STATE TAKES TWO FROM CSUN

Wednesday, March 16

Northridge, Calif.

1:00 PM PT / 3:00 PM CT

South Dakota State University

16-7

CSUN

10-16

South Dakota State

CSUN

3/16/2022 11:15:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - South Dakota State softball picked up two more wins on its spring break trip Wednesday afternoon by 5-1 and 6-0 scores over CSUN. The Jackrabbits are on a nine game win streak and 17-7 overall in 2022.

Game 1 vs. CSUN - W, 5-1
South Dakota State used four unearned runs and a strong pitching effort from Tori Kniesche to beat CSUN in game one.

The Jackrabbits scored twice in the opening frame, first off an RBI single by Cylie Halvorson and then from a CSUN fielding error. With Peyton Daugherty on second base, Halvorson's single made it through the infield to allow Daugherty to reach home. Cheyanne Masterson reached on a fielding error later in the inning to plate Halvorson's winning run.

Halvorson reached base again in the second inning, this time on another CSUN fielding error, which allowed Emma Osmundson and Daugherty to go home for the 4-0 lead. Halvorson tacked on one more unearned run for the Jacks on a Lindsey Culver RBI ground out.

CSUN's only run of the game, also unearned, came in the bottom half of the second inning as the result of a passed ball.

Daugherty and Osmundson tallied two hits each to combine for four of SDSU's seven hits in game one.

Tori Kniesche, the reigning Summit League Pitcher of the Week, recorded eight strikeouts in the complete-game effort. She allowed four hits and one walk.

Kenedee Jamerson is tagged with the loss for CSUN. She allowed seven hits and only one earned run.

Game 2 vs. CSUN - W, 6-0
Grace Glanzer tossed a one-hit shutout in game two with eight strikeouts and no walks allowed. Only two CSUN players reached base - one on a fielding error in the first inning and one on a hit in the third.

SDSU's offense recorded 13 hits and took advantage of two CSUN errors to plate six runs.

Culver got things started when she tripled in the top of the first to drive in Halvorson and Osmundson.

After a few scoreless innings, the Jackrabbits broke the game open in the fifth, scoring three more runs. With runners on first and second, Brooke Dumont doubled to scored Rozelyn Carrillo and Caelyn Christiancy. Carrillo singled on the next at-bat to score Dumont, making it a 5-0 game.

Halvorson added one more run in the top of the sixth. After doubling up the middle, Halvorson was sent home by a Kelsey Lenox single to wrap up the scoring.

Halvorson, Carrillo and Allison Yoder had two hits each in game two. Culver and Dumont had two RBIs apiece.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits will play their final doubleheader in California Thursday at Loyola Marymount. Game one is set for 5 p.m. CT with game two to follow.

-GoJacks.com-