Jacks blanked by Badgers

Wednesday, April 13

Madison, Wis.

4 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Wisconsin

4/13/2011 9:54:00 PM | Softball

By: SDSU Sports Info

MADISON, Wis. - The South Dakota State softball team stopped in Madison, Wis., on the way to a weekend series at IUPUI for a doubleheader with Wisconsin, who handed the Jackrabbits a pair of losses on Wednesday by the scores of 4-0 and 7-0.

The sweep drops the Jacks to 8-28 heading into a doubleheader on Thursday at Green Bay. The Badgers improve to 22-15 on the season.

Wisconsin's Game 1 starter Cassandra Darrah dominated in the circle, holding the Jacks hitless until the seventh, when Ashley Durazo broke up the no-hit bid with a single up the middle.

Darrah finished the complete game shutout with just the one hit, adding four strikeouts and one walk in the win.

Kori Seidlitz gave up four runs on nine hits over six innings in the loss, with five walks and one strikeout.

SDSU wasted little time getting its first hit in Game 2, as Emily Weber got the Jacks in the hit column with a one-out single in the top of the first inning.

The Jacks as a team totaled seven hits in the game, but could not push a run across. Weber and Pam Nicholson both went 2-for-3 on the day at the plate to lead the offense.

Nicholson also started in the circle, giving up seven runs, four earned, with five strikeouts and one walk in the loss.

The Jackrabbits make one more stop before returning to Summit League play on Saturday at IUPUI, as the Green Bay Phoenix host SDSU in a doubleheader on Thursday in Green Bay, Wis.