University of St. Thomas Athletics
Friday, March 17
Oxford, Miss.
10:30 a.m. Central
vs
Samford
Photo by: Wesley Dean
Softball heads down south to take on three teams at the Rebel Invitational
3/15/2023 2:01:00 PM | Softball
Last Time Out
The Tommies (6-14) dropped all five of their games at the Gopher Indoor Classic at U.S. Bank Stadium last weekend.
They opened the weekend on Friday with two losses to Central Michigan and Idaho State. They were outscored 4-0 by the Chippewas and 5-2 by the Bengals of IDSU.
Kaitlyn Raymond's third inning single was the only hit the Tommies could muster against Central Michigan in the shutout loss. Isabelle True did allow all four earned runs in the losing effort but sprinkled in three strong scoreless innings from the second to the fourth.
The offense got out to a two-run lead against the Bengals on a Katie Goelz RBI-double in the first and Sydney Mickett sacrifice bunt in the second. Idaho State homered once in the third and once in the seventh to walk-off the tie game.
St. Thomas played one game on Saturday against Drake and lost in five innings, 14-5. Brooke Ellestad became the second Tommie to homer twice in one game. Cassidy Carby was the first last season in a loss against Canisius.
The team completed their weekend effort with two games on Sunday. Their first game finished in an extra inning 8-5 loss to Central Michigan and an 8-0 shutout loss in five innings to the hosting Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Brooke Ellestad continued her personal efforts with two hits and three RBI against the Chippewas, her second three-RBI game in a row. Kameron Monson also did some damage with the bat when she hit her first career home run in the sixth inning to give the Tommies a 5-2 lead. Central Michigan scored six unanswered runs five of which came via three long-balls.
Minnesota scored all eight of their runs in two innings in the weekend finale. Seven of those runs came from three Gopher home runs. The Tommies tallied one base hit with two outs in the fifth inning when Kameron Monson put a seeing-eye single through the middle infield.
The Tommies allowed multiple home runs in each of their last four games last weekend. They had not allowed more than one home run in a game for their first 16 contests to start the season.
How do they stack up?
Brooke Ellestad is currently leading the Summit League in all three slash line categories:
- Batting Average – 1. Brooke Ellestad (.400)
- On-Base Percentage – 1. Brooke Ellestad (.471)
- Slugging Percentage – 1. Brooke Ellestad (.717), 6. Katie Goelz (.583)
- OPS – 1. Brooke Ellestad (1.188), 7. Katie Goelz (.936)
The sophomore standout is also among the top ten in runs scored (14, T-4th), hits (24, T-4th), RBI (16, T-4th), home runs (4, T-3rd), and stolen bases (4, T-8th).
The Tommies occupy three of the top-ten base stealers in the conference:
- T-1st Katie Goelz (7), T-5th Avery Wukawitz (6), T-8th Brooke Ellestad (4)
- St. Thomas has stolen a total of 31 bags in 20 games. The next closest Summit League team is Omaha with 22 stolen bases.
Series History
The Tommies have never faced off with Ole Miss or Samford in their short Division I program history. They did play the Purdue Boilermakers in their inaugural campaign.
Purdue and St. Thomas squared off at the USF Invitational in March of 2022 with the Boilermakers coming out on top.
The Tommies took an early 2-0 lead in the first two innings but surrendered three runs in the bottom of the third. Purdue ended up winning the game 5-4.
Brooke Ellestad went an impressive 3-4 with two runs scored and a triple. Coryn Jacobson also had a multi-hit day with two singles and an RBI.
The Tommies (6-14) dropped all five of their games at the Gopher Indoor Classic at U.S. Bank Stadium last weekend.
They opened the weekend on Friday with two losses to Central Michigan and Idaho State. They were outscored 4-0 by the Chippewas and 5-2 by the Bengals of IDSU.
Kaitlyn Raymond's third inning single was the only hit the Tommies could muster against Central Michigan in the shutout loss. Isabelle True did allow all four earned runs in the losing effort but sprinkled in three strong scoreless innings from the second to the fourth.
The offense got out to a two-run lead against the Bengals on a Katie Goelz RBI-double in the first and Sydney Mickett sacrifice bunt in the second. Idaho State homered once in the third and once in the seventh to walk-off the tie game.
St. Thomas played one game on Saturday against Drake and lost in five innings, 14-5. Brooke Ellestad became the second Tommie to homer twice in one game. Cassidy Carby was the first last season in a loss against Canisius.
The team completed their weekend effort with two games on Sunday. Their first game finished in an extra inning 8-5 loss to Central Michigan and an 8-0 shutout loss in five innings to the hosting Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Brooke Ellestad continued her personal efforts with two hits and three RBI against the Chippewas, her second three-RBI game in a row. Kameron Monson also did some damage with the bat when she hit her first career home run in the sixth inning to give the Tommies a 5-2 lead. Central Michigan scored six unanswered runs five of which came via three long-balls.
Minnesota scored all eight of their runs in two innings in the weekend finale. Seven of those runs came from three Gopher home runs. The Tommies tallied one base hit with two outs in the fifth inning when Kameron Monson put a seeing-eye single through the middle infield.
The Tommies allowed multiple home runs in each of their last four games last weekend. They had not allowed more than one home run in a game for their first 16 contests to start the season.
How do they stack up?
Brooke Ellestad is currently leading the Summit League in all three slash line categories:
- Batting Average – 1. Brooke Ellestad (.400)
- On-Base Percentage – 1. Brooke Ellestad (.471)
- Slugging Percentage – 1. Brooke Ellestad (.717), 6. Katie Goelz (.583)
- OPS – 1. Brooke Ellestad (1.188), 7. Katie Goelz (.936)
The sophomore standout is also among the top ten in runs scored (14, T-4th), hits (24, T-4th), RBI (16, T-4th), home runs (4, T-3rd), and stolen bases (4, T-8th).
The Tommies occupy three of the top-ten base stealers in the conference:
- T-1st Katie Goelz (7), T-5th Avery Wukawitz (6), T-8th Brooke Ellestad (4)
- St. Thomas has stolen a total of 31 bags in 20 games. The next closest Summit League team is Omaha with 22 stolen bases.
Series History
The Tommies have never faced off with Ole Miss or Samford in their short Division I program history. They did play the Purdue Boilermakers in their inaugural campaign.
Purdue and St. Thomas squared off at the USF Invitational in March of 2022 with the Boilermakers coming out on top.
The Tommies took an early 2-0 lead in the first two innings but surrendered three runs in the bottom of the third. Purdue ended up winning the game 5-4.
Brooke Ellestad went an impressive 3-4 with two runs scored and a triple. Coryn Jacobson also had a multi-hit day with two singles and an RBI.
Players Mentioned
C/UT
/ Softball
SS
/ Softball
1B/OF
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
2B/SS
/ SoftballC
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
P
/ SoftballOF/SS
/ SoftballTommie Athletics Hall of Fame 2025
Monday, October 06
Press Conference: Tommie Football Postgame v Lindenwood 08/28/25
Friday, August 29
Tommie Football Intro Video 2025
Thursday, August 28
Beyond The Buzzer: Schoenecker Arena Setup
Wednesday, July 23
