Kansas City
4-19
Wichita State
17-8
Softball Doubled Off by RV Wichita State and No. 11 Oklahoma State
3/19/2022 4:25:00 PM | Softball
Roos Set to Open Conference Play Next Weekend at Home
GAME 1 | KC- 5 v RV Wichita State-10 | KEY MOMENTS
- Top 1 / 2-0 | Kloe Hilbrenner started the game with a walk and came around to score on D'Ambrosio's double. KC tacked on one more when D'Ambrosio came in one Delainey Fenoglio's single to rightfield.
- Bottom 2 / 2-2 | A couple KC errors allowed two Shockers to score, but Mia Hoveland came right back with two strikeouts in the danger zone of Wichita State's lineup to keep it a tie game.
- Top 4 / 4-2 | Karnes started a two-out rally with a double and Sydney Nichols followed with her fourth homerun of the season.
- Bottom 4 / 4-3 | Wichita State's Sydney McKinney answered back with a homerun of her own.
- Bottom 5 / 4-8 | The Shockers used four hits and two homeruns to score five runs and claim the lead.
- Bottom 6 / 4-10 | Back-to-back homeruns by Wichita State brought Jenna Milan to the mound to get the Roos out of the inning.
- Top 7 / 5-10 | D'Ambrosio muscled up a long ball for her third hit of the game.
- D'Ambrosio went 3-for-4 at the plate with a single, a double and a homerun. She tallied a pair of runs and RBI in the game.
- Karnes and Vonfeldt both hit their fourth doubles of the season.
- Nichols hit her fourth homerun of the season, tying Hilbrenner for the most homeruns on the team.
- Hoveland threw six-and-a-third innings, striking out three, while Milan came into close the game, giving up zero runs.
- Bottom 1 / 0-0 | Camryn Stickel kept the top of the lineup from striking in the first.
- Bottom 2 / 0-7 | Oklahoma State hit three homeruns to total seven runs in the second inning.
- Top 3 / 1-7 | D'Ambrosio and Vonfeldt walked and Fenoglio drove one to the outfield to score D'Ambrosio for KC's first run.
- Top 4 / 2-7 | Karnes started the inning with a hit and Faith Denning scored her in with a hit of her own.
- Bottom 5 / 2-8 | The Cowgirls loaded the bases and pushed one more run across the plate.
- Fenoglio has at least one hit in 17 of Kansas City's 24 games with a team-low four strikeouts.
- Karnes went 3-for-3 at the plate, also tacking on a run.
- Casey Stout came into takeover for Stickel and shut down the Cowgirls in the third and fourth, only allowing four hits in her four and two-thirds innings pitched.
Kansas City opens Summit League play next weekend against North Dakota. The three-game series will begin Saturday at noon at the Home of the Roos- Urban Youth Academy. The Roos will play a double-header on Saturday and a single game on Sunday at 11 a.m. Admission is free for all fans.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: McDonald, Erin (4-5)
L: Hoveland, Mia (2-9)
Batting:
2B: D'Ambrosio, Alexis 1 ; Vonfeldt, Ally 1 ; Karnes, Marina 1
HR: D'Ambrosio, Alexis 1 ; Nichols, Sydney 1
RBI: D'Ambrosio, Alexis 2 ; Fenoglio, Delainey 1 ; Nichols, Sydney 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Hilbrenner, Kloe 1 ; D'Ambrosio, Alexis 2 ; Karnes, Marina 1 ; Nichols, Sydney 1
Batting:
2B: McKinney, Sydney 1 ; Garcia, Jessica 1
HR: McKinney, Sydney 1 ; Jones, Zoe 1 ; Herring, Neleigh 1 ; Lucas, Lauren 1 ; Passwaters, Cassie 1
RBI: McKinney, Sydney 2 ; Jones, Zoe 1 ; Herring, Neleigh 1 ; Lucas, Lauren 1 ; Mills, Lauren 2 ; Passwaters, Cassie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: McKinney, Sydney 1 ; Jones, Zoe 1 ; Herring, Neleigh 2 ; Lucas, Lauren 1 ; Garcia, Jessica 1 ; Nelson, Krystin 1 ; Brown, Lainee 1 ; Mills, Lauren 1 ; Passwaters, Cassie 1
HBP: Nelson, Krystin 1
