Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, March 10
Clearwater, FL
11:15 AM
Army West Point
2-11
5
vs
15
Loyola Chicago
11-8
1
2
3
4
5
6
R
H
E
Army
2
0
0
3
0
0
5
11
2
Loyola Chicago
0
6
5
0
1
3
15
16
2
Army Splits Pair of Games in Clearwater
March 10, 2018 | Softball
CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Army West Point softball team dropped a 15-5 decision to Loyola Chicago before bouncing back to claim a 5-2 win over Saint Joseph's on the second day of the Under Armour Showcase.
GAME 1: LOYOLA CHICAGO 15, ARMY 5
With the loss, the Black Knights fell to 2-11 on the season, while the Ramblers picked up their 11th win in 19 outings.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- Kristen McPeek, Carrie Reilly, Ally Snelling and Taylor Livingston all recorded multi-hit games.
- For Reilly, her three hits tied a season best.
- It also marked the first time in her career that she posted a pair of extra-base hits in a single game.
- McPeek scored her team-best 10th run of the season after crossing the plate twice.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- McPeek led off the game for the Black Knights with a single to left and came in to score once Reilly blasted an RBI triple to left center. Reilly would come in to score when Emily Ballesteros grounded the ball to the right side of the infield, forcing the defense to make the play at first. Army tried to tack on more and loaded the bases with two outs, but the Ramblers worked out of the jam.
- Army maintained its two-run advantage until the bottom of the second, when the Ramblers piled on six runs on four hits to go ahead 6-2.
- Heading into the fourth frame, the Loyola Chicago lead was up to nine, 11-2, after scoring five additional runs on six hits in the third.
- The Black Knights plated a pair of runs in the fourth with no outs before Reilly shot an RBI double into left center, trimming the Rambler lead to six.
- Following one additional run in the fifth, Loyola Chicago led 12-5 entering the sixth and put the game away with a three-run homer to secure the victory.
GAME 2: ARMY 5, SAINT JOSEPH'S 2
Army improved to 3-11 with the win, while Saint Joseph's dropped to an even 7-7.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- The first five batters in Army's lineup came away with a hit in the game.
- Courtney Springman picked up her first collegiate win.
- She induced 10 ground ball outs and tied her season-best in strikeouts with seven.
- It was her third straight start without allowing more than two earned runs.
- Snelling extended her hitting streak to six games.
- Army got on the board first in the opening frame after the Black Knights put two runners on with one out in the inning before Emily Ballesteros drove in one on an RBI single to right.
- In the second, the Cadets loaded the bases with no outs and a run came in to score once McPeek hit a grounder to the right side of the infield. On the ensuing at-bat, Carrie Reilly shot a ball to the second baseman and she bobbled it, allowing another run to cross.
- After another run was put on the board, Taylor Drayton notched an RBI base hit into left to cap a four-run second inning to put the Cadets ahead 5-0.
- Springman was dealing through the first three innings, allowing just two hits. However, Saint Joseph's finally broke through in the fourth with a pair of runs to trim Army's lead to three, 5-2.
UP NEXT
- Army will take on Bethune-Cookman tomorrow morning at 11:15 a.m. in a single game in Clearwater, Fla.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jones, Kiley (9-2)
L: Poirier, Renee (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Reilly, Carrie 1
3B: Reilly, Carrie 1
RBI: Reilly, Carrie 2 ; Ballesteros, Emily 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McPeek, Kristen 2 ; Reilly, Carrie 1 ; Muffett, Megan 1 ; Livingston, Taylor 1
CS: Livingston, Taylor 1
Batting:
2B: McGee, Shannon 2
HR: Kasubke, Katie 1
RBI: McGee, Shannon 3 ; Cordell, Jordyn 2 ; Kasubke, Katie 3 ; Wilson, Brooke 1 ; O'Brien, Jamie 1 ; DeChant, Peyton 1 ; Borg, Emily 1 ; Polaski, Katie 3
Base Running:
RUNS: McGee, Shannon 2 ; Cordell, Jordyn 1 ; Kasubke, Katie 2 ; Lea, Kristin 1 ; Wilson, Brooke 1 ; O'Brien, Jamie 2 ; DeChant, Peyton 1 ; Borg, Emily 1 ; Engelking, Caitlin 1 ; Parenti, Ashley 1 ; Polaski, Katie 2
HBP: Borg, Emily 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
2
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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