JACKS, SHOCKERS SPLIT TWINBILL

Tuesday, March 9

Wichita, Kan.

3 p.m.

South Dakota State University

10-1

Wichita State

10-3

South Dakota State

Wichita State

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3/9/2021 8:38:00 PM | Softball

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WICHITA, Kan. – South Dakota State and Wichita State each ended the other's long winning streak in splitting a nonconference softball doubleheader Tuesday at Wilkins Stadium.

The Jackrabbits won the opener, 4-3, to end WSU's eight-game winning streak. SDSU's 10-game winning streak was snapped in Game 2 as the Shockers posted a 5-3 victory.

GAME 1: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 4, WICHITA STATE 3
Kelsey Lenox provided the offense and Grace Glanzer went the distance in the circle to lead the Jackrabbits to victory in the opener.

A junior from Chesterfield, Missouri, Lenox quickly gave SDSU a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning with a two-run home run to center field, scoring Emma Osmundson ahead of her. It was the first round-tripper of the season for Lenox.

SDSU upped its lead to 3-0 with a run in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Peyton Daugherty, which scored Jocelyn Carrillo, who reached on a one-out single.

Glanzer, the reigning Summit League Pitcher of the Week, extended her streak of scoreless innings to 19 1/3 before surrendering a solo home run to Madison Perrigan in the bottom of the fourth.

Lenox and the Jackrabbits answered with what proved to be the decisive run in the top of the fifth as she collected her third RBI of the game on a sacrifice fly that plated Osmundson.

Wichita State drew to within a run on a two-run homer by Addison Barnard in the sixth inning, but Glanzer retired six of the next seven Shocker batters to close out her fourth consecutive victory. The right-hander from Sioux Falls struck out only one and walked two in a complete-game effort.

SDSU held an 8-4 advantage in hits and was led by Osmundson, who went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Cylie Halvorson added a pair of hits, including a double, for the Jackrabbits.

Bailey Lange suffered her first loss of the season despite striking out seven in going the distance for the Shockers.

GAME 2: WICHITA STATE 5, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 3
Neileigh Herring's two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning broke a 3-all tie for a Wichita State squad that earned a split of the doubleheader.

Herring's heroics came after SDSU tied the game in the top of the frame with a two-out rally. Osmundson and Halvorson were each hit by pitches and moved further into scoring position on a passed ball to set the table for Lenox, who plated both with a single to left center for her fifth and sixth runs batted in of the twinbill.

SDSU, 10-2 overall, took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Lenox's wind-aided infield single plated Osmundson.

WSU tied the game in the bottom of the first on a run-scoring single by Herring, then grabbed its first lead of the day in the second against SDSU starter Kendra Conard on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Wylie Glover.

The Shockers, who moved to 11-3 on the season, made it a 3-1 game in the fourth on a solo homer by Kaylee Huecker off Jackrabbit reliever Tori Kniesche.

Erin McDonald earned the win for Wichita State after striking out nine in five innings. Caitlin Bingham pitched the final two innings to pick up the save.

Kniesche suffered her first collegiate loss after four consecutive victories. She fanned six and walked three in four innings.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits move on to play a doubleheader Wednesday at Kansas. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. at Arrocha Ballpark in Lawrence, Kansas.

NOTES

Wichita State leads the all-time series, 5-1
Peyton Daugherty had her streak of reaching base safely end at 10 games
Lenox's home run in the opener, marked the sixth consecutive game the Jackrabbits hit a home run
Lenox became the seventh different Jackrabbit to homer this season
Lenox extended her hitting streak to nine games and has tallied a run batted in in five straight games
Neither team was charged with an error in the doubleheader; SDSU has not committed an error in its last five games and eight of its last nine
Wichita State hit four home runs in the doubleheader, upping its season total to 22 in 14 games