Saturday, February 9
San Marcos, Texas
6 p.m.
North Dakota State Athletics
1-0
6
vs
2
UTSA
1-2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTSA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| North Dakota State | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 6 | 9 | 2 |
Photo by: Derrick Tuskan
NDSU Shuts Down UTSA 6-2 in Season Opener
2/9/2019 11:15:00 PM | Softball
SAN MARCOS, Texas. – KK Leddy matched her career-high with 13 strikeouts and Maddie Hansen hit her first home run for North Dakota State as the Bison defeated UTSA 6-2 in the season opener on Saturday, Feb. 9, in the Texas State Bobcat Classic played at Bobcat Softball Stadium.
NDSU (1-0) is scheduled to play Abilene Christian (1-1) at 2 p.m. and host Texas State (1-1) at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10.
Leddy, a senior right-hander from Middleburg, Fla., worked past six walks and worked through a pair of bases loaded situations in the contest as UTSA (1-2) stranded 12 baserunners. She reached double-figure strikeouts for the second time in her career. Coincidentally, Leddy struck out 13 against Southern Utah on Feb. 9, 2018.
North Dakota State took advantage of a two-base error to chase home Hansen in the second, while Vanessa Anderson doubled down the left field line to score Zoe Stavrou in the third to put the Bison ahead 2-0.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Stavrou laced a two-run single to left center to score Madyson Camacho and Stephanie Soriano to extend the lead to 4-0.
Hansen, a senior from Ely, Iowa, smacked the first pitch she saw in leading off the bottom of the sixth inning for her first home run in a NDSU uniform. She had 39 home runs in two seasons at Kirkwood Community College. Camacho drew a bases-loaded walk to widen the lead to 6-0.
UTSA averted the shutout in the top of the seventh when Kaitlin Lopez hit a two-run home run.
North Dakota State finished with nine hits led by Soriano, who went 2-for-4.
Madison Nelson (1-1) and Clarissa Hernandez pitched for UTSA. The pair combined to walk five with no strikeouts. Hailey Garza had a double and single.
NDSU (1-0) is scheduled to play Abilene Christian (1-1) at 2 p.m. and host Texas State (1-1) at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10.
Leddy, a senior right-hander from Middleburg, Fla., worked past six walks and worked through a pair of bases loaded situations in the contest as UTSA (1-2) stranded 12 baserunners. She reached double-figure strikeouts for the second time in her career. Coincidentally, Leddy struck out 13 against Southern Utah on Feb. 9, 2018.
North Dakota State took advantage of a two-base error to chase home Hansen in the second, while Vanessa Anderson doubled down the left field line to score Zoe Stavrou in the third to put the Bison ahead 2-0.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Stavrou laced a two-run single to left center to score Madyson Camacho and Stephanie Soriano to extend the lead to 4-0.
Hansen, a senior from Ely, Iowa, smacked the first pitch she saw in leading off the bottom of the sixth inning for her first home run in a NDSU uniform. She had 39 home runs in two seasons at Kirkwood Community College. Camacho drew a bases-loaded walk to widen the lead to 6-0.
UTSA averted the shutout in the top of the seventh when Kaitlin Lopez hit a two-run home run.
North Dakota State finished with nine hits led by Soriano, who went 2-for-4.
Madison Nelson (1-1) and Clarissa Hernandez pitched for UTSA. The pair combined to walk five with no strikeouts. Hailey Garza had a double and single.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Leddy, KK (1-0)
L: Madison Nelson (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Hailey Garza 1
HR: Kaitlin Lopez 1
RBI: Kaitlin Lopez 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Hailey Garza 1 ; Kaitlin Lopez 1
HBP: Kylea Nix 1
Batting:
2B: Anderson, Vanessa 1
HR: Hansen, Maddie 1
RBI: Camacho, Madyson 1 ; Stavrou, Zoe 2 ; Anderson, Vanessa 1 ; Hansen, Maddie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Camacho, Madyson 1 ; Soriano, Stephanie 1 ; Stavrou, Zoe 1 ; Hansen, Maddie 2 ; Koehn, Sam 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
2
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
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