University of Northern Colorado Athletics
Wednesday, May 22
Tulsa, Okla.
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Storey Penned Bears’ First-Ever SLC Tournament Win
5/22/2024 11:19:00 PM | Baseball
TULSA, Okla. – Jake Storey composed a masterpiece in Northern Colorado's 4-2 victory over top-seeded Omaha in the first round of the Summit League Championship at J. L. Johnson Stadium.
The sophomore from Frisco, Texas, improved to 3-4 on the season and tossed a career-high 7.2 innings. He scattered seven hits and allowed two runs, one earned, with one walk and five strikeouts. Storey posted the longest outing of the season by a Bears' starter this season.
Carter Monda opened the scoring with an RBI single back up the middle, plating Craig Kenny, who led off the third with a base knock. Omaha tallied the equalizer in the bottom of the frame.
UNC pulled ahead for good with three runs – all with two outs - in the fifth and Storey shut down the Mavericks' offense. Monda beat out an infield single, scoring Jackson Romero and pushing the Bears ahead 2-1.
Kai Wagner pushed the gap to two when his liner found enough space between the bag and a diving first baseman and bounded into the right-field corner for an RBI double. He scored on a single to center off the bat of Garrett Fisher.
Omaha cut the deficit to two with an unearned tally off Storey in the eighth. After a lead-off single, Storey retired the next two Mavericks, before head coach Mike Anderson called on Jack Tuttle from the bullpen. Following a passed ball, the Mavericks pushed across their second run of the contest.
After a one-out knock in the ninth, Tuttle secured his first save this season by retiring the next two batters. He induced a flyout, before punching out the Mavericks leader in batting average, with a called third strike.
Monda paced the offense with three hits, a run scored and two RBIs. Kai Wagner and Fisher finished with two hits each. Kai Wagner tallied a double, with a run scored and one driven in, while Fisher added an RBI. Kenny singled and scored, while Romero doubled, with a run scored.
The Bears became just the fourth team to win the opening round game in the last 25 tournaments.
UNC takes on Oral Roberts – the third seed and tournament host – at 5 p.m. Thursday. The Golden Eagles defeated No. 2 North Dakota State 11-3 in the other first-round game Wednesday.
Omaha and North Dakota State meet at 11 a.m. in an elimination game.
All games are available on the Summit League Network.
The sophomore from Frisco, Texas, improved to 3-4 on the season and tossed a career-high 7.2 innings. He scattered seven hits and allowed two runs, one earned, with one walk and five strikeouts. Storey posted the longest outing of the season by a Bears' starter this season.
Carter Monda opened the scoring with an RBI single back up the middle, plating Craig Kenny, who led off the third with a base knock. Omaha tallied the equalizer in the bottom of the frame.
UNC pulled ahead for good with three runs – all with two outs - in the fifth and Storey shut down the Mavericks' offense. Monda beat out an infield single, scoring Jackson Romero and pushing the Bears ahead 2-1.
Kai Wagner pushed the gap to two when his liner found enough space between the bag and a diving first baseman and bounded into the right-field corner for an RBI double. He scored on a single to center off the bat of Garrett Fisher.
Omaha cut the deficit to two with an unearned tally off Storey in the eighth. After a lead-off single, Storey retired the next two Mavericks, before head coach Mike Anderson called on Jack Tuttle from the bullpen. Following a passed ball, the Mavericks pushed across their second run of the contest.
After a one-out knock in the ninth, Tuttle secured his first save this season by retiring the next two batters. He induced a flyout, before punching out the Mavericks leader in batting average, with a called third strike.
Monda paced the offense with three hits, a run scored and two RBIs. Kai Wagner and Fisher finished with two hits each. Kai Wagner tallied a double, with a run scored and one driven in, while Fisher added an RBI. Kenny singled and scored, while Romero doubled, with a run scored.
The Bears became just the fourth team to win the opening round game in the last 25 tournaments.
UNC takes on Oral Roberts – the third seed and tournament host – at 5 p.m. Thursday. The Golden Eagles defeated No. 2 North Dakota State 11-3 in the other first-round game Wednesday.
Omaha and North Dakota State meet at 11 a.m. in an elimination game.
All games are available on the Summit League Network.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Storey, Jake (3-4)
L: Caleb, Riedel (6-4)
S: Tuttle, Jack (1)
Batting:
2B: Wagner, Kai 1 ; Romero, Jackson 1
RBI: Monda, Carter 2 ; Wagner, Kai 1 ; Fisher, Garrett 1
SH: Gross, Carson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Monda, Carter 1 ; Wagner, Kai 1 ; Kenny, Craig 1 ; Romero, Jackson 1
CS: Monda, Carter 1
Batting:
RBI: Matt Goetzmann 1 ; Jackson Trout 1
SH: Trent Burkhalter 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Drew Lechnir 1 ; Henry Zipay 1
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