Saturday, March 18
Iowa City, Iowa
12:00 PM
Creighton University
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South Dakota State
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S. Dakota State
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Creighton
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7
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Jordyn Sturgeon
Photo by: Steve Branscombe
Softball Falls To Pair of South Dakota Teams in Iowa City
3/18/2017 4:27:00 PM | Softball
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Bluejays close out Hawkeye Invitational on Sunday with two games
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The Creighton Softball team lost a pair of games on Saturday afternoon at the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa. The Bluejays fell 4-3 in eight innings to South Dakota State, then lost 7-0 to South Dakota.
Creighton (7-15) closes out play in the Hawkeye Invitational on Sunday with two games, starting with an 11 a.m. game against host Iowa. The Bluejays also will play a rematch with South Dakota at 1 pm.
Game 1: South Dakota State 4, Creighton 3 (8 innings)
South Dakota State upended Creighton, 4-3 in eight innings, in the first game of the day.
Bluejay freshman Sam Dellinger retired the first nine batters she faced in order before Emily Ensrud singled to lead off the fourth inning. Ensrud and Ali Herdliska would come around to score on a two-out double by Brittney Morse as the Jackrabbits jumped to a 2-0 lead.
Creighton cut the deficit in half with a two-out home run from Jordyn Sturgeon in the bottom of the fourth inning. It was the second round-tripper of the season for the South Dakota State transfer.
The Bluejays tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning. Dellinger doubled and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt before coming home to score on Mikaela Pechar's double down the left field line.
Neither team would score in the seventh frame before the teams enacted the international tiebreaker rule to start the eighth inning.
SDSU went up 3-2 when Lyndsey Crist had a sacrifice fly to score Dana Chavez. Herdliska later scored on an RBI double by Morse that would prove to be the final margin.
After two quick outs to start the eighth inning, Allie Reinhart doubled to score Ashley Cantu from second base, but pinch-runner Sydney Jenkins would be stranded at second on a Sturgeon groundout to end the contest.
SDSU's Abby Deane improved to 7-9, scattering seven hits while allowing just three runs (two earned). Dellinger (1-2) was tagged with the loss after allowing eight hits and four runs (three earned) in a four-strikeout day.
Tash Coffiel paced the Bluejay offense with a pair of singles.
Game 2: South Dakota 7, Creighton 0
In Creighton's second game of the day, the Bluejays fell behind 3-0 before recording an out and lost 7-0 to South Dakota.
The Coyotes took a 1-0 lead after Emily Winckler's double plated Camille Fowler, and a Shelby Keil home run quickly made it 3-0 and prematurely end Michal Hylton's day in the circle.
USD scored three times in the second inning on just one hit. Two walks and two Bluejay errors made it 4-0, and a sacrifice fly pushed the South Dakota advantage to 5-0. USD's final run of the second inning came on an infield single off the bat of Taylor Steinfeldt.
The game's final run came in the bottom of the third inning. With runners on the corners and one out, Christy Warnock trotted home from third after a throwing error while trying to catch Fowler stealing second. That was one of five Bluejay errors in the contest.
Creighton managed just three hits against Ally Wiegand (4-4), who authored her second shutout of 2017. Cantu had a single to lead off the fourth inning, and Dellinger and Sturgeon both singled in the seventh inning.
Creighton (7-15) closes out play in the Hawkeye Invitational on Sunday with two games, starting with an 11 a.m. game against host Iowa. The Bluejays also will play a rematch with South Dakota at 1 pm.
Game 1: South Dakota State 4, Creighton 3 (8 innings)
South Dakota State upended Creighton, 4-3 in eight innings, in the first game of the day.
Bluejay freshman Sam Dellinger retired the first nine batters she faced in order before Emily Ensrud singled to lead off the fourth inning. Ensrud and Ali Herdliska would come around to score on a two-out double by Brittney Morse as the Jackrabbits jumped to a 2-0 lead.
Creighton cut the deficit in half with a two-out home run from Jordyn Sturgeon in the bottom of the fourth inning. It was the second round-tripper of the season for the South Dakota State transfer.
The Bluejays tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning. Dellinger doubled and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt before coming home to score on Mikaela Pechar's double down the left field line.
Neither team would score in the seventh frame before the teams enacted the international tiebreaker rule to start the eighth inning.
SDSU went up 3-2 when Lyndsey Crist had a sacrifice fly to score Dana Chavez. Herdliska later scored on an RBI double by Morse that would prove to be the final margin.
After two quick outs to start the eighth inning, Allie Reinhart doubled to score Ashley Cantu from second base, but pinch-runner Sydney Jenkins would be stranded at second on a Sturgeon groundout to end the contest.
SDSU's Abby Deane improved to 7-9, scattering seven hits while allowing just three runs (two earned). Dellinger (1-2) was tagged with the loss after allowing eight hits and four runs (three earned) in a four-strikeout day.
Tash Coffiel paced the Bluejay offense with a pair of singles.
Game 2: South Dakota 7, Creighton 0
In Creighton's second game of the day, the Bluejays fell behind 3-0 before recording an out and lost 7-0 to South Dakota.
The Coyotes took a 1-0 lead after Emily Winckler's double plated Camille Fowler, and a Shelby Keil home run quickly made it 3-0 and prematurely end Michal Hylton's day in the circle.
USD scored three times in the second inning on just one hit. Two walks and two Bluejay errors made it 4-0, and a sacrifice fly pushed the South Dakota advantage to 5-0. USD's final run of the second inning came on an infield single off the bat of Taylor Steinfeldt.
The game's final run came in the bottom of the third inning. With runners on the corners and one out, Christy Warnock trotted home from third after a throwing error while trying to catch Fowler stealing second. That was one of five Bluejay errors in the contest.
Creighton managed just three hits against Ally Wiegand (4-4), who authored her second shutout of 2017. Cantu had a single to lead off the fourth inning, and Dellinger and Sturgeon both singled in the seventh inning.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ally Wiegand (4-4)
L: Hylton, Michal (3-7)
Batting:
SH: Lewis, Jessica 1
Base Running:
HBP: Pechar, Mikaela 1
Batting:
2B: Emily Winckler 1 ; Christy Warnock 1
HR: Shelby Keil 1
RBI: Emily Winckler 1 ; Shelby Keil 2 ; Jessica Rogers 1 ; Taylor Steinfeldt 1
SH: Kayla Fields 1
SF: Jessica Rogers 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Camille Fowler 2 ; Emily Winckler 2 ; Shelby Keil 1 ; Christy Warnock 2
SB: Camille Fowler 1
CS: Camille Fowler 1 ; Morgan Vasa 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
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