University of St. Thomas Athletics
29-8, 0
St. Olaf
14-23, 0
Softball sweeps St. Olaf, remains fourth in MIAC
4/23/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball
NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The St. Thomas softball team picked up a pair of wins over St. Olaf College in an MIAC doubleheader on Thursday afternoon at Mabel Shirley Field. The Tommies defeated the Oles 11-1 in six innings in the first game before collecting a 4-1 win in game two. With this afternoon's results, UST is now 30-8 overall on the season and 14-6 in the MIAC, while St. Olaf drops to 14-24 overall and 9-11 in league play.
Game 1 – St. Thomas 11, St. Olaf 1
After a scoreless first two innings, the Tommies went on to score at least one run in each of the final four innings, which was capped off with a six-run top of the sixth.
Each team registered one hit through the first two innings before UST racked up three runs on four hits in the top of the third. Back-to-back RBI doubles from Megan Dupuis and Bianca Peterson brought around the first two St. Thomas runs. Katie Jo Delisle finished off the inning with an RBI single to put her team out front 3-0.
Micaela Trainor tripled to lead off the top of the fourth and later stole home to extend the St. Thomas lead to 4-0 before Jessica Bently led off with a solo home run for St. Olaf in the bottom of the inning to bring the score to 4-1.
Katie Jo Delisle notched another RBI single in the top of the fifth to increase the Tommie lead to 5-1 before UST broke out for a six-run sixth inning to capture the 11-1 win. In the sixth, St. Thomas took advantage of an unprecedented three home runs to bring around four of the six runs. Peterson, Delisle, and Trainor all homered to highlight the at-bat.
The Oles could not come back from the big inning, as the Tommies held on for the win in six innings.
For the game, St. Thomas outhit St. Olaf 15-3, led by Peterson, Delisle, and Kendra Bowe, who each had three hits. Peterson and Delisle each recorded three RBI in the contest.
Bowe picked up the win in the circle after going six innings and allowing just three hits with 10 strikeouts. The game was the 126th of her career, which is tied for the most in St. Thomas softball history. She also picked up her 400th career strikeout in the win.
Game 2 – St. Thomas 4, St. Olaf 1
The Tommies used the middle innings again in the game two win. They threatened in the top of the second inning, but could not get anything out of it, as the two teams continued in a scoreless tie through the first three innings.
St. Thomas proceeded to score two in the top of the fourth, which would prove to be enough in the 4-1 win. The Tommies again got back-to-back run scoring hits in the form of a triple by Annie Boyer and a single from Micaela Trainor.
The Tommies put up another run in the top of the fifth thanks to an RBI single from Bianca Peterson to extend their lead to 3-0.
It was not until the final inning that there would be another run scored. McKenzie Wergin singled in Danielle Wigen in the top of the seventh before the Oles put their only run on the board in the bottom half to bring the final score to 4-1 in favor of the purple.
St. Thomas spread its seven hits around to seven different players, while St. Olaf registered five hits in the game.
Katie Jo Delisle went the distance on the rubber, allowing one run on five hits and struck out eight without surrendering a single walk. Alex Lopez went seven innings in the loss.
The Tommies will return home for their final doubleheader of the season on Saturday against Augsburg. That doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bowe, Kendra (1-0)
Batting:
2B: Wergin, McKenzie 1 ; Dupuis, Megan 1 ; Peterson, Bianca 1 ; Bowe, Kendra 1
3B: Trainor, Micaela 1
HR: Peterson, Bianca 1 ; Delisle, Katie Jo 1 ; Trainor, Micaela 1
RBI: Wergin, McKenzie 1 ; Dupuis, Megan 2 ; Peterson, Bianca 3 ; Delisle, Katie Jo 3 ; Trainor, Micaela 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wergin, McKenzie 2 ; Dupuis, Megan 2 ; Peterson, Bianca 3 ; Delisle, Katie Jo 1 ; Trainor, Micaela 2 ; Bowe, Kendra 1
SB: Wergin, McKenzie 1 ; Dupuis, Megan 1 ; Boyer, Annie 2 ; Trainor, Micaela 1
HBP: Wergin, McKenzie 1 ; Bush, Megan 1
Batting:
HR: Jessica Bentley 1
RBI: Jessica Bentley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jessica Bentley 1
CS: Woo Bandel 1
