LENOX CARRIES JACKS PAST OMAHA

Saturday, April 10

Brookings, S.D.

noon

South Dakota State University

24-4, 9-0

Omaha

7-17, 2-3

Omaha

South Dakota State

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

4/10/2021 6:04:00 PM | Softball

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Kelsey Lenox homered three times and drove in nine runs to lead the South Dakota State softball team to a doubleheader sweep of Omaha in Summit League action Saturday afternoon at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium.

In posting 8-0 and 9-1 victories in their home opener, the Jackrabbits ran their winning streak to 12 games and remained unbeaten in league play at 10-0. The two squads are scheduled to play another twinbill Sunday afternoon, starting at noon.

GAME 1: SDSU 8, OMAHA 0 (5 inn.)
Lenox hit two-run home runs in each of her two at-bats, opening the scoring in the second inning with a blast to right-center after an Allison Yoder triple.

Cylie Halvorson added an RBI triple to plate Emma Osmundson in the third inning before the Jackrabbits put the game away with a five-run fourth. Lenox homered to left to account for the first two runs while Halvorson doubled in the final two runs after a sacrifice fly by Peyton Daugherty.

Halvorson was 2-for-3 and drove in three runs. Yoder also tallied two of the Jackrabbits' nine hits.

In the circle, Grace Glanzer again went the distance, scattering three hits in her fourth shutout of the season. The returning freshman from Sioux Falls struck out four and walked one.

GAME 2: SDSU 9, OMAHA 1 (6 inn.)
Lenox continued her hot hitting with a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning and a game-ending two run double in the sixth to finish with five runs batted in.

SDSU, 25-4 overall, maintained its 3-0 lead until scoring three more times in the bottom of the fifth. Lindsey Culver notched an RBI single between sacrifice flies by Yoder and pinch-hitter Mia Elliott to push the advantage to 6-0.

Meanwhile, Jackrabbit starter Tori Kniesche extended her scoreless innings streak to 20 before allowing a run in the top of the sixth on a wild pitch.

Halvorson, who was again 2-for-3, plated the first run of the SDSU sixth with a single before Lenox put the eight-run rule in effect with her fourth extra-base hit of the day in five trips to the plate. Lenox doubled her home run total on the season to six.

Culver also contributed two of the Jackrabbits' eight hits.

Kniesche improved to 12-1 on the season as she struck out nine, allowed three hits and walked five over six innings.

NOTES

Omaha leads the all-time series, 66-28-1, but the Jackrabbits have won the last six meetings
Lenox recorded the third multi-home run performance by a Jackrabbit in a five-game span, joining Culver who accomplished the feat in both games of an April 2 doubleheader at Western Illinois
SDSU now has hit 40 home runs in 29 games this season
The Jackrabbits entered the series leading Division I teams in triples per game (0.70) and two three-baggers in Game 1
Halvorson upped her team-leading RBI total to 34, while Lenox took over second on the squad with 25
Halvorson tied Peyton Daugherty for most multi-hit games this season with 13 and upped her multi-RBI total to 11 games
Culver extended her hitting streak to eight games with a hit in both contests
Daugherty has reached base safely in 14 games in a row
Glanzer has complete games in 13 of her 14 starts, while Kniesche recorded her sixth complete game of the season
Kniesche finished Game 2 with 99 strikeouts for the season