TERRE HAUTE, Ind.
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Indiana
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sophomore Darcy Wood broke the
Indiana
State
career strikeout record on a day in which she did not allow a
single run in a combined 12.1 innings of work as the Sycamores and
Creighton split their Missouri Valley Conference doubleheader at
the CU Sports Complex. CU climbed back to 16-16 overall and 6-7 in
Missouri Valley Conference play, while the Sycamores stand at
15-17 overall, 5-8 in Valley play after the split.
Wood was the story in game one, as she continually kept CU
hitters off balance in a 4-0 ISU victory. The sophomore
right-hander struck out 13 Bluejay hitters in the shutout. With
those 13 Ks, she became the Sycamore career leader in just her
second season at ISU. She surrendered only five singles and
walked one to move her record to 12-8 on the season.
The ISU offense gave Wood all the support she would need with a
three-run second inning. Kelsey Anderson singled to right with
one out to get the rally going. After a sacrifice moved
Anderson to second, she came
around to score on an RBI single by Yvette Tovar. Two more
singles loaded the bases for the Sycamores and leadoff hitter
Jackie Chomicki. The lefty knocked a ball to third base, which CU
third baseman Jamie Reiss could not handle. The error allowed two
more runs to cross the plate. ISU would add another unearned run
in the fourth inning to extend its lead to four runs.
Stephanie Cortese took the loss for the Jays, dropping to 7-6.
The senior allowed eight hits - all singles - to ISU, and did not
walk any Sycamores. The left-hander went the distance and only
one of the four runs she allowed was earned. With four strikeouts
on Saturday, Cortese now has 112 this season, just four shy of
cracking the CU single-season top 10.
In game two, Bailey Dawson led
off the first inning with a bunt single and moved to second on a
sacrifice bunt by Jamie Reiss. After Lauren Cisneros popped up to
second base, German stepped to the plate. The left-handed hitting
first baseman drove a 1-2 pitch over the left field fence off of
ISU starter Jessica McGivney to put the Bluejays up 2-0. The
round-tripped was German’s first of the season. The next two
Bluejay hitters reached base, before McGivney was lifted for
game-one winner Darcy Wood, but the damage was done.
Nee was able to pitch out of jams all day, as the Sycamores
stranded nine runners on base in the 2-0 loss. The rookie
right-hander picked up her second career shutout and lowered her
MVC ERA to 0.85 with the blanking. She allowed six hits and
walked three, but struck out four to improve to 7-8.
McGivney recorded only two outs and took the loss to drop to 0-1,
allowing three hits and two runs in her short stint. Wood came in
to complete the game, throwing 5.1 innings, allowing three hits
and striking out five.
The win for ISU was its first ever in Omaha over the Bluejays, as
the Sycamores are now 1-13 against CU in Omaha after the
doubleheader. The loss for CU snapped an 18-game winning streak
over ISU. The victory was also the first for ISU head coach
Brenda Coldren over her brother, Creighton head coach Brent
Vigness. Vigness is now 10-1 against his sister.
The teams will play the rubber game of the series on Sunday at
1:00 p.m. (EDT) at the CU Sports Complex.
GAME ONE BOX SCORE
GAME TWO BOX SCORE
