University of St. Thomas Athletics
Friday, February 10
Rosemont, Ill.
10:00 a.m. Central
0-1
2
vs
6
University of Evansville
2-0
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2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
St. Thomas
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
5
2
Evansville
4
0
0
0
0
2
0
6
7
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jolly, M. (1-0)
L: Cook, Ella (0-1)
Batting:
RBI: Stierlen, Abbi 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Grad, Maddie 1 ; Wukawitz, Avery 1
Batting:
2B: Smith, L. 1
3B: Wood, M. 1
RBI: Frossard, Z. 1 ; Wood, M. 1 ; Willsey, J. 1 ; Hood, H. 1 ; McCorkle, B. 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Howe, T. 1 ; Frossard, Z. 2 ; Wood, M. 1 ; Davis, A. 1 ; Smith, L. 1
SB: Frossard, Z. 2
HBP: Hood, H. 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
1
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
1B
/ Softball
SS
/ Softball
1B/OF
/ SoftballC/UT
/ Softball
OF
/ SoftballP/UT
/ Softball
2B/SS
/ SoftballC
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballOF/SS
/ Softball
Goelz triples twice in game two, Tommies drop both games on opening day in Rosemont
2/10/2023 4:47:00 PM | Softball
Rosemont, Ill. – St. Thomas Softball dropped both of their season-opening games to Evansville and Eastern Kentucky by scores of 6-2 and 11-7, respectively, to begin the DePaul Dome Tournament on Friday afternoon.
Game One
Early-season jitters were a bit too much for the Tommies defensively as they gave up four runs on two hits, three walks, and a hit by pitch in the bottom of the first inning. Neither team scored again until the Aces added two more in the bottom of the sixth, extending their lead to 6-0.
The Tommies were held from reaching base until their second time through the order when Kaitlyn Raymond sent a single into center field, the team's first hit of the 2023 campaign.
Evansville starting pitcher, Mikayla Jolly, threw shutout ball through 6 innings but was relieved in the seventh by Elle Jarrett. Jarrett retired the first two Tommies she faced, but the Purple mounted a bit of a comeback with their backs against the wall.
Sara Benner walked and was pinch ran for by Avery Wukawitz, who started the game in center field as the flex player. Back-to-back singles by Maddie Grad and Kaitlyn Raymond loaded the bases for freshman Abbi Stierlen, who was called upon to pinch hit in the big spot. In her first career at-bat, the North Mankato native, came through in the clutch rifling a line drive into the outfield to bring in two of her teammates.
Evansville staved off the Tommie rally, inducing a groundout to finish out the game and give them their second win of the season.
Maddie Grad and Kaitlyn Raymond each reached base safely twice. Grad walked and singled, Raymond slapped a couple of singles through the Aces' defense.
Ella Cook went 5.1 innings earning all six runs allowed on seven hits and five walks while striking out four. Morgan Klein got her sophomore teammate out of a jam when she stranded a runner on third with one out in the inning.
Game Two
The Tommies flipped the script from game one, jumping on Eastern Kentucky for three runs in the second inning, chasing the Colonels' starting pitcher through just 2+ innings. Sydney Mickett, Kaitlyn Raymond, and Brooke Ellestad each tallied their first RBI of the season in the inning.
The scored stayed 3-0 until the bottom of the fourth. Eastern Kentucky took advantage of two Tommie errors in the inning, scoring five runs on four hits with just one going for extra bases.
St. Thomas answered right back during the top of the fifth. Kameron Monson got enough on the ball to fly it into the outfield and allow Katie Goelz (who led off the inning with a triple) to tag up and score. Eastern Kentucky's relentless offense tallied two more runs in the bottom half of the inning giving them a 7-4 lead.
The Tommies' bats picked up where they left off in the top of the sixth. Kaitlyn Raymond and Avery Wukawitz each walked with one out. Brooke Ellestad reached on a fielder's choice that retired Wukawitz at second. One more base-on-balls later (drawn by Coryn Jacobson), and Katie Goelz stepped up to the plate with the game on the line and the bases loaded.
The swift-footed first baseman roped the ball into the right-center field gap for the second time in the game, and much like she did in the fifth inning, found herself proudly standing on third base. She tied the game 7-7 with a bases-clearing three RBI triple.
