Softball Drops Two on Walk-Offs by Weber State and UNLV

Saturday, February 19

Las Vegas, NV

2:00 PM CST

Kansas City

1-6

Weber State

6-2

Kansas City

Weber State

Softball Drops Two on Walk-Offs by Weber State and UNLV

2/19/2022 10:08:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Weber State Final Box UNLV Final Box

Hilbrenner leads the day with 4 hits, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Kansas City Softball (1-7) dropped two games on walk-offs in the bottom of the seventh today. The Roos fell to Weber State (7-2) and UNLV (6-2) by one run each. Kloe Hilbrenner led the lineup with four hits, two RBI and two runs scored. Alexis D'Ambrosio was the only other Roo to have a multi-hit day, finishing with three hits, two RBI and a run scored.

GAME 1 | KC-5 v WEBER STATE-6 | INNING-BY-INNING

1 / 0-1 | Casey Stout took the circle and allowed one to come across home plate for the Wilcats.
2 / 0-2 | Kansas City remained hitless through the first two innings while Weber State tallied two runs.
3 / 5-3 | The Roos exploded for five runs in the top of the fifth. Hilbrenner brought in Marina Karnes and Katelyn Garcia on a single up the middle to tie the game. Then Hilbrenner, Sydney Nichols and Ally Vonfeldt scored on a D'Ambrosio hit to left field.
4 / 5-5 | Karnes hit her first double of the season but did not come around to score and Weber State added two runs on two hits to tie the game.
5 / 5-5 | The game remained tied in the fifth.
6 / 5-5 | Camryn Stickel came in to pitch the sixth and shut down the Wildcats after giving up a double.
7 / 5-6 | A promising leadoff single for Sydney Reid followed by a Hilbrenner hit put KC in position to grab the go ahead run, but the Roos could not get another one to bring them in. Two infield hits by Weber State brought in the winning run.

GAME 1 | KC-5 v WEBER STATE-6 | STATS TO NOTE

Hilbrenner posted multiple hits in the game for the fifth game in a row, while also scoring a run and bringing in two runs for the Roos.
Reid picked up her first career-hit in her second collegiate start at a freshman.
Karnes was the only player to get a multi-base hit with a double.

GAME 2 | KC-3 v UNLV-4 - INNING-BY-INNING

1 / 0-0 | Hilbrenner continued her hitting streak to six games in a row but did not come around to score in the first.
2 / 1-0 | D'Ambrosio opened the second with a hit and came around to score on a Rebel error. In the bottom of the frame, Mia Hoveland struck out two and kept UNLV scoreless.
3 / 1-1 | Another leadoff hit by Sydney Nichols was halted by two Roo pop-ups and a strikeout, then a homerun by UNLV's Martin tied the game.
4 / 1-2 | UNLV drove another long ball over the fence to take the lead.
5 / 1-3 | Hilbrenner was robbed of a homerun at the warning track and KC remained at one run while UNLV tacked another one on.
6 / 1-3 | Back-to-back hits by D'Ambrosio and Katie Slauson gave KC a chance while Hoveland retired the Rebels in a row.
7 / 3-4 | Garcia reached on an error by the shortstop and Hilbrenner battled through the at-bat to earn a double to the left-center wall. Both scored on a wild pitch to tie the game, but UNLV hit a double of their own to walk-off the victory.

GAME 2 | KC-3 v UNLV-4 | STATS TO NOTE

Hilbrenner has had a hit in seven of the Roos' eight games, hitting .481 on the season thus far.
Hoveland threw a complete game, striking out six batters, while giving up eight hits and three earned runs.

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Kansas City will have another shot at UNLV tomorrow at 1 p.m. CST to round out the UNLV Desert Classic.