KNIESCHE K'S 20 IN SECOND STRAIGHT NO-HITTER

Friday, April 29

Brookings, S.D. | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium

12:00 PM

South Dakota State University

34-10, 0

University of St. Thomas

12-33, 0

St. Thomas

South Dakota State

Photo by: Michael Houseman

4/29/2022 5:13:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Tori Kniesche turned in the most dominant pitching performance in South Dakota State softball history by striking out 20 batters and throwing her second consecutive no-hitter as the Jackrabbits completed a Summit League series sweep with a 5-0 victory over St. Thomas Friday afternoon at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium.

The league-leading Jackrabbits notched their eighth consecutive win to improve to 34-10 overall and 15-2 in Summit play. St. Thomas dropped to 12-33 overall and 7-11 in league play.

A sophomore from Wayne, Nebraska, Kniesche tossed her third no-hitter of the season and fifth of her career, allowing only a walk to Christina Crawford in the second inning. The right-hander, who tied the then-school record with a 13-strikeout, no-hit performance to complete a doubleheader sweep on Thursday, fanned the side in every inning but the fifth on Friday, with the only ball to be put in play resulting in a foul out to third base.

Meanwhile, the SDSU offense put runs on the board in each of the first four innings, starting with a solo home run by Cylie Halvorson in the bottom of the first inning.

The Jackrabbits added two more runs in the second on a sacrifice fly by Brooke Dumont and a run-scoring infield single by Rozelyn Carrillo, who extended her school-record hitting streak to 21 games.

Halvorson added another solo shot in the third inning for her team-leading 15th round-tripper of the season, and Jocelyn Carrillo provided the final tally with a solo homer in the fourth.

UP NEXT
SDSU closes the regular season by hosting a three-game series May 6-7 against North Dakota. The series opens with a noon doubleheader on Friday.

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