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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, March 28
Brookings, S.D.
1 p.m.
South Dakota State University
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Southern Utah
Back-to-back jacks lift Rabbits
3/28/2009 1:00:00 AM | Softball
South Dakota State got back-to-back homeruns from Ashley Durazo and Dani Broshar and a walk-off double from Greta Stroh in the second game of Saturday's softball doubleheader with Southern Utah to help lead the Jackrabbits to an 8-0, five inning, Game 2 win, a split on the day and avoid the series sweep.
The Thunderbirds, who downed the Jacks 1-0 on Friday in the series opener, won the first game of the day 5-4.
The split gives the Jackrabbits a 7-24 overall record, 4-2 in The Summit League and gives Southern Utah a 13-19 overall record, 5-4 in league play.
The two teams combined for ten errors in Game 1, six by the Jacks and four by the T-Birds, which led to a combined total of just three earned runs.
Brooke Postma, Broshar and Stroh and all singled in the first inning, and along with three SUU errors, the Jacks pushed three unearned runs across to take the early 3-0 lead.
Southern Utah came back with four runs, two of them earned, on four hits and two Jackrabbit miscues in the top of the third to take a 4-3 lead.
The Jacks got one run back in the bottom half of the inning, when Kelsey Lunn smacked her second homerun of the season over the fence in centerfield to tie the game at 4-all.
The T-Birds got that run back in the top of the fourth with an unearned run to end the scoring.
Pam Nicholson went the distance for the Jackrabbits, giving up nine hits five runs, two earned, while striking out seven and walking two. The loss drops her record to 3-7 on the season.
Lunn led the SDSU offense with a 2-for-3 game with the homerun and two runs scored.
Both teams played much better defense in Game 2, but the Jackrabbits eventually stepped-up the offense, while Jenna Marston shut down the SUU batters.
It took a while for the SDSU bats to heat up on the chilly Saturday afternoon, as SUU starter Katie Kearns took a no-hit bid into the fourth inning. Brittany Postma broke-up the no hitter with a leadoff single and Brooke Postma followed with an infield single to set the table for Durazo, who belted a three-run shot, her second of the season, over the fence in left centerfield to put SDSU on top 3-0.
Broshar came up next and hit the ball to almost the exact same spot for her second homerun of the season to put the Jacks up 4-0 before the rally ended.
Marston gave up a leadoff walk in the top of the fifth, but still faced the minimum as the Jacks got a double play two batters later to end the inning.
Krystal Higgerson drew a leadoff walk in the Jackrabbits half of the fifth, which prompted a Southern Utah pitching change back to Game 1 starter Brooks.
The moved seemed to work, as the SUU second baseman tagged Higgerson out on a Brittany Postma fielder's choice in the next at-bat and Brooke Postma grounded out, after Brittany stole second, for the second out.
Brittany advanced to third on Brooke's groundout and then scored when Durazo doubled to right center to put SDSU up 5-0.
That brought up Broshar, who singled home Durazo for a 6-0 Jackrabbit lead, and then Stacey Evans, who reached on a throwing error by the shortstop to put runners on second and third.
Lunn came up next and took a pitch off the shoulder to load the bases for Stroh, who ended the game via the eight-run rule, with a double to right centerfield that scored Broshar and Evans.
Marston, who tied the SDSU career-record with her 127th appearance and became the first Jackrabbit pitcher to start 100 games, picks up the win. Marston gave up just one hit over five innings pitched. She also struck out one and walked one to improve her record to 3-14 on the season.
Durazo and Broshar both went 2-for-3 in the win with a pair of runs scored. Durazo added four RBI and Broshar two. Stroh went 1-for-2 at the plate with the final two RBI of the game.
The Jacks return to action on Friday in Shreveport, La., when the open a three-game Summit League series with a doubleheader at Centenary at 4 p.m.
SDSU returns home to face North Dakota in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 7, at 3 p.m.
The Thunderbirds, who downed the Jacks 1-0 on Friday in the series opener, won the first game of the day 5-4.
The split gives the Jackrabbits a 7-24 overall record, 4-2 in The Summit League and gives Southern Utah a 13-19 overall record, 5-4 in league play.
The two teams combined for ten errors in Game 1, six by the Jacks and four by the T-Birds, which led to a combined total of just three earned runs.
Brooke Postma, Broshar and Stroh and all singled in the first inning, and along with three SUU errors, the Jacks pushed three unearned runs across to take the early 3-0 lead.
Southern Utah came back with four runs, two of them earned, on four hits and two Jackrabbit miscues in the top of the third to take a 4-3 lead.
The Jacks got one run back in the bottom half of the inning, when Kelsey Lunn smacked her second homerun of the season over the fence in centerfield to tie the game at 4-all.
The T-Birds got that run back in the top of the fourth with an unearned run to end the scoring.
Pam Nicholson went the distance for the Jackrabbits, giving up nine hits five runs, two earned, while striking out seven and walking two. The loss drops her record to 3-7 on the season.
Lunn led the SDSU offense with a 2-for-3 game with the homerun and two runs scored.
Both teams played much better defense in Game 2, but the Jackrabbits eventually stepped-up the offense, while Jenna Marston shut down the SUU batters.
It took a while for the SDSU bats to heat up on the chilly Saturday afternoon, as SUU starter Katie Kearns took a no-hit bid into the fourth inning. Brittany Postma broke-up the no hitter with a leadoff single and Brooke Postma followed with an infield single to set the table for Durazo, who belted a three-run shot, her second of the season, over the fence in left centerfield to put SDSU on top 3-0.
Broshar came up next and hit the ball to almost the exact same spot for her second homerun of the season to put the Jacks up 4-0 before the rally ended.
Marston gave up a leadoff walk in the top of the fifth, but still faced the minimum as the Jacks got a double play two batters later to end the inning.
Krystal Higgerson drew a leadoff walk in the Jackrabbits half of the fifth, which prompted a Southern Utah pitching change back to Game 1 starter Brooks.
The moved seemed to work, as the SUU second baseman tagged Higgerson out on a Brittany Postma fielder's choice in the next at-bat and Brooke Postma grounded out, after Brittany stole second, for the second out.
Brittany advanced to third on Brooke's groundout and then scored when Durazo doubled to right center to put SDSU up 5-0.
That brought up Broshar, who singled home Durazo for a 6-0 Jackrabbit lead, and then Stacey Evans, who reached on a throwing error by the shortstop to put runners on second and third.
Lunn came up next and took a pitch off the shoulder to load the bases for Stroh, who ended the game via the eight-run rule, with a double to right centerfield that scored Broshar and Evans.
Marston, who tied the SDSU career-record with her 127th appearance and became the first Jackrabbit pitcher to start 100 games, picks up the win. Marston gave up just one hit over five innings pitched. She also struck out one and walked one to improve her record to 3-14 on the season.
Durazo and Broshar both went 2-for-3 in the win with a pair of runs scored. Durazo added four RBI and Broshar two. Stroh went 1-for-2 at the plate with the final two RBI of the game.
The Jacks return to action on Friday in Shreveport, La., when the open a three-game Summit League series with a doubleheader at Centenary at 4 p.m.
SDSU returns home to face North Dakota in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 7, at 3 p.m.
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