JACKS RALLY FOR SERIES-CLINCHING WIN

Thursday, March 11

Lawrence, Kan.

3 p.m.

South Dakota State University

11-3

Kansas

10-6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
South Dakota State	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Kansas	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	4	12	0

Photo by: Courtesy Photo

3/11/2021 8:42:00 PM | Softball

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – South Dakota State used some late-inning heroics to defeat Kansas, 6-4, in the second game of a doubleheader Thursday and claim the decisive game of a three-game series at Arrocha Ballpark.

Kansas won the opener, 4-1, after SDSU recorded a 15-11, 10-inning victory in Wednesday's series opener. The Jackrabbits moved to 12-3 overall, while Kansas ended the day 10-7 on the season.

GAME 1: KANSAS 4, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 1
Kansas pitcher Tatum Goff limited the Jackrabbits to two hits in a complete-game effort as the Jayhawks evened the series at a game apiece.

The first Jackrabbit hit was a Cylie Halvorson solo home run in the first inning, her sixth round-tripper of the season.

Kansas answered with a run in the bottom of the first on a Morgyn Wynne base hit that scored Sydney Ramsey, then took the lead on a solo homer by Wynne in the third inning.

Goff made that lead stand up as she retired 15 Jackrabbit batters in a row until allowing a single by Peyton Daugherty with two outs in the sixth. Goff struck out four and did not walk a batter in improving to 3-1 on the season.

The Jayhawks added a pair of insurance runs in the home half of the sixth. The first run scored on a wild pitch, with the second coming across on a double by Brittany Jackson.

Kendra Conard took the loss for the Jackrabbits. The senior right-hander did not strike out a batter and issued two walks over six innings.

Macy Omli was 3-for-3 to pace Kansas' 12-hit attack.

GAME 2: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 6, KANSAS 3
The Jackrabbits scored twice in the sixth inning and four times in the seventh inning to rally past Kansas in the series finale.

Trailing 2-0, Halvorson brought SDSU within a run with her second home run of the day and seventh of the season to lead off the bottom of the sixth. After Allison Yoder drew a walk, pinch-hitter Mia Elliott came through with a double to the left-center gap with two outs that scored Yoder with the tying run.

Kansas came back to take a momentary 3-2 lead on a solo home run by Madison Hirsch with two outs in the bottom of the sixth. Hirsch's home run ended a streak of 12 in a row set down by Jackrabbit starter Grace Glanzer.

SDSU's game-winning rally in the seventh began with a leadoff single by second baseman Chiara Bassi. Two batters later, Peyton Daugherty scored the tying run on Emma Osmundson's triple to right field.

After a walk to Halvorson put runners at the corners, Kelsey Lenox delivered a three-run homer to right-center for what would be the final margin.

Glanzer worked around a free pass to open the bottom of the seventh to finish off her fifth victory of the season. A returning freshman from Sioux Falls, Glanzer struck out six, walked one and allowed four hits over seven innings.

Kansas led 2-0 after two innings, scoring in the bottom of the first on a Wynne RBI double and adding a run in the second on a run-scoring double by Ramsey.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits remain in Lawrence to play Northern Iowa the next two days as part of the Rock Chalk Challenge. First pitch Friday is set for 1 p.m. at Arrocha Ballpark.

NOTES

Kansas leads the all-time series, 6-4
Halvorson homered in all three games of the series and drove in six runs
Halvorson has two separate three-game home run streaks this season
Lenox's game-winning home run in Game 2 was her lone hit of the series (1-for-10)
SDSU has homered in nine of its last 10 games and 11 of 15 games this season
Glanzer struck out 12 over 12 innings in two starts in the series
The Jackrabbits did not commit an error in the three-game series

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