BENTONVILLE, Ark. - The Jennies offense found its stroke Saturday afternoon, sweeping a pair of games against Southeastern Oklahoma State and Arkansas-Monticello. Central Missouri (5-5) took game one 10-2 in six innings and the second 6-1, getting it done both at the plate and in the circle.
Game One - Central Missouri - 10, Southeastern Oklahoma State - 2These two teams met last week with the Savage Storm earning a 6-4 win. The tables were turned this time right from the get-go. After a one-two-three top of the first, the Jennies staked themselves out to a 4-0 lead.
Alex Leonhart had the biggest hit of the inning, a bases loaded triple with one out. She came around to score on an RBI ground out from
Madison Hood.
Though the Jennies never trailed in the game, things got a little dicey in the next half inning. Southeastern Oklahoma got two runs back collecting a pair of hits and taking advantage of three Jennies errors in the inning. With two runs in and the bases loaded with one out, UCM starter
Emily Robinson coaxed a ground ball to get the lead runner at home, and caught a pop up to end the threat.
Ali Jo Rogers created her own run in the second, reaching on a throwing error and advancing to second. She then stole third and came around to score when the throw got by the third baseman, making it 5-2 UCM.
Allie Dishinger and Robinson knocked their first home runs of the season in the third and fourth innings to score three more runs.
With the score 9-2 UCM and the bags full,
Katie Giacone ripped a triple to end the game in the sixth. By rule, once the game-ending run crosses the plate, the game is over, thus giving the Jennies a 10-2 final score.
The Jens collected 11 hits in the game, three of them coming from Dishinger. Leonhart picked up four RBI and Rogers was 1-for-4 with two runs scored and two stolen bases.
Robinson pitched all six innings for the Jennies, earning her second win of the season. She allowed six hits and two runs, both unearned, while striking out two and walking one. She also reached base four times, with two hits, including a home run, and two walks. She helped her own cause driving in two runs and scoring three more.
Game Two - Central Missouri 6, Arkansas-Monticello - 1The Jennies used two three-run innings to pick up their second win of the day. The Jennies left two on base, but were able to break through in the third. Back-to-back singles by
Austin Eickleberry and Rogers put two runners on for UCM. Mabe then opened the scoring with a double to left. Robinson followed with a double of her own to drive home Mabe and give the Jens a 3-0 lead.
The Blossoms got a run back in the fifth. Ashton Currey doubled to lead off the frame and Holly Wilmarth drove her in with a single. But that was all the Blossoms would get off starter
Jordan Johnson.
Johnson upped her record to 2-1 this season, throwing all seven innings allowing just the one earned run while surrendering six hits and striking out two and walking one.
Central Missouri pushed their lead to five in the seventh. It was Mabe again with her second two-RBI double of the game. She again came around to score, this time when Giacone drove her in with a double to left.
The Blossoms got a runner on base in the bottom of the seventh, but Johnson got two fly outs to end the game, 6-1.
Mabe finished the game 2-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored.
Emily King went 3-for-4 and Eickleberry and Robinson picked up two hits apiece.
Tomorrow's games against Southern Arkansas and Henderson State have been cancelled due to impending inclement weather. That means the Jennies finished 3-1 at the Arkansas-Monticello Eight-State Classic. They return to the field next weekend at the Kelly Laas Memorial Dome Tournament hosted by St. Cloud State. UCM will take on five opponents from the Northern Sun Thursday, Feb. 18 through Saturday, Feb. 20
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