Noble's Four No-Hit Innings Not Enough for Roos on Senior Day

Sunday, April 30

Kansas City, Mo.

11:00 AM

Kansas City

8-40, 0

South Dakota State

32-15, 0

South Dakota State

Kansas City

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

Noble's Four No-Hit Innings Not Enough for Roos on Senior Day

4/30/2023 1:28:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Kansas City was outhitting the Jackrabbits through six innings, but could not produce any runs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Softball (8-40, 3-15 Summit) battled and got four no-hit innings from pitcher Katie Noble, but were unable to prevail over league-leading South Dakota State (32-15, 14-0 Summit), 10-0. The Roos were able to out-hit the Jackrabbits through six innings, but SDSU went for three extra-base hits, including two home runs, while the Roos had just one hit that went for extra bases. A seventh inning outburst by the Jackrabbit bats put the game out of reach late.

Prior to the game, Kansas City honored seniors Katelyn Garcia, Katherine Karnatz and Ally Vonfeldt for their four years of dedication to the program. Despite not playing this year, Garcia has remained with the team following a 43-start junior year in which she led the team in fielding percentage. Karnatz has made 118 career starts in 121 appearances, and was an All-American Scholar-Athlete last year. Vonfeldt is one of the most prolific batters in program history, ranking third on the all-time home runs list. She also leads Kansas City in nearly every major batting category this season.

KEY MOMENTS

Bottom 1 / 0-1 | Despite not garnering a hit, South Dakota State was able to use a hit-by-pitch and stolen bases to score in the top of the first. Marina Karnes got the first hit of the day in the bottom of the inning, but the Roos were unable to bring her around to score.
Bottom 3 / 0-1 | Kiki McCrea went for her first hit of the day, singling up the left field line. Vonfelt drew a walk on the next at-bat to move McCrea into scoring position, but a pair of strikeouts ended the inning before the Roos could strike.
Top 4 / 0-1 | Noble retired her eighth, ninth and 10th-straight batters to get through the end of four innings with her no-hitter still intact. The streak got to 11-straight in the fifth inning before an SDSU home run broke the game open.
Bottom 5 / 0-2 | After the Jackrabbits added a run in the top of the inning, McCrea tried to get a two-out rally going with a triple, her second hit of the day. Vonfelt drew another walk in the next at-bat, but a strikeout ended the inning once again. SDSU added two runs in the next half-inning and ran away with the game from there.

?? 5 | TRIPPPLE for McCrea! She earns her second hit of the day ??

SDSU: 2 | KC: 0
outs: 2? pic.twitter.com/gMoLRfXGO1
— Kansas City Softball (@kcroossb) April 30, 2023

STATS TO NOTE

McCrea earned her eighth multi-hit game of the season, and her fourth in the past four Summit League series. Her triple in the fifth inning was her first three-base knock of the year.
Noble finished the game with 5.0 innings pitched, giving up just two earned runs and one hit. It was the sixth time this season that she went at least five innings pitched and gave up two-or-fewer earned runs.
Vonfeldt finished the day with three walks drawn, her fifth multi-walk game of the year. It matched her season-high, previously reached against Omaha on Apr. 15, and brought her season total to a team-leading 24 bases-on-balls.

UP NEXT
The Roos wrap up the regular season next weekend, taking on St. Thomas on Friday and Saturday.