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NDSU Softball Splits Doubleheader with Omaha Saturday
4/24/2021 8:31:00 PM | Softball
FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State softball team split a doubleheader with the Omaha Mavericks on Saturday afternoon at Tharaldson Park. The Bison won the opener, 3-1, before Omaha won the second game, 5-3.
NDSU's record sits at 13-22 overall and 8-6 in Summit League play. The two schools will play another doubleheader on Sunday starting at 11 a.m.
Sophomore Lainey Lyle threw a two-hitter and allowed just one run in the 3-1 Bison victory. She registered seven strikeouts.
NDSU manufactured two runs in the bottom of the second inning. Sam Koehn was hit by a pitch, Avery Wysong singled up the middle, and Skylar Padgett advanced them both with a sacrifice bunt. Nicole Licea followed with a bunt of her own to bring in one run, and freshman Molly Gates drove in the next run with a sacrifice fly to right.
Madyson Camacho added an RBI single in the fourth inning for NDSU.
In Game 2, NDSU's Sam Koehn homered to put the Bison ahead 1-0, but Omaha responded with five unanswered runs to take control. Pitcher Mac Schulz took the loss for NDSU, throwing all seven innings.
Camacho went 3-for-7 at the plate for the doubleheader. Koehn and freshman Emilee Buringa were both 2-for-3 in the second game.
NDSU's record sits at 13-22 overall and 8-6 in Summit League play. The two schools will play another doubleheader on Sunday starting at 11 a.m.
Sophomore Lainey Lyle threw a two-hitter and allowed just one run in the 3-1 Bison victory. She registered seven strikeouts.
NDSU manufactured two runs in the bottom of the second inning. Sam Koehn was hit by a pitch, Avery Wysong singled up the middle, and Skylar Padgett advanced them both with a sacrifice bunt. Nicole Licea followed with a bunt of her own to bring in one run, and freshman Molly Gates drove in the next run with a sacrifice fly to right.
Madyson Camacho added an RBI single in the fourth inning for NDSU.
In Game 2, NDSU's Sam Koehn homered to put the Bison ahead 1-0, but Omaha responded with five unanswered runs to take control. Pitcher Mac Schulz took the loss for NDSU, throwing all seven innings.
Camacho went 3-for-7 at the plate for the doubleheader. Koehn and freshman Emilee Buringa were both 2-for-3 in the second game.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lyle, Lainey (5-4)
L: Sydney Nuismer (3-7)
Batting:
RBI: Jamie White 1
SH: Lexi Burkhardt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sydney Ross 1
SB: Izzy Eltze 1
CS: Lynsey Tucker 1

Batting:
2B: Camacho, Madyson 1
3B: DeCamp, Montana 1
RBI: Camacho, Madyson 1 ; Licea, Nicole 1 ; Gates, Molly 1
SH: Padgett, Skylar 1 ; Licea, Nicole 1
SF: Gates, Molly 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Koehn, Sam 1 ; Wysong, Avery 1 ; Padgett, Skylar 1
HBP: Koehn, Sam 1 ; Gates, Molly 1
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