RBI: Shelander, Sammie 3 ; Miloch, Avery 2 ; Hoffman, Catrin 1 ; Rote, Bubba 3
SH: Davila, Miranda "Randi" 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Marble, Olivia 1 ; Shelander, Sammie 2 ; Lista, Miranda 1 ; Miloch, Avery 2 ; Martinez, Isabel 1 ; Clark, Mckenley 1 ; Gaspar, Logan 1
SB: Reiling, Matti 1
HBP: Hoffman, Catrin 1 ; Gaspar, Logan 1 ; Rote, Bubba 1
