University of Northern Colorado Athletics
University of Northern Colorado
6-17-1, 1-3
University of North Dakota
8-22, 0-4
@BearsSoftball Destroys North Dakota in First Two Games of Series
3/27/2015 8:09:00 PM | Softball
The Bears rolled in both games by the mercy rule scoring 30 runs in 10 innings while only giving up five runs in the two games. UNC took the first game 16-4 and the second game, 14-1 to improve to 2-3 in Big Sky play.
"I'm really proud of our performance today," said head coach Shana Easley. "We needed this shot in the arm to get us going again. Our team has tremendous potential to play at a high level consistently and we were able to demonstrate that today. Kelli and Jayme both pitched well getting complete games and minimizing walks which we have been focusing on. Our offense up and down the line up was energized and confident in our at-bats. I'm excited to build on what we've accomplished today for tomorrow's breast cancer awareness game."
In game one UNC got the bats rolling in the second inning putting up six runs.
Melissa Marcovecchio got things started with a RBI pop-up, scoring Nicole Hudson on the play.
Jaicy Sutak plated the second run off a wild pitch by ND.
Following suit was Rachel Johnson reaching on a UND error scoring Erica Dick for the Bears third run.
The Bears ended the inning with singles by Morgan Yuhas and Molly Ryan with Mikayla Duffy, Johnson and Yuhas both scoring, giving the home team the early 6-1 lead.
The Bears followed the second inning pushing across ten more runs in the third.
Dick started by hammering a ball to deep center field for a homerun, her second long ball of the year.
UNC saw another homer in the inning from Kaitlin Flynn who sent the ball over the right field wall for her fifth of the season, while also giving the Bears a commanding 12-2 lead.
Hudson, Sutak and Marcovecchio also contributed in the inning, each batting in a RBI to give the white jerseys a 16-2 lead after the third inning.
UNC the door in the first game in the fifth inning, winning 16-4.
Jayme Reddacliff went the distance sitting down three batters and only giving up four runs on eight hits.
The hot bats stayed in the park for the Bears in the second game along with the solid pitching.
In the second inning with the score tied at zeros, UNC notched five runs to grab the lead.
Flynn and Dick picked up where they finished the last game, powering homeruns over the right field and centerfield wall, giving them their sixth and third homeruns on the year.
With the homeruns, the duo gathered all five RBI.
UNC racked up the score in the third adding seven more runs and took a commanding 12-0 lead.
Joining the homerun club in the game was, Yuhas who would pour in four RBI with a grand slam bomb to centerfield.
Duffy and Jordan also waved across a RBI in the inning with Jordan coming home when Adeline Coldiron reached on error.
Kelli Kleis threw the full five innings fanning seven, while one giving up one run on five hits.
The Bears will look to sweep the series tomorrow, taking on North Dakota at 1:00 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Reddacliff, Jayme (5-9)
L: Bergh, Hannah (5-10)
Batting:
2B: Bell, Emily 1
HR: Tometich, Hannah 1
RBI: Tometich, Hannah 2 ; Bell, Emily 1 ; Waynick, Rachael 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hard, Shelby 1 ; Gerber, Natalie 1 ; Tometich, Hannah 1 ; Bell, Emily 1
CS: Dendinger, Maria 1
HBP: Babrowski, Nicole 1
Batting:
2B: Duffy, Mikayla 1 ; Johnson, Rachel 1 ; Hudson, Nicole 1 ; Sutak, Jaicy 1
3B: Marcovecchio, Melissa 1
HR: Dick, Erica 1 ; Flynn, Kaitlin 1
RBI: Dick, Erica 1 ; Marcovecchio, Melissa 3 ; Johnson, Rachel 2 ; Yuhas, Morgan 1 ; Flynn, Kaitlin 2 ; Hudson, Nicole 1 ; Sutak, Jaicy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dick, Erica 3 ; Marcovecchio, Melissa 1 ; Duffy, Mikayla 2 ; Johnson, Rachel 1 ; Fitzherbert, Sarah 1 ; Yuhas, Morgan 2 ; Flynn, Kaitlin 1 ; Ryan, Molly 1 ; Hudson, Nicole 2 ; Sutak, Jaicy 2
SB: Dick, Erica 1 ; Duffy, Mikayla 1
CS: Ryan, Molly 1 ; Holtz, Emily 1
HBP: Dick, Erica 1 ; Duffy, Mikayla 2 ; Yuhas, Morgan 1
