ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State split its doubleheader today with Dakota Wesleyan, as the Tigers took a 9-3 victory before the Wolves nabbed an 8-0 win in the second game.
QUICK DETAILS
Final Score [Game One]: NSU 3, DWU 9
Final Score [Game Two]: NSU 8, DWU 0
Records: NSU 4-2, DWU 5-1
GAME ONE: NSU 3, DWU 9
- NSU's 9-3 loss to DWU saw the Wolves record three runs, seven hits, two RBIs, three doubles, a stolen base and a double play
- The Tigers put chalk on the board first in the opening inning by way of a homer from Liliana Arreola, the only run from both teams in the first two innings
- DWU would once again score in the third, this time four runs off an RBI single, an RBI double, a wild pitch and an RBI
- Northern State wouldn't hit pay dirt until the bottom of the sixth inning as Aune Boben sent a drive to right field to send Hailey Cota home right before Alicia Jeanson scored on an error
- Madi Jones sent one to center on a sacrifice fly to get Boben at the plate for NSU's final score of the day
- Tiger junior Elle Feser put the nail in the coffin with a grand slam in the seventh, giving DWU the 9-3 advantage and the game
NORTHERN STATISICAL STANDOUTS
Aune Boben: 2-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 double
Alicia Jeanson: 1-3, 1 run
Hailey Cota: 0-2, 1 run
GAME TWO: NSU 8, DWU 0
- Northern State took its loss to heart, responding in kind with a dominant 8-0 victory in the second game of the doubleheader, tallying eight runs, nine hits, six RBIs, a double, a home run and three strikeouts from the mound
- After a three-up, three-down inning from the Wolves' defense, Jeanson (walked), Boben (single) and Jones (hit by pitch) found themselves on the bases when standout hitter Tevan Bryant stepped up to the plate
- The senior from Sioux Falls sent a rocket over the right-field fence with two strikes, taking the early 4-0 lead
- Corina Coppersmith singled right after, but the Wolves were unable to add another run to the board that inning
- The game would go scoreless until the bottom of the sixth when a Kennedy Boyer single paired with a DWU error brought Kinsley Stover in for a score
- Two at-bats later, Boben tallied her only double of the evening to center field, sending Boyer and Shayla Warak home and Jeanson to third
- Bryant ended the game early on a four-ball walk, sending Jeanson home for the second time of the game and earning their fourth victory and their first shutout of the season
- On the mound, Mckenzie Wanner held strong, notching three strikeouts against 20 batters and allowing just three hits in six innings
NOTHERN STATISICAL STANDOUTS
Tevan Bryant: 1-3, 1 run, 4 RBIS, 1 grand slam
Aune Boben: 3-4, 1 run, 2 RBIs, 1 double
Mckenzie Wanner: 6.0 IP, 3 strikeouts, 0 runs allowed
Alicia Jeanson: 1-3, 2 runs
UP NEXT
Northern State will play their final two games of February tomorrow against Mount Marty at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the Koehler Hall of Fame Field.
