Saturday, February 24
Commerce, TX
9 a.m.
Abilene Christian
4-7
1
vs
8
Omaha
9-5
1st innning1
2nd innning2
3rd innning3
4th innning4
5th innning5
6th innning6
7th innning7
RunsR
HitsH
ErrorsE
Abilene Christian
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
Omaha
4
1
2
1
0
0
X
8
11
0
Photo by: Aiden Pelphrey
Cats Drop Two in Commerce
2/24/2024 8:08:00 PM | Softball
COMMERCE – Abilene Christian dropped a pair of games to start the Lion Invitational on Saturday, falling 8-1 to Omaha and 3-0 to South Dakota.
In the 8-1 loss to Omaha, ACU fell behind 4-0 in the first inning. The Cats got their run in the second inning when Bubba Rote singled and scored on an RBI base hit by Olivia Marble.
The Wildcats also had a single by Randi Davila.
Talia Nielsen took the loss.
Lina Russo took the loss in the second game despite giving up just two earned runs on five hits while striking out five.
Kaydee Bennett had a double and two singles and Sammie Shelander added a single.
The Cats play Sunday at 9 a.m. against Omaha before facing Texas A&M-Commerce at 2 p.m.
In the 8-1 loss to Omaha, ACU fell behind 4-0 in the first inning. The Cats got their run in the second inning when Bubba Rote singled and scored on an RBI base hit by Olivia Marble.
The Wildcats also had a single by Randi Davila.
Talia Nielsen took the loss.
Lina Russo took the loss in the second game despite giving up just two earned runs on five hits while striking out five.
Kaydee Bennett had a double and two singles and Sammie Shelander added a single.
The Cats play Sunday at 9 a.m. against Omaha before facing Texas A&M-Commerce at 2 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Meyer, K (5-2)
L: Nielsen, Talia (3-1)
Batting:
RBI: Marble, Olivia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rote, Bubba 1
SB: Rote, Bubba 1
HBP: Rote, Bubba 1
Batting:
2B: Durr, E 1 ; Ross, S 2
HR: Tucker, L 1
RBI: Tucker, L 1 ; Ronginsch, A 1 ; Ross, S 3 ; Olson, A 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tucker, L 1 ; O'Brien, M 1 ; Thomason, S 1 ; Durr, E 1 ; Ronginsch, A 2 ; Schmidt, S 1 ; Ross, S 1
SB: Durr, E 1
Game Leaders
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
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