Softball Falls to the Jackrabbits in Game One of Series

Friday, April 15

Brookings, SD

3:00 PM

Kansas City

8-27, 0

South Dakota State

27-10, 0

Kansas City

South Dakota State

Softball Falls to the Jackrabbits in Game One of Series

4/15/2022 4:39:00 PM | Softball

Box Score Final Box

Hilbrenner extended her hit streak to seven games

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Kansas City Softball (8-27, 4-5) dropped the first game of the series, 0-9 in six innings to South Dakota State (27-10, 8-2). Kloe Hilbrenner matched her longest hitting streak of the season with a hit in the last seven games.

KEY MOMENTS

Top 1 / 0-0 | Hilbrenner extended her hitting streak to seven games with a leadoff hit but was left stranded at second after stealing an extra base.
Bottom 1 / 0-2 | The Jackrabbits took advantage of the strong winds blowing out to rightfield with a two-run blast.
Bottom 3 / 0-5 | Another three-run homerun gave SDSU a wide margin lead.
Bottom 4 / 0-7 | Audrey Danielson came in to relieve Mia Hoveland and allowed two more runs to the Jackrabbits.
Bottom 6 / 0-8 | SDSU's Halvorson hit a walk-off homerun to shorten the game.

STATS TO NOTE

Hilbrenner, Lexy Smith, and Ally Vonfeldt were the only Roos to tally hits in the game; all in separate innings.
Hilbrenner also swiped her 19^th stolen base of the season.
Hoveland completed three innings in the circle, allowing five hits and striking out three SDSU batters.
Danielson doubled her collegiate pitching experience after coming on in relief for the second game in a row. She pitched two innings, striking out one and giving up three hits.
Ten of Kansas City's games have been against teams in the top-50 of the NCAA RPI, including South Dakota State who is No. 50 on the charts

UP NEXT
Kansas City will continue their series against South Dakota State tomorrow, but due to incoming weather is temporarily scheduled for a 1 p.m. double-header. Stay tuned on Twitter @KCRoosSB for all updates.