ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State killed their ten-game losing streak after taking down the Golden Eagles in both games of today's doubleheader (3-2 and 9-3).
QUICK DETAILS
Game One Final Score: NSU 3, UMC 2
Game Two Final Score: NSU 9, UMC 3
Records: NSU 10-16 (2-8 NSIC), UMC 9-26 (3-7 NSIC)
GAME ONE: NORTHERN STATE 3, MINNESOTA CROOKSTON 2
- After Minnesota Crookston tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the fifth, Corina Coppersmith, the go-ahead runner at third, scored on a throwing error to give the Wolves the lead and their first win since March 15.
- In the game, NSU notched three runs, seven hits, two RBIs, two home runs, a double, one error, 21 putouts, five assists and six strikeouts on the mound
- After two scoreless innings, Aune Boben stepped up to the plate with two down in the third and sent one flying over the right-field fence to give Northern State the opening lead
- Mckenzie Wanner followed in Boben's footsteps two innings later with another solo shot to extend NSU's narrow lead
- The Golden Eagles fired back quickly in the next half-inning
- With runners on second and third, Emily Kalina sent the ball deep into left-center to bring in two runners and tie the game
- Coppersmith was the final score change of the game, recording a run on an error, which gave the Wolves their ninth win of the season
NORTHERN STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
Corina Coppersmith: 1-3: 1 run
Aune Boben: 1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 homerun
Mckenzie Wanner: 1-4, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 homerun, 6.0 IP, 6 strikeouts
GAME TWO: NORTHERN STATE 9, MINNESOTA CROOKSTON 3
- NSU's momentum carried into game two, recording nine runs, six hits, seven RBIs, one double, 21 putouts, seven assists and eight strikeouts on the mound
- After a scoreless first, Northern started out the second with two runners on base before a Dessa Bryant single brought them around the bags for two
- Similar to the second, the Wolves collected two more runs in the third, this time with Madi Jones scoring on a bases-loaded walk and Tevan Bryant scoring after a wild pitch was sent beyond the playing field
- Rayna Frech recorded a triple in the bottom of the third to bring in two runs with one out down
- Boben and the Wolves' defense clutched up in the field, tallying a strikeout and a popout to keep Frech stranded on third
- Jones would score another run in the fourth to put the Wolves up three
- With Kennedy Boyer at the plate, the outfielder sent a sacrifice bunt to the pitcher to advance Dessa Bryant to second and Hailey Cota to third just in time for freshman shortstop Alicia Jeanson to record a two-run double, sending both teammates in
- After advancing to third on a passed ball, Jeanson made her way home courtesy of Boben, who grounded out to second
- Sydney Anderson chalked the final run of the afternoon on a Cota RBI single to center to jump the Wolves to 9-3 and tally their first doubleheader victory since February
NORTHERN STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
Alicia Jeanson: 1-5, 1 run 1 RBI, 1 double
Dessa Bryant: 1-2, 1 run, 2 RBIs, 3 putouts
Hailey Cota: 1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI,
Aune Boben: 0-4, 1 RBI, 6.0 IP, 8 strikeouts
UP NEXT
The Wolves will be back at the Aberdeen Dome tomorrow when they play the Dragons of Minnesota State Moorhead at noon and 2 p.m.
