Army West Point Athletics
Sunday, February 18
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Army Claims Bounce-Back Victory in California
February 18, 2018 | Softball
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. – After dropping the opening game of the day to Stanford, 12-0, the Army West Point softball team bounced back and closed out the night with a 7-4 victory over Sacramento State on Sunday at the Mary Nutter Classic. Â
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GAME 1: STANFORD 12, ARMY 0 (5 INNINGS)
Army dropped to 1-7 on the season, while Stanford improved to an even 5-5.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
GAME 2: ARMY 7, SACRAMENTO STATE 4
Army claimed its second victory of the season and moved to 2-7, while Sacramento State fell to 3-5.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
HOW IT HAPPENED
UP NEXT
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GAME 1: STANFORD 12, ARMY 0 (5 INNINGS)
Army dropped to 1-7 on the season, while Stanford improved to an even 5-5.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- The Black Knights were held without a hit in the loss.
- Lacey Swafford was the lone Cadet to reach base safely in the contest after being walked in the fifth.
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- In the second, Stanford's first two batters reached safely before moving over on a ground out to first. The ensuing Cardinal batter was walked to load the bases. Lauren Frost hit a hard grounder to Kristen McPeek and she fired the ball home and the force play worked to perfection at the plate. However, the following Stanford batter singled into left and a fielding error allowed all three runners to score.
- Over the next two innings, Stanford would extend its lead, plating two runs in the third and seven in the fourth.
- Army came up in the fifth and after Swafford was walked, Ally Snelling reached on a Stanford error. However, nothing was able to materialize in the frame and Stanford captured the win.
GAME 2: ARMY 7, SACRAMENTO STATE 4
Army claimed its second victory of the season and moved to 2-7, while Sacramento State fell to 3-5.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- Three Cadets recorded a multi-hit game against the Hornets, including Madison Cole who went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI.
- It was Cole's first career multi-hit game.
- Emily Ballesteros drove in two with a pair of hits and a run scored in three at-bats.
- Snelling posted her second career two-hit game and added a run scored with an RBI.
- In her first collegiate start, Madison Bryant went 4.1 innings, allowing just two earned runs and fanning three batters en route to her first career win.
- Renee Poirier recorded her 17th career save
- The seven Army runs tied a season-best for the Black Knights.
- Army's 11 hits was the second most in a game this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sacramento State plated an early run in the bottom half of the first, but Army quickly tied it up in the second. It started with a Cole single to left and Swafford drawing a base-on-balls with one out in the inning. The two moved over on a Snelling ground out to first. and Cole came in to score after back-to-back walks were issued.
- The Hornets retook the lead after the leadoff hitter in the second singled and later scored on an RBI single up the middle. Army's bats got hot in the fourth though and the game began to unfold in the Black Knights' favor.
- The bases were loaded for Army with just one out in the inning before Carrie Reilly rocketed a ball into right to drive in the game-tying run. The Cadets tried to squeak another run in on the play, but the runner was thrown out at the plate by a clean throw from the Sacramento State center fielder. However, despite the second out of the inning being recorded, Army was just getting started.
- Ballesteros dropped a ball into center and two runs came in to score, pushing the Cadets ahead 4-2. Ballesteros did not remain on the basepaths for long as she too scored once Cole belted an RBI two-bagger into right center. Amelia Trotter then stepped into the batter's box and singled through the right side, moving Cole over to third. Trotter went to swipe second and the Hornets' catcher sailed the throw high, allowing Cole to score and Trotter to advance.
- One final run crossed in the inning for Army to cap an eventful fourth that featured six runs on 11 hits that left the Black Knights on top, 7-2.
- Sacramento State only manufactured three more hits in the final four frames. The Hornets plated a run in the sixth and the seventh to make it a three-run game, but Renee Poirier closed the door on the Sacramento State offense with a strikeout in the seventh to pick up the save and hand Army its second win of the year.
UP NEXT
- Army's final game at the Mary Nutter Classic will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 p.m. ET against UAB.Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Pancino, Kiana (2-1)
L: Springman, Courtney (0-5)
Batting:
2B: Dixon, Montana 1 ; Burks, Whitney 1
3B: Howell, Hannah 1
RBI: Molina, Victoria 1 ; Dixon, Montana 1 ; Burks, Whitney 1 ; Inouye, Kristina 1 ; Frost, Lauren 1 ; Wegner, Lauren 2
SF: Frost, Lauren 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Molina, Victoria 1 ; Howell, Hannah 1 ; Dixon, Montana 2 ; Cowles, Teaghan 1 ; Burks, Whitney 1 ; Nicolas, Carmina 1 ; Inouye, Kristina 2 ; Frost, Lauren 2 ; Wegner, Lauren 1
SB: Dixon, Montana 2 ; Cowles, Teaghan 2
HBP: Dixon, Montana 1
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