Strong Offensive Display Leads Cadets Past Dartmouth, NC Central

Saturday, February 22

Charleston, S.C.

10 AM

Army West Point

6-7

Dartmouth

1-2

Darmouth

Army West Point

Strong Offensive Display Leads Cadets Past Dartmouth, NC Central

February 22, 2020 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Army softball put up 12 runs in both of its outings Saturday at the Charleston Invitational. The Cadets topped Dartmouth, 12-4, in their first matchup of the game, then bested NC Central, 12-1, in its later game.

In the first contest, Army used a six-run inning in the second and a five-run inning in the sixth to put away the Big Green (1-2). The second game against Eagles (0-6) was much tighter through the first few innings, but Army's bats came to life in the later portion of the contest with a combined total of 10 runs in the fourth and fifth.

GAME 1: ARMY 12, DARTMOUTH 1 (6)

HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army had a total of four different players record multi-hit games: Megan Muffett, Emily Ballesteros, Taylor Drayton and Maddie Wilkes.
Wilkes was a perfect 3-for-3 from the plate and had one RBI. Entering the contest, she had two hits in the four other games she had seen action in.
Leila Hurst registered 2 RBIs, which marks a new high for the freshman.
In total, the team had 16 hits come from 11 different players.
Taylor Livingston collected her first career triple.
On the mound, Alicyn Grete pitched 6.0 innings allowing four earned runs to pick up her second win of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Black Knights wasted little time jumping to an early lead, putting up six runs in the bottom of the second. Army started off its second inning barrage with a bases clearing triple from Livingston to push ahead 3-0. Livingston came around to score in the next at bat with Grete hitting an RBI base knock.
Muffett hit home Grete with and RBI single up the middle, which gave the Black Knights the 5-0 lead. Army later added its sixth run of the inning with Mitchell scoring after Snelling reached on an error by the second baseman.
The Big Green got two runs back in the top of the third with a home run off the bat of Schae Nelson to make the score 6-2.
Wilkes had an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth to score Sage Peters and make the tally 7-2 in favor of Army.
Though in the top of sixth, Dartmouth whittled Army's lead down to three runs with consecutive homers.
Army answered back with six runs in the bottom half of the inning to claim the win.
Drayton hit home Muffett with an RBI single to right field to make the score 8-4. Army then tacked on two more runs on a 2 RBI single from Hurst through the left side which scored Ballesteros and Drayton. Hurst would later score on a fielder's choice off the bat of Livingston to make the score 11-4. Then, Blake Ronning scored the winning run off an RBI single to center field from Kelsey Taylor.

GAME 2: ARMY 12, NC CENTRAL 1 (5)

HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Six players finished with multi-hits contests, as the Black Knights combined for 15 on the day.
Grete improved her hit-streak to 10 games.
Newbary allowed just two hits in five innings of action, striking out nine batters.
The pitcher also garnered two runs on two hits while also producing two RBIs. Newbary recorded her first career home run with a two-run shot to center field.
Snelling notched three hits and three RBIs against the Eagles on two doubles and a single. The Las Vegas, Nev., native is now up to 13 RBIs on the season, which leads the team.
Muffett posted a game-high eight putouts, while Drayton recorded three.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Black Knights came out of the gate with a 2-0 lead after the first two innings. Snelling got thigs started in the top of the first for Army with a single up the middle to send Grete home. In the second, Grete recorded an RBI off a single to left field to score Drayton.
The Eagles notched their only run in the game in the third off an RBI double from Tamiera Sanchez which scored Jacobia Johnson.
Army bounced back though with 10 runs over the next two innings to close out the game.
Livingston started the offensive production in the fourth with a 2 RBI single to the right side to make the score 4-1. She would come around to score on an RBI single from Jolie Duong. Snelling later hit home Duong with an RBI double to give the Black Knights the 6-1 lead.
In the fifth, Newbary belted a two-run homer over the center field fence to push Army ahead 8-1. Later in the inning, Mitchell scored Livingston with an RBI single to make the score 9-1. Mitchell crossed the plate on an RBI double from Snelling which also advanced Duong to third. In the next at bat, Ballesteros cleared the bases with a 2 RBI single to make the score 12-1.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Grete, Alicyn (2-4)

L: Augusto, Madie (0-1)

Darmouth

Batting:

HR: Nelson, Schae 1 ; Schroder, Micah 1 ; Shipley, Abby 1

RBI: Nelson, Schae 2 ; Schroder, Micah 1 ; Shipley, Abby 1

SH: Schroder, Micah 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Almer, Calista 1 ; Nelson, Schae 1 ; Schroder, Micah 1 ; Shipley, Abby 1

Army West Point

Batting:

2B: Wilkes, Maddie 1

3B: Livingston, Taylor 1

RBI: Grete, Alicyn 1 ; Taylor, Kelsey 1 ; Muffett, Megan 1 ; Snelling, Ally 1 ; Drayton, Taylor 1 ; Hurst, Leila 2 ; Wilkes, Maddie 1 ; Livingston, Taylor 3

Base Running:

RUNS: Grete, Alicyn 1 ; Mitchell, Brook 1 ; Muffett, Megan 1 ; Snelling, Ally 1 ; Ballesteros, Emily 2 ; Drayton, Taylor 1 ; Hurst, Leila 1 ; Peters, Sage 1 ; Wilkes, Maddie 1 ; Livingston, Taylor 1 ; Ronning, Blake 1