LINCOLN, Neb. – The Jackrabbit softball program was swept in its doubleheader at Nebraska Wednesday, dropping game one 8-2 before falling in the finale, 12-3.
South Dakota State is now 14-9 on the season.
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Game One: Nebraska 8, South Dakota State 2
Abbey Murphy led the Jacks with a 3-for-4 performance on the day, racking up two doubles.
Ali Herdliska was 2-for-3 with an RBI while
Julia Andersen had a double and an RBI.
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Madison Hope (8-2) started and threw three innings, allowing three runs with a strikeout.
Taylor Compton was tagged for three earned runs (five total) over the next 1.2 innings before
Kendra Conard finished the game, tossing the final 1.1 frames.
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South Dakota State scored first, jumping out to a 1-0 lead in the opening frame after Murphy and Andersen started the inning with back-to-back doubles but saw Nebraska answer immediately with three runs in the bottom of the inning.
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Down two (3-1), State put together scoring threats by loading the bases in the third and fourth innings, cutting it to 3-2 in the top of the fourth when Herdliska took a 1-2 pitch through the left side to score
Dana Chavez.
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The Huskers, however, matched the Jacks with a run in the bottom of the fourth and tacked on another four in the fifth to go up 8-2.
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Game Two: Nebraska 12, South Dakota State 3 (Five Innings)
Andersen was 2-for-3 in the game with a double while
Mallory McQuistan drove in a pair of runs. Herdliska had the other RBI for SDSU and
Brittney Morse added a double of her own.
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Hope (8-3) took the loss, throwing into the third before Conard replaced her to finish the inning.
Olivia Douglas threw the fourth and struck out one.
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The Jackrabbits again scored first, opening up a 2-0 lead in the first when McQuistan took a 1-0, two-out pitch up the middle to plate Andersen (single) and Morse (double) after the duo reached earlier in the inning.
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Nebraska responded with three of its one in the bottom of the first and two more in the second with a two-run home run.
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SDSU cut into the deficit with a run in the top of the third as Herdliska picked up a sacrifice fly only to see the Huskers put up seven in the bottom of the inning to put the Jacks in a 12-3 hole.
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Up Next
South Dakota State is idle until next Wednesday, March 21 when the squad travels to Iowa City, Iowa for a doubleheader with the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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