Cadets Cap Mary Nutter Classic with Statement Win

Saturday, February 23

Cathedral City, Calif.

4:30 PM ET (1:30 PM PT)

Army West Point

4-10

UC Santa Barbara

4-6

UC Santa Barbara

Army West Point

Macey Newbary tossed a two-hit shutout against Duke on Saturday

Cadets Cap Mary Nutter Classic with Statement Win

February 23, 2019 | Softball

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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. – The Army West Point softball team closed out its appearance at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic with an emphatic 10-0 victory in five innings over Duke on Saturday afternoon.

The Black Knights also resumed their game from Thursday against UC Santa Barbara, falling 3-1. Army moved to 5-10 on the season, while the Gauchos improved to 4-6 and the Blue Devils dropped to 5-8.

Five different Cadets produced multiple hits between the two games, highlighted by rookie Jolie Duong's four-hit effort against the Blue Devils. She added a team-high three runs scored, while senior Ashley Yoo and junior captain Emily Ballesteros added two runs apiece. Junior Ally Snelling led the squad with three RBI on the day.

In the circle, Duong and junior Macey Newbary each threw complete games as Newbary picked up her first win of the year. The Missoula, Mont., native scattered two hits without issuing a walk and struck out two batters.

HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME 1: UC Santa Barbara 3, Army 1

On Thursday, the Black Knights captured a lead in the first inning when a Snelling sac fly gave the designated home side a 1-0 lead.
The Gauchos tied the game in the sixth inning after the game resumed today on an RBI double by Tyler Goldstein.
A two-run error allowed UCSB to take the lead later in the inning.

GAME 2: Army 10, Duke 0

The Black Knights jumped out to a big lead after posting five runs in the top of the first.
After back-to-back hits by Ballesteros and Yoo led off the inning, Duong slugged an RBI double for the game's first run.
Snelling followed that up with an RBI fielder's choice before a Carrie Reilly double plated Duong.
Rookie Madi Gilmore extended it to a four-run lead with a ground out before Taylor Drayton capped the scoring in the opening frame on an error that put Taylor Livingston on base.
Army added two runs in the second on two hits before tacking on three more in the fourth to secure the run-rule victory.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

This was the first-ever meeting between Army and UC Santa Barbara.
Ballesteros extended her streak of consecutive games reaching base to a season-best 14.
The Chino Hills, Calif., native leads the team with nine runs scored.
Ballesteros, Duong and Reilly are all tied for the team lead with 15 hits.
Newbary tossed her first complete game of the year.
The Missoula, Mont., native earned her third career shutout and first of the season.
Duong recorded Army's first four-hit game of the season.
The Houston, Texas native leads the team with four multi-hit games.
Rookie Bianca Gonzalez legged out her team-leading sixth double of the year.

COACH'S CORNER
Interim Head Coach Bob Beretta – "I'm very proud of the way our team responded to a very difficult loss to UC Santa Barbara. What a great way to end our trip. Shutting out an ACC opponent is never easy, but we pitched extremely well and played solid defense. We executed extremely well throughout. We were able to speed the game up on Duke right from the start. We played with a tremendous sense of urgency and did not get complacent with that early 5-0 lead. We followed our formula and did a nice job of extending our lead. We swung the bats well against some quality pitchers, and I think that's something we can build upon.

"I am very proud of Macey Newbary. She was in complete control throughout the game and did a nice job of shutting down a strong offensive team. It will be nice to get back to work this week and prepare for the challenging schedule we will face in Florida."

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