Softball defeats Colgate, falls late to Dolphins

Saturday, February 16

Jacksonville, Fla.

1 p.m.

South Dakota State University

5-3

Colgate

0-3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Colgate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
South Dakota State	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	6	0

Photo by: Laura Mullen

2/16/2019 7:55:00 PM | Softball

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jackrabbit softball team found itself in a pair of pitching duals Saturday afternoon at the UNF/Dolphin Invitational and split the results. South Dakota State opened the day with a 1-0 victory over Colgate, then fell in the finale 2-1 to Jacksonville.

SDSU is now 5-4 on the year and has gone 2-2 this weekend.

South Dakota State 1, Colgate 0
Olivia Douglas (1-0) picked up her first win of the season a complete game shutout, scattering five hits and a pair of walks over seven frames while striking out four.

Ali Herdliska broke the school's career home run record in the win, accounting for South Dakota State's lone score while adding two walks at the plate. Peyton Daugherty and Caelyn Christiancy each had two hits, and Baily Janssen was 1-for-2 on the afternoon.

Douglas struck out the side to start the game, and Herdliska kept the momentum rolling in the bottom of the first as she blasted her fourth home run of the season to put SDSU ahead, 1-0. The teams settled into a defensive battle from there, as the Jacks' one-run advantage held the rest of the way.

State looked for insurance in the final six innings, loading the bases in the third, fifth and sixth innings, but were unable to break through. Still, Douglas and the Jackrabbit defense limited Colgate's scoring opportunities to hold control.

The Raiders' best scoring chance came in the top of the fifth, but SDSU worked out of a first and third, no-out situation by getting two pop ups and throwing a base runner out at the plate.

Jacksonville 2, South Dakota State 1
Taylor Compton (2-3) took the loss, allowing two runs on four hits with a pair of strikeouts. Compton threw into the sixth before Kendra Conard tossed the final out of the inning.

Mallory McQuistan led the Jackrabbit offense with a 2-for-3 effort at the plate, hitting a home run run for SDSU's lone score.

Baily Janssen accounted for SDSU's other hit and Herdliska tallied a walk.

Down 1-0 after Jacksonville put together a two-out rally in the first inning, McQuistan tied things up in the first at-bat of the second with one swing, blasting a 1-1 pitch over the left-center wall for her first long ball of the season.

That 1-1 tie held until the bottom of the fourth, when Jacksonville pulled ahead for good by stealing home with two outs in the inning. State looked to respond with a pair of runners in the top of the fifth, but were unable to scratch a run across as the Dolphins hung on for the win.

Game Notes

The Jackrabbits are now 2-0 all-time against Colgate and 0-3 against Jacksonville.
Ali Herdliska became the school's all-time leader in career home runs with her solo shot in the first inning against Colgate. She broke a tie with Devan Larsen after drawing even with the top spot on Friday.

Up Next
South Dakota State wraps up its stay in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday with one game at the Fred and Debbie Pruitt Softball Complex on Jacksonville University's campus. The Jackrabbits will face the College of Charleston at 10 a.m. EST / 9 a.m. CST.

-GoJacks.com-