North Dakota State
10-18
Missouri
15-11
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizzou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 1 |
| North Dakota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
NDSU Drops Pair at USF Spring Classic
3/18/2017 6:36:00 PM | Softball
NDSU (10-19) closes out tournament play at 8 a.m. Sunday, March 19, against Rutgers (6-19).
Ohio State (15-7) raced out to a 6-0 lead after four innings, but the Bison came back to tighten things up late.
Tabby Heinz drilled a two-run double to the left field fence to score Montana DeCamp and Julia Luciano in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the deficit to 6-2.
In the sixth inning, NDSU trimmed the lead to 6-5. Dani Renner was issued a bases-loaded walk, Heinz and Stephanie Soriano each delivered RBI singles. Heinz went 2-for-3 with the double and three RBI to spark the Bison.
Lilli Piper went 2-for-3 with a home run, sacrifice fly and two runs batted in. Emily Clark had two hits including a two-run double in the fourth for the Buckeyes. OSU finished with nine hits overall.
Jacquelyn Sertic (8-14) took the loss for NDSU. Sertic struck out three and walked three in going the distance.
Shelby Hursh (7-2) and Lena Springer worked on the mound for Ohio State. Hursh struck out seven and walked three over the first five-plus innings to record the win, while Springer threw the final two to pick up her first save.
Shortstop Braxton Burnside was a one-woman wrecking crew for Missouri (15-11) in Saturday's opener. Burnside finished 3-for-5 with two grand slams, a triple, school record 10 runs batted in and three runs scored. She led a group of six Tigers with two or more hits.
Burnside's first grand slam highlighted a five-run fifth inning and put Missouri ahead 6-0. Her second grand slam helped the Tigers extend the lead to 10-0 in the sixth. Burnside's two-run triple was part of a six-run seventh.
However, NDSU put together a six-run inning of their own in the bottom of the sixth. The Bison sent 10 batters to the plate. Dani Renner clubbed a two-run double, Vanessa Anderson ripped a RBI double, and Zoe Stavrou and Julia Luciano each had run-scoring singles.
North Dakota State finished with 12 hits. Stephanie Soriano had a triple and single, while Montana DeCamp went 2-for-3 with a RBI.
Jacquelyn Sertic (8-13) and KK Leddy pitched for NDSU with Sertic taking the loss. The pair combined to strike out six and walk two.
Danielle Baumgartner (4-4), Conrad and Norman pitched Missouri with Baumgartner recording the win. The trio struck out five and walked one.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Danielle Baumgartner (4-4)
L: Sertic, Jacquelyn (8-13)
Batting:
2B: Kirsten Mack 1 ; Paige Bange 1
3B: Braxton Burnside 1
HR: Braxton Burnside 2
RBI: Regan Nash 1 ; Gabby Garrison 1 ; Braxton Burnside 10 ; Jolie Duffner 1 ; Paige Bange 1 ; Cayla Kessinger 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Regan Nash 4 ; Gabby Garrison 2 ; Braxton Burnside 3 ; Kirsten Mack 1 ; Chloe Rathburn 1 ; Lexi Rampetsreite 1 ; Paige Bange 2 ; Cayla Kessinger 2
SB: Regan Nash 1
HBP: Regan Nash 1
Batting:
2B: Renner, Dani 1 ; Anderson, Vanessa 1
3B: Soriano, Stephanie 1
RBI: Renner, Dani 2 ; Stavrou, Zoe 1 ; Anderson, Vanessa 1 ; DeCamp, Montana 1 ; Luciano, Julia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Johnson, Courtney 1 ; Camacho, Madyson 1 ; Stavrou, Zoe 1 ; Anderson, Vanessa 1 ; DeCamp, Montana 1 ; Watson, Anna 1
SB: DeCamp, Montana 1
CS: DeCamp, Montana 1
