University of St. Thomas Athletics
0-1
Neb. Wesleyan
2-1
Softball opens season with split at Rochester
3/1/2020 12:00:00 AM | Softball
With four newcomers in the lineup, No. 9-ranked Tommie Softball split a doubleheader in the Rochester Dome to open the 2020 season. Nebraska Wesleyan rallied to edge the Toms 4-3, then UST rallied from 3-0 down to top Dubuque, 6-3.
NWU 4, UST 3
Nebraska Wesleyan had timely hits, grouping three hits among four batters in both the fifth abd seventh innings.
Kierstin Anderson-Glass pitched all seven innings giving up four runs with nine strikeouts.
Elise Barnes had a hit, walk, two steals and two runs scored. Sam Birling went 1-2 with an RBI double.
Freshman Paige Heitkamp had a two-run single in the first inning.
UST 6, Dubuque 3
After allowing three runs in the second inning, St. Thomas shut Dubuque down the rest of the wayKendall Hopkins came on for five-plus relief innings, giving up just three hits with four strikeouts and no runs scored. Sarah Hudson had a big day with a pair of RBI doubles and a single.
Freshman C.J. Jacobson went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.
Bridget Armstrong and Annie Naughton each had two each hits.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Green (0-0)
L: Anderson-Glass, Kierstin (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Styskal 1 ; Grant 2
RBI: Alfieri 1 ; Meyer 1 ; Grant 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Styskal 1 ; Mundt 1 ; Lang 1 ; Markey 1 ; Grant 1
SB: Styskal 1
Batting:
2B: Birling, Sam 1
RBI: Birling, Sam 1 ; Heitkamp, Paige 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Petitt, Sammie 1 ; Sutton , Hailey 2
SB: Petitt, Sammie 2 ; Sutton , Hailey 2 ; Schernecker , Kirstin 1
CS: Naughton, Annie 1
HBP: Petitt, Sammie 1
