University of St. Thomas Athletics
Sunday, April 23
St. Paul, Minn.
12:00 p.m. Central
vs
North Dakota State
Photo by: Kylie Macziewski
Coming off blistering offensive weekend Softball welcomes in North Dakota State
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Last Weekend Recap
The St. Thomas Softball team went 1-2 in a three-game Summit League set on a neutral site against the Fighting Hawks of North Dakota. The two teams combined for 68 runs and 80 hits over the course of a cold and windy weekend in Fargo, N.D.
The Fighting Hawks took game one, 18-13. Brooke Ellestad's three-hit, four-run, five-RBI game was not enough to propel the Toms to victory. Both Ellestad and Katie Goelz went yard on a day where the wind was whipping out. St. Thomas smacked seven extra-base hits and six players reached base safely at least twice.
The Tommies scored in six of seven innings in game two and defeated North Dakota 13-7 for their program record 15th win of the season. Ellestad homered again in the first inning to give the Tommies a 1-0 lead. Ella Cook's two-run home run gave the Tommies a 7-6 lead and the team never looked back. Seven hitters tallied multi-hit games and the team totaled eight extra-base hits.
The offensive onslaught continued in game three with an Avery Wukawitz lead-off home run to get things started. Ultimately North Dakota would come back to win the series in a 9-8 contest. Kaitlyn Raymond led the way with three runs batted in and Morgan Klein tallied her first career three-hit game.
Since the 10-0 shutout loss against Wisconsin on April 12th, the Tommies have averaged 11.5 runs per game. Before that marker the offense had averaged 3.43 runs per game.
Ellestad surpasses the century mark
Brooke Ellestad went 3-4 in the Tommies' first game against North Dakota. In doing so, she became the first Tommie in Division I history to reach the 100-hit milestone.
The Sophomore totaled 57 hits in her inaugural campaign and has added 47 this season with 11 games left to play. It took the shortstop just 81 games to reach 100 hits.
Of her 104 hits so far in her career 74 have been singles, 14 doubles, 2 triples, and a program-best 12 home runs. Her 14 doubles are also a DI program record.
The next closest Tommie in terms of overall career hits is Kaitlyn Raymond with 82. Based upon extrapolating her career .91 hits per game Raymond is expected to break 100 in around 13 games.
Ellestad has a career hit per game mark of 1.28. Freshman Avery Wukawitz is currently hitting at a 1.15 per game rate. At her current rate the freshman will reach 100 career hits around the 87 career-game mark.
Notable Tommie Notes
- 40 hits in three games against North Dakota
- With 19 walks in their last series, they have now surpassed their 132 walks from last season (136)
- The offense hit 16 doubles in three games
- 32 RBI over the weekend improved on the Tommies' 151 RBI last season to 167 this year
- The offense has scored 173 runs this season to topple their 172 runs last season
- Brooke Ellestad has now doubled (12) Sarah Hudson's single-season doubles record (6)
- Ellestad also broke her single-season RBI record (27) with 7 RBI over the weekend to bring her total to 33
- Avery Wukawitz's 31 runs scored this season is a new program record toppling Ellestad's 28 last season.
- Ellestad has matched her 81 total bases from last season with 11 games left to play
- Ellestad's 98 assists is also a program record, topping Sarah Hudson's 91 last season
- Brooke Ellestad became the third Tommie to record at least 5 RBI in a game, the last was Avery Wukawitz just a few days prior against Wisconsin
- Ellestad recorded 8 total bases for the third time in her career in game one against North Dakota
- Coryn Jacobson brought home three runs in game one against North Dakota. It was the second time she had recorded 3 RBI; the last time was in 2022 in a game also against North Dakota
- Jacobson had not recorded two doubles in a game once in her career. She did so in all three games against North Dakota
History against North Dakota State
The Tommies and Bison played three games in Fargo, N.D. last season. The Bison came out on top in games one and two (2-0 and 3-0) and the Tommies avoided the sweep winning game three, 2-1.