However, the celebration was short-lived, and this rollercoaster of a game swung back into the Colonel's favor. They struck for four more runs on four hits in the bottom of the inning. The most emphatic of which was a no-doubt two-run home run by Vianna Barron that put the exclamation point on their 11-7 lead.
St. Thomas went quietly in the top of the seventh and the Colonels earned their first win of the 2023 season.
Five different Tommie bats brought home an RBI, and all but two spots in the lineup tallied at least one base hit. St. Thomas was disciplined at the plate drawing five walks and striking out just two times.
Next Up
The Tommies play two more games at the DePaul Dome Tournament against Creighton at noon and Saint Louis University at 7:30 p.m.
Game One
Early-season jitters were a bit too much for the Tommies defensively as they gave up four runs on two hits, three walks, and a hit by pitch in the bottom of the first inning. Neither team scored again until the Aces added two more in the bottom of the sixth, extending their lead to 6-0.
The Tommies were held from reaching base until their second time through the order when Kaitlyn Raymond sent a single into center field, the team's first hit of the 2023 campaign.
Evansville starting pitcher, Mikayla Jolly, threw shutout ball through 6 innings but was relieved in the seventh by Elle Jarrett. Jarrett retired the first two Tommies she faced, but the Purple mounted a bit of a comeback with their backs against the wall.
Sara Benner walked and was pinch ran for by Avery Wukawitz, who started the game in center field as the flex player. Back-to-back singles by Maddie Grad and Kaitlyn Raymond loaded the bases for freshman Abbi Stierlen, who was called upon to pinch hit in the big spot. In her first career at-bat, the North Mankato native, came through in the clutch rifling a line drive into the outfield to bring in two of her teammates.
Evansville staved off the Tommie rally, inducing a groundout to finish out the game and give them their second win of the season.
Maddie Grad and Kaitlyn Raymond each reached base safely twice. Grad walked and singled, Raymond slapped a couple of singles through the Aces' defense.
Ella Cook went 5.1 innings earning all six runs allowed on seven hits and five walks while striking out four. Morgan Klein got her sophomore teammate out of a jam when she stranded a runner on third with one out in the inning.
Game Two
The Tommies flipped the script from game one, jumping on Eastern Kentucky for three runs in the second inning, chasing the Colonels' starting pitcher through just 2+ innings. Sydney Mickett, Kaitlyn Raymond, and Brooke Ellestad each tallied their first RBI of the season in the inning.
The scored stayed 3-0 until the bottom of the fourth. Eastern Kentucky took advantage of two Tommie errors in the inning, scoring five runs on four hits with just one going for extra bases.
St. Thomas answered right back during the top of the fifth. Kameron Monson got enough on the ball to fly it into the outfield and allow Katie Goelz (who led off the inning with a triple) to tag up and score. Eastern Kentucky's relentless offense tallied two more runs in the bottom half of the inning giving them a 7-4 lead.
The Tommies' bats picked up where they left off in the top of the sixth. Kaitlyn Raymond and Avery Wukawitz each walked with one out. Brooke Ellestad reached on a fielder's choice that retired Wukawitz at second. One more base-on-balls later (drawn by Coryn Jacobson), and Katie Goelz stepped up to the plate with the game on the line and the bases loaded.
The swift-footed first baseman roped the ball into the right-center field gap for the second time in the game, and much like she did in the fifth inning, found herself proudly standing on third base. She tied the game 7-7 with a bases-clearing three RBI triple.
However, the celebration was short-lived, and this rollercoaster of a game swung back into the Colonel's favor. They struck for four more runs on four hits in the bottom of the inning. The most emphatic of which was a no-doubt two-run home run by Vianna Barron that put the exclamation point on their 11-7 lead.
St. Thomas went quietly in the top of the seventh and the Colonels earned their first win of the 2023 season.
Five different Tommie bats brought home an RBI, and all but two spots in the lineup tallied at least one base hit. St. Thomas was disciplined at the plate drawing five walks and striking out just two times.
Next Up
The Tommies play two more games at the DePaul Dome Tournament against Creighton at noon and Saint Louis University at 7:30 p.m.
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