Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, February 9
Macon, Ga.
12:15 PM
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Black Knights Best JSU at Mercer Invitational
February 09, 2019 | Softball
MACON, Ga. – The Army West Point softball team defeated Jacksonville State for the first time in the program's history to kick off the second day of the Mercer Invitational on Saturday.
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The Black Knights, who moved to 2-2 on the season, captured an 11-6 victory over the Gamecocks. Army then fell to the host-Bears in its final game of the day by the score of 7-5.
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Senior Ashley Yoo and rookie Madi Gilmore propelled the Cadets offense today, combining to go 7-for-14 with a home run, two doubles, four RBI and six runs scored. Junior Emily Ballesteros, sophomore Grace Mattimore and rookie Bianca Gonzalez each added multiple hits for Army as well.
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GAME 1: ARMY 11, JACKSONVILLE STATE 6
HOW IT HAPPENED
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
GAME 2: MERCER 7, ARMY 5
HOW IT HAPPENED
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
COACH'S CORNER
Interim Head Coach Bob Beretta – "It was nice to come back and beat Jacksonville State today after losing to them on Friday. We fell behind early and battled back on two separate occasions, which was great to see. We did a nice job of capitalizing on a few of their misplays in the seven-run fourth and were able to take control of the game at that point. Madi Gilmore gave us a huge lift with a two-run home run in the second to tie the game for her first collegiate hit which was great to see. She gave us terrific at bats all day long.
"We let one slip away against Mercer in the second game, and that was disappointing. We had some breaks go against us after jumping out to an early lead, we just didn't generate enough offensively over the last few innings. I'm excited for our team to get back on the field tomorrow. It will be another opportunity to improve together as a unit as we wrap up the weekend against a Big Ten opponent in Rutgers. We are looking forward to that challenge."
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UP NEXT
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The Black Knights, who moved to 2-2 on the season, captured an 11-6 victory over the Gamecocks. Army then fell to the host-Bears in its final game of the day by the score of 7-5.
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Senior Ashley Yoo and rookie Madi Gilmore propelled the Cadets offense today, combining to go 7-for-14 with a home run, two doubles, four RBI and six runs scored. Junior Emily Ballesteros, sophomore Grace Mattimore and rookie Bianca Gonzalez each added multiple hits for Army as well.
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GAME 1: ARMY 11, JACKSONVILLE STATE 6
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Gamecocks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first following a home run by Taylor Beshears, her first of three in the afternoon. Â
- Madi Gilmore evened the score in the bottom of the second with a homer of her own that sailed over the left field wall.
- JSU recaptured the lead with a Karsen Mosley solo shot in the third, but the Black Knights answered in a big way by scoring eight unanswered runs.
- An RBI single by Bianca Gonzalez tied the game in the third before a seven-run outburst broke the game wide open in the fourth inning.
- Army pieced together four walks and two hits in the inning.
- Gilmore capped the scoring in the game for the Cadets with an RBI double in the sixth inning.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- Army defeated Jacksonville State for the first time in program history.
- Gilmore blasted her first-career home run.
- The Rosamond, Calif., native drove in a season-high three RBI in the game.
- Rookie Jolie Duong notched her second victory in relief, recording four strikeouts in 4.0 innings of work.
- Grace Mattimore slugged the first two-bagger of her career.
- Gonzalez notched her first multi-RBI effort as a member of the Black Knights.
GAME 2: MERCER 7, ARMY 5
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Black Knights jumped ahead when Gilmore scored on a wild pitch in the second before Mattimore smashed her second dinger in as many days in the third inning, this time with a three-run blast.
- The home side answered in the bottom half of the stanza with three runs of their own to cut the Army lead to 4-3.
- Â The Cadets added to their advantage with a run in the fourth inning, but the Bears posted another three-run inning in the home half to capture a 6-5 lead.
- Mercer added an insurance tally in the next with a solo shot by Kenlie Harvey.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- Mattimore blasted her second home run of the season.
- The Ashburn, Va., native increased her team-leading RBI total to eight on the year.
- Ashley Yoo posted Army's second three-hit effort of the season. Â
COACH'S CORNER
Interim Head Coach Bob Beretta – "It was nice to come back and beat Jacksonville State today after losing to them on Friday. We fell behind early and battled back on two separate occasions, which was great to see. We did a nice job of capitalizing on a few of their misplays in the seven-run fourth and were able to take control of the game at that point. Madi Gilmore gave us a huge lift with a two-run home run in the second to tie the game for her first collegiate hit which was great to see. She gave us terrific at bats all day long.
"We let one slip away against Mercer in the second game, and that was disappointing. We had some breaks go against us after jumping out to an early lead, we just didn't generate enough offensively over the last few innings. I'm excited for our team to get back on the field tomorrow. It will be another opportunity to improve together as a unit as we wrap up the weekend against a Big Ten opponent in Rutgers. We are looking forward to that challenge."
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UP NEXT
- The Black Knights will close out their opening weekend with a single game against Rutgers on Sunday at 11 a.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Duong, Jolie (2-0)
L: Nicole Rodriguez (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Sidney Wagnon 1
HR: Karsen Mosley 1 ; Taylor Beshears 3
RBI: Karsen Mosley 1 ; Taylor Beshears 5
Base Running:
RUNS: Sidney Wagnon 1 ; Karsen Mosley 2 ; Taylor Beshears 3
SB: Karsen Mosley 1 ; Taylor Beshears 1
Batting:
2B: Mattimore, Grace 1 ; Gilmore, Madi 1
HR: Gilmore, Madi 1
RBI: Yoo, Ashley 1 ; Mattimore, Grace 1 ; Gonzalez, Bianca 2 ; Snelling, Ally 2 ; Gilmore, Madi 3 ; Kim, Maddie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ballesteros, Emily 1 ; Yoo, Ashley 2 ; Mattimore, Grace 1 ; Gonzalez, Bianca 1 ; Snelling, Ally 1 ; Drayton, Taylor 1 ; Wyatt, Julia 1 ; Gilmore, Madi 2 ; Kim, Maddie 1
SB: Yoo, Ashley 1 ; Livingston, Taylor 1
HBP: Ballesteros, Emily 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
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H
2
RBI
3
AB
3
R
1
H
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RBI
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AB
4
R
2
H
1
RBI
1
AB
5
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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