Friday, March 12
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
12:30 p.m.
North Dakota State
2-9
1
vs
7
Illinois State
9-4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Illinois State | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | 7 | 10 | 0 |
Photo by: Josh Padilla/MTSU
Bison Drop Two to Illinois State, Middle Tennessee at MTSU Invitational
3/12/2021 8:40:00 PM | Softball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - North Dakota State dropped a pair of softball games to Illinois State 7-1 and Middle Tennessee State 4-3 in eight innings at the MTSU Invitational on Friday, March 12.
Dez Cardenas went 1-for-2 with a walk, stolen base and run scored for the Bison (2-10) in the opener against Illinois State (9-4). Avery Wysong's two-out single in the second put NDSU ahead 1-0 before the Redbirds scored twice in the bottom half to go ahead for good. ISU scored six of its seven runs with two outs.
NDSU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning against Middle Tennessee (8-8) on Wysong's two-run double, but the Blue Raiders got a run back in the fifth and a game-tying home run in the sixth before a scoreless seventh sent the game to extra innings.
Montana DeCamp scored from second on a sac bunt by Madyson Camacho and infield single by Stephanie Soriano to give the Bison a 3-2 lead in the eighth before MTSU rallied for two runs with an error, single and intentional walk setting up a walk-off single by Mia Marinakis.
Soriano finished 2-for-4 and NDSU's Molly Gates went 2-for-3 against Middle Tennessee.
North Dakota State returns to action at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 13, against Dayton, and the Bison will play a semifinal game against either Middle Tennessee State or Illinois State later in the day.
Dez Cardenas went 1-for-2 with a walk, stolen base and run scored for the Bison (2-10) in the opener against Illinois State (9-4). Avery Wysong's two-out single in the second put NDSU ahead 1-0 before the Redbirds scored twice in the bottom half to go ahead for good. ISU scored six of its seven runs with two outs.
NDSU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning against Middle Tennessee (8-8) on Wysong's two-run double, but the Blue Raiders got a run back in the fifth and a game-tying home run in the sixth before a scoreless seventh sent the game to extra innings.
Montana DeCamp scored from second on a sac bunt by Madyson Camacho and infield single by Stephanie Soriano to give the Bison a 3-2 lead in the eighth before MTSU rallied for two runs with an error, single and intentional walk setting up a walk-off single by Mia Marinakis.
Soriano finished 2-for-4 and NDSU's Molly Gates went 2-for-3 against Middle Tennessee.
North Dakota State returns to action at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 13, against Dayton, and the Bison will play a semifinal game against either Middle Tennessee State or Illinois State later in the day.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mack Leonard (4-1)
L: Vargas, Paige (1-5)
Batting:
RBI: Wysong, Avery 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cardenas, Dez 1
SB: Cardenas, Dez 1
CS: Buringa, Emilee 1
HBP: Koehn, Sam 1
Batting:
2B: Mack Leonard 1
RBI: Chloe Jefferson 1 ; Spenser Strandgard 2 ; Madi Bylak 1 ; Reili Gardner 1
SH: Jayden Standish 1 ; Madi Bylak 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mack Leonard 1 ; Kaili Chval 1 ; Emme Olson 1 ; Dayna Kennedy 1 ; Chloe Jefferson 1 ; Spenser Strandgard 1 ; Michelle Calabrese 1
CS: Kaili Chval 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
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