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JACKS AGAIN SWEEP SUMMIT WEEKLY AWARDS
4/26/2021 1:02:00 PM | Softball
SIOUX FALLS – Following a weekend in which it clinched the first conference title in program history, the South Dakota State University softball team has once again swept the Summit League weekly awards. Monday, center fielder Jocelyn Carrillo was honored as Summit League Player of the Week and Tori Kniesche earned her third Summit League Pitcher of the Week award.
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A returning freshman from Palmdale, California, Carrillo batted .636 (7-for-11) in a four-game weekend series versus in-state rival South Dakota. She hit safely in all four games to extend her hitting streak to eight games, and is now batting .412 overall, including a .509 clip in 18 Summit League games.
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Carrillo went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer as part of a three-RBI outing in the second game of an April 24 doubleheader, then added two hits and scored twice in Game 1 of a twinbill the next day for a pair of multi-hit performances.
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She is the fifth different Jackrabbit to earn Summit League Player of the Week honors this season, joining her younger sister, Rozelyn (March 8), as well as Emma Osmundson (March 15), Lindsey Culver (April 5) and Kelsey Lenox (April 12).
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Kniesche was dominant in two starts against the Coyotes, allowing only one earned run and three hits over 10 innings of work. The freshman right-hander from Wayne, Nebraska, hurled a five-inning no-hitter on April 24 — a game in which she struck out 11 and walked one.
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The next day, Kniesche improved to 17-1 overall and won her 13th consecutive decision after allowing one earned run over five innings, striking out 10 and walking two in a 10-2 Jackrabbit victory.
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Kniesche has recorded double digits in strikeouts in six games this season and upped her season strikeout total to 134 in 93 innings.
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She also received the Summit's weekly pitching award Feb. 15 and April 5.
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South Dakota State enters the week 32-5 overall and 17-1 in The Summit League. The Jackrabbits will play out of conference this week, hosting Creighton in a Friday doubleheader. Action is set for a 2 p.m. start at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium.
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A returning freshman from Palmdale, California, Carrillo batted .636 (7-for-11) in a four-game weekend series versus in-state rival South Dakota. She hit safely in all four games to extend her hitting streak to eight games, and is now batting .412 overall, including a .509 clip in 18 Summit League games.
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Carrillo went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer as part of a three-RBI outing in the second game of an April 24 doubleheader, then added two hits and scored twice in Game 1 of a twinbill the next day for a pair of multi-hit performances.
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She is the fifth different Jackrabbit to earn Summit League Player of the Week honors this season, joining her younger sister, Rozelyn (March 8), as well as Emma Osmundson (March 15), Lindsey Culver (April 5) and Kelsey Lenox (April 12).
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Kniesche was dominant in two starts against the Coyotes, allowing only one earned run and three hits over 10 innings of work. The freshman right-hander from Wayne, Nebraska, hurled a five-inning no-hitter on April 24 — a game in which she struck out 11 and walked one.
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The next day, Kniesche improved to 17-1 overall and won her 13th consecutive decision after allowing one earned run over five innings, striking out 10 and walking two in a 10-2 Jackrabbit victory.
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Kniesche has recorded double digits in strikeouts in six games this season and upped her season strikeout total to 134 in 93 innings.
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She also received the Summit's weekly pitching award Feb. 15 and April 5.
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South Dakota State enters the week 32-5 overall and 17-1 in The Summit League. The Jackrabbits will play out of conference this week, hosting Creighton in a Friday doubleheader. Action is set for a 2 p.m. start at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium.
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