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Softball Drops Series Opener at Omaha
4/30/2022 6:38:00 PM | Softball
Ally Vonfeldt drove in all four of the Roos' runs in the loss
OMAHA, Neb. - Following a weather delay that pushed one of today's games to tomorrow morning, Kansas City fell to Omaha in the series-opening matchup, 8-4. Ally Vonfeldt was responsible for all four of the Roos' runs, highlighted by a three-run bomb in the top of the seventh inning that gave KC energy going into tomorrow's doubleheader.
KEY MOMENTS
STATS TO NOTE
UP NEXT
The Roos will finish their series with Omaha with a double header tomorrow, starting at 11 a.m.
KEY MOMENTS
- B2 / 0-0 | Mia Hoveland struck out three of her first seven batters faced to take the Roos into the third inning in a scoreless tie.
- T3 / 0-0 | The Roos put a runner on base for the third-straight inning when Katelyn Garcia walked to lead things off, but KC did not generate any runs.
- T4 / 0-4 | Vonfeldt led off with a single for the first of her three hits, but was thrown out at home later in the inning on an attempted sacrifice.
- T5 / 1-6 | Kansas City got on the board in the top of the fifth inning after Kloe Hillbrenner doubled and Vonfeldt brought her home on an infield single.
- B6 / 1-8 | Jenna Milan got through the bottom of the sixth inning in one-two-three fashion, capped by a strike out looking.
- T7 / 4-8 | Hilbrenner and Alexis D'Ambrosio both singled to put a pair of ducks on the pond, leading to a Vonfeldt homerun that was blasted to center field.
STATS TO NOTE
- Vonfeldt went for a season-high three hits, tying her career-best. Her only other three-hit game came against Valparaiso on Feb. 13, 2021 in a 3-2 win.
- Vonfeldt's homerun was her third of the season, good for the fourth-best mark on the team.
- Hilbrenner finished with a pair of hits, including her team-leading 11th double of the year. It was her 18th multi-hit game of the season.
- Hilbrenner has reached base in each of the Roos' last 13 games, scoring seven runs in that span.
- Hoveland finished with three strikeouts to give her a team-leading 83 on the season.
UP NEXT
The Roos will finish their series with Omaha with a double header tomorrow, starting at 11 a.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kamryn Meyer (17-5)
L: Hoveland, Mia (5-14)
Batting:
2B: Hilbrenner, Kloe 1
HR: Vonfeldt, Ally 1
RBI: Vonfeldt, Ally 4
SH: Smith, Lexy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hilbrenner, Kloe 2 ; D'Ambrosio, Alexis 1 ; Vonfeldt, Ally 1
CS: Hilbrenner, Kloe 1 ; Garcia, Katelyn 1
Batting:
2B: Jamie White 1 ; Lexi Burkhardt 1
RBI: Lynsey Tucker 2 ; Jamie White 1 ; Lexi Burkhardt 2 ; Rachel Weber 1 ; Maggie O'Brien 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Izzy Eltze 1 ; Lynsey Tucker 1 ; Jamie White 1 ; Lexi Burkhardt 1 ; Jaelle Johnson 1 ; Olivia Aden 1 ; Maggie O'Brien 2
SB: Jaelle Johnson 1 ; Maggie O'Brien 1
HBP: Jaelle Johnson 1 ; Olivia Aden 1
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