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University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

Alexis Ray
Corbey R. Dorsey
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Nebraska-Kearney UNKSOFT 9-10
12
Winner Rockhurst RU 8-3
Nebraska-Kearney UNKSOFT
9-10
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Final
12
Rockhurst RU
8-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Nebraska-Kearney UNKSOFT 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 4
Rockhurst RU 1 4 0 7 X 12 9 1

W: Prather, O. (4-0) L: Hallman, Erin (2-5)

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Winner Nebraska-Kearney UNKSOFT 10-10
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Missouri-St. Louis UMSL 5-8
Winner
Nebraska-Kearney UNKSOFT
10-10
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Final
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Missouri-St. Louis UMSL
5-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Nebraska-Kearney UNKSOFT 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 7 11 0
Missouri-St. Louis UMSL 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 9 2

W: Gellermann, Melissa (1-2) L: Tiffee, A. (4-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Sunday Split in Topeka

Kearney, Neb. – Junior Melissa Gellermann threw six strong innings and redshirt junior Nicole Spykstra knocked in four runs to help Nebraska-Kearney down Missouri-St. Louis, 7-4, Sunday afternoon in Topeka, Kan.

The game was part of the three-day Washburn Invite. UNK (10-10) fell to the Rockhurst Hawks in five innings, 12-1, Sunday morning to finish the weekend with a 3-2 record.

Gellermann (Grand Junction, Colo.) earned her first win as a Loper by working around eight singles and five walks. She struck out five Tritons (5-8) as UMSL stranded 11 on base.

UNK scored one in the first to grab the early lead and then moved ahead 3-1 when Spykstra (Chandler, Ariz.) hit a two-run double to left in the third. At designated player and battling cleanup today she finished 2 for 4.

The Tritons scored once in the fourth but the Lopers busted things open with four unearned runs in the top of the seventh. Missouri senior center fielder Alexis Ray (2 for 3, two runs) smacked a two-run single to left center with Spykstra bringing home the other two runs with a single down the left field line.

Also having multi-hit efforts in the win were Lincoln sophomore right fielder Carlee Liesch (2 for 4, one run) and Colorado junior first baseman Hailey Schaneman (2 for 4, one RBI). Overall UNK's first five hitters went a combined 9 for 18 with five runs and seven RBI's.

Rockhurst (8-3) used nine hits, three walks and took advantage of four Loper errors to score one in the first, four in the second and seven in the fourth. Half of RU's runs were of the unearned variety with cleanup hitter Emily Clark and pinch hitter Jaden Santoni knocking in three runs apiece.

The top of the UNK order did go a combined 5 for 10 with a run and RBI. That included Spykstra who was 1 for 2 with an RBI single in the first. Through 20 games she is now batting .490 with 13 runs, 23 RBI's and an .882 slugging percentage.

The Lopers host Lincoln (Friday) and Central Missouri (Saturday) next weekend at Patriot Park.
 
 
 
 
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