Northern Takes Win In Final Day Of Crossover Play

April 22, 12:00 pm	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Winona State	4	0	0	0	3	7	-	14	19	2
Northern State	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	1	5	1

 

 

 

April 22, 3:00 pm	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Wayne State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
Northern State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2

 

 

 

April 22, 6:00 pm	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Southwest Minnesota State	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	10	14	0
Northern State	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3

 

 

Sam Francis drove in the game winning runs in the bottom of the tenth inning against Wayne State

April 21, 2007
ABERDEEN, SD. – The Northern State softball team (5-33, 3-11 NSIC) managed to avoid the bad weather and fully completed play at the NSIC Crossover on Sunday. The Wolves came up with a huge 10-inning win over Wayne State (24-18, 7-7 NSIC), beating the Wildcats 2-1 with the hero being Sam Francis. In other play, NSU fell 14-1 to Winona State (31-14, 12-2 NSIC) and 10-1 to Southwest Minnesota State (29-8, 14-0 NSIC). They will make up a doubleheader against Bemidji State Monday afternoon beginning at 1:00 pm.

GAME 3
Winona State had 19 knocks against the Wolves in a game that was delayed in the fifth inning and completed Sunday morning. They quickly went up 4-0 in the first inning with a two RBI double and a two-run homer. Northern scored its only run of the game in the fourth inning as Hilary Smith, who reached with a single, advanced to third from an error and wild pitch. She was knocked in by Caitlin Hodges. The Wolves had the bases loaded with one out in the fifth inning Sunday morning, but they missed an opportunity to tack on runs by hitting into a double play. Winona added seven runs in the sixth to end the game 14-1.

Jenna Drey went 2-for-2 against the Warriors and also reached base with a walk. Hodges had the lone RBI with her solo hit of the game. For the Warriors, catcher Rosenow batted 4-for-4 with three singles and a homerun. She ended the game with four RBI and three runs scored. WSU’s Kastenmaeier fanned seven Wolves while Hilary Smith recorded two strikeouts from the mound.

 

GAME 4
Sam Francis hit a game-winning single to right center field, driving in two runs to gain a 2-1 win over Wayne State in ten innings. Wayne State out-hit the Wolves ten to four but it took until the top of the tenth inning for them to cross their first run. With a baserunner placed on second in the bottom of the inning, Caitlin Hodges drew a walk to represent the winning run. Two NSU batters went up and down and Francis came to the plate in a must-hit situation. She came through in a big way, knocking the team’s fourth hit of the game into right center field. Heather Olson scored easily from second base and Hodges won the race home, narrowly escaping the tag and giving Northern the win.

Francis finished with a team high two hits. Christi Schulte had another strong performance, pitching nine innings of shutout play. She struck out five batters in the win. Humphries led the Wildcats with three hits while the game’s RBI went to Rowland.

Caitlin Hodges avoids the tag to score the game-winning run against Wayne State

GAME 5
The Mustangs scored multiple runs in three innings and took the final game of the NSIC Crossover by a score of 10-1. They had a three-run first inning with four hits and ended the game with five runs in the seventh. Northern scored their run in the first inning as lead-off batter Jenna Drey, who reached with a single to right field, scored from a Hilary Smith single that went through the middle of the field. NSU had six hits in the game while Southwest Minnesota State had 14. The Wolves committed three errors, which led to two SMSU runs.

Drey and Smith each tallied two hits for the home team. NSU’s other knocks went to Sara Lipetzky and Sam Francis. Audrey Decker gave up 11 hits and eight earned runs and took the loss from the rubber. Dickhausen led the Mustangs with four hits, three runs, and three RBI.

 

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