The eight runs scored in the series were the lowest scoring Summit League set in St. Thomas history. The next lowest scoring was the South Dakota State series earlier this season (15 runs scored).
The Tommies did not record an extra-base hit in the series.
The St. Thomas Softball team went 1-2 in a three-game Summit League set on a neutral site against the Fighting Hawks of North Dakota. The two teams combined for 68 runs and 80 hits over the course of a cold and windy weekend in Fargo, N.D.
The Fighting Hawks took game one, 18-13. Brooke Ellestad's three-hit, four-run, five-RBI game was not enough to propel the Toms to victory. Both Ellestad and Katie Goelz went yard on a day where the wind was whipping out. St. Thomas smacked seven extra-base hits and six players reached base safely at least twice.
The Tommies scored in six of seven innings in game two and defeated North Dakota 13-7 for their program record 15th win of the season. Ellestad homered again in the first inning to give the Tommies a 1-0 lead. Ella Cook's two-run home run gave the Tommies a 7-6 lead and the team never looked back. Seven hitters tallied multi-hit games and the team totaled eight extra-base hits.
The offensive onslaught continued in game three with an Avery Wukawitz lead-off home run to get things started. Ultimately North Dakota would come back to win the series in a 9-8 contest. Kaitlyn Raymond led the way with three runs batted in and Morgan Klein tallied her first career three-hit game.
Since the 10-0 shutout loss against Wisconsin on April 12th, the Tommies have averaged 11.5 runs per game. Before that marker the offense had averaged 3.43 runs per game.
Ellestad surpasses the century mark
Brooke Ellestad went 3-4 in the Tommies' first game against North Dakota. In doing so, she became the first Tommie in Division I history to reach the 100-hit milestone.
The Sophomore totaled 57 hits in her inaugural campaign and has added 47 this season with 11 games left to play. It took the shortstop just 81 games to reach 100 hits.
Of her 104 hits so far in her career 74 have been singles, 14 doubles, 2 triples, and a program-best 12 home runs. Her 14 doubles are also a DI program record.
The next closest Tommie in terms of overall career hits is Kaitlyn Raymond with 82. Based upon extrapolating her career .91 hits per game Raymond is expected to break 100 in around 13 games.
Ellestad has a career hit per game mark of 1.28. Freshman Avery Wukawitz is currently hitting at a 1.15 per game rate. At her current rate the freshman will reach 100 career hits around the 87 career-game mark.
Notable Tommie Notes
- 40 hits in three games against North Dakota
- With 19 walks in their last series, they have now surpassed their 132 walks from last season (136)
- The offense hit 16 doubles in three games
- 32 RBI over the weekend improved on the Tommies' 151 RBI last season to 167 this year
- The offense has scored 173 runs this season to topple their 172 runs last season
- Brooke Ellestad has now doubled (12) Sarah Hudson's single-season doubles record (6)
- Ellestad also broke her single-season RBI record (27) with 7 RBI over the weekend to bring her total to 33
- Avery Wukawitz's 31 runs scored this season is a new program record toppling Ellestad's 28 last season.
- Ellestad has matched her 81 total bases from last season with 11 games left to play
- Ellestad's 98 assists is also a program record, topping Sarah Hudson's 91 last season
- Brooke Ellestad became the third Tommie to record at least 5 RBI in a game, the last was Avery Wukawitz just a few days prior against Wisconsin
- Ellestad recorded 8 total bases for the third time in her career in game one against North Dakota
- Coryn Jacobson brought home three runs in game one against North Dakota. It was the second time she had recorded 3 RBI; the last time was in 2022 in a game also against North Dakota
- Jacobson had not recorded two doubles in a game once in her career. She did so in all three games against North Dakota
History against North Dakota State
The Tommies and Bison played three games in Fargo, N.D. last season. The Bison came out on top in games one and two (2-0 and 3-0) and the Tommies avoided the sweep winning game three, 2-1.
The eight runs scored in the series were the lowest scoring Summit League set in St. Thomas history. The next lowest scoring was the South Dakota State series earlier this season (15 runs scored).
The Tommies did not record an extra-base hit in the series.
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