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April 22, 2006 WOOD REENTERS RECORD BOOK IN SYCAMORE SPLIT TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Both ends of Saturday’s Missouri Valley Conference doubleheader between Indiana State and Northern Iowa went into extra innings as sophomore pitcher Darcy Wood tossed all 17 innings in the two contests and the Sycamores earned a split. ISU dropped the first game by a 4-3 score in nine innings, and then won on the game’s final play in the bottom of the eighth in the second also by a 4-3 count. ISU is now 20-23, 7-13 MVC while UNI is 12-32-1, 2-16 MVC. The Sycamores led 1-0 throughout the majority of the day’s second game as Jackie Chomicki singled and moved around the bases thanks in part to a pair of wild pitches from UNI starter Uju Ibekwe. The Panthers rallied for three runs of their own in the top of the sixth for a 3-1 lead that held until the bottom of the seventh. With one out, Julie Damico singled to left field and was followed by a double off the bat of freshman Meredith Simpson to score a run. Simpson was able to tie the contest when Chomicki doubled to left field and she came around to score on an error by the Panther leftfielder. With the score still tied at three in the bottom of the eighth inning, Kelsey Anderson led off the frame with a double and moved to third base on a sacrifice from Ashley Trover. Yvette Tovar completed the rally as she doubled to straight away centerfield for the RBI that scored pinch runner Margaret McQueen for the 4-3 victory. The story of the second game was the pitching of Wood, who completed her second extra inning game of the day. She struckout six batters in the contest to give her 207 for the season – and break her own single-season school record of 203, which was set last year. In the day’s first game Northern Iowa held a 1-0 lead in the first frame before the Sycamores’ Stephanie Spychaj singled home Chomick to tie the game at 1. UNI went on for a 2-1 advantage in the second inning, then in the fifth, Julie Damico connected on a sacrifice fly to leftfield to tie the contest when McQueen came around to score. UNI’s Rachael Rogers tripled to open the seventh, then scored on a Wood wild pitch for the 3-2 lead before ISU was able to tie the contest at three and send the first contest into extra innings when Alyssa Duncan’s sacrifice fly scored Lauren Kebely. In the ninth, UNI scored the decisive run when Kelli Papesh belted her third homerun of the season over the leftfield wall for the 4-3 win. Wood tossed nine innings with eight strikeouts in the day’s first game. Following the doubleheader, her season record stands at 16-12. ISU and Northern Iowa return to action on Sunday with a single-game at Price Field, which will end this weekend’s three-game series. First pitch is set for Noon (EDT).
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