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1 p.m.
Softball
vs Minnesota Crookston
South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, March 26
Omaha, Neb.
12:00 PM
South Dakota State University
at
University of Nebraska Omaha
SOFTBALL OPENS SUMMIT LEAGUE AT OMAHA
3/25/2022 9:57:00 PM | Softball
| SOUTH DAKOTA STATE at OMAHA |
| When | Saturday, March 26 at 12 p.m. Saturday, March 26 at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 27 at 1 p.m. |
| Live Video | OMavs.com/Watch |
| Live Stats | OMavs.com |
| Game Notes | South Dakota State | Omaha | Summit League |
| Social Media | Twitter I Facebook |
South Dakota State opens the Summit League season this weekend in Omaha to take on the Mavericks. The Jackrabbits are 19-7 on the year and riding an 11-game win streak. SDSU went 10-0 on its spring break trip to California, outscoring opponents 61-13 over the six-day stretch. Lindsey Culver and Tori Kniesche are the reigning Summit League Player and Pitcher of the Week following outstanding performances last week.
South Dakota State leads the Summit League in batting average (.298), ERA (2.58), home runs per game (1.08), on base percentage (.366) and slugging percentage (.472). Rozelyn Carrillo paces SDSU at the plate with a .357 batting average and 30 hits on the season. Her batting average ranks sixth in the Summit and hit total is fifth.
Lindsey Culver is on a seven-game hitting streak. She is batting .333, ranking third for SDSU. Cylie Halvorson leads the Summit in home runs with eight dingers on the year, including three on spring break.
SDSU's pitching staff is holding opponents to a .226 batting average. Tori Kniesche tops the league in strikeouts with 107 and ranks second in in ERA at 2.03. Grace Glanzer's 2.5 ERA ranks sixth.
KEY STORYLINES
- The Jackrabbits went 10-0 on their spring break trip to California, outscoring opponents 61-13.
- Tori Kniesche picked up back-to-back Summit League Pitcher of the Week honors after posting a 0.00 ERA while going 4-0 and picking up one save on the trip.
- Lindsey Culver was named the Summit League Player of the Week following a 10-for-21 performance in six games last week with 11 RBIs, one home run, one triple and one double.
- Rozelyn Carrillo leads the Jackrabbits at the plate with a .357 batting average and 30 hits on the reason. Her 17 RBIs rank third on the team.
- Four more Jacks are hitting above .300 - Emma Osmundson (.342), Lindsey Culver (.333), Peyton Daugherty (.325) and Brooke Dumont (.325).
- Lindsey Culver enters the weekend on a seven-game hitting streak. The sophomore has seven multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games this season.
- Cylie Halvorson's eight home runs leads the team and the Summit League. She also has a team-high 25 RBIs.
- Tori Kniesche is 9-3 on the year with a 2.61 ERA. She has struck out 10+ batters in six of her 14 appearances this season.
- Tori Kniesche is averaging 1.41 strikeouts per inning and 9.86 strikeouts per seven innings.
- Grace Glanzer is 8-3 on the season. She has a 3.21 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 75.2 innings pitched.
- SDSU returns all nine all-Summit players from a season ago, including Player of the Year Cylie Halvorson, Pitcher of the Year Tori Kniesche and Freshman of the Year Grace Glanzer.
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