BISON vs Boston College Photo Gallery
TUCSON, Ariz. – North Dakota State University lost 1-0 to Boston College and 4-0 to Drake University on Friday, Feb. 17, during the first day of the University of Arizona Wildcat Invitational at Hillenbrand Stadium.
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NDSU (1-6) is scheduled to play Ball State at 12 noon Central Time and Abilene Christian at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday, Feb. 17.
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Boston College (5-1) scored the first game's lone run in the top of second. Taylor Coroneos dropped a single into left field to score Annie Murphy with two outs in the frame. Murphy and Coroneos both went 2 for 3 to lead the Eagles.
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Jessica Dreswick (3-0) limited North Dakota State to two singles, a
Zoe Stavrou single in the fourth inning and
Madyson Camacho base hit in the fifth. Dreswick struck out six and walked three.
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Jacquelyn Sertic (1-5) picked up the loss. Sertic struck out 13 batters, allowed five hits and walked two. She reached double-figure strikeouts for the second time this season and eighth time in her career.
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In the nightcap, Drake's Nicole Newman carried a no-hitter into the seventh before NDSU's
Stephanie Soriano doubled down the left field line with one out. Newman struck out 11 and issued no walks to improve to 3-2.
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The Bulldogs (5-2) scored single runs in the second, third and fourth to take a 3-0 lead. Kaitlyn Finneran had a RBI single in the second, Sarah Maddox delivered a two-out run-scoring single in the third and Abby Buie stole home in the fourth. Tasha Alexander and Maddox each had two hits.
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Sertic and
KK Leddy pitched for the Bison with Sertic taking the loss. The pair combined to allow six hits, struck out five and walked three.