Roos Bested by Nevada, BYU

Saturday, February 10

Manoa, HI

2:30 PM

Kansas City

0-4

Nevada

3-3

Kansas City

Nevada

Photo by: Julia Kapros

2/10/2024 7:28:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Briona Woods led the Roos at-bat with three hits

Manoa, Hawaii - Kansas City Softball (0-6) struggled to get going at-bat, falling 5-1 to Nevada (3-2). The Wolf Pack got an early lead in the bottom of the second, scoring two runs, and repeated in the bottom of the third to give themselves a four-run lead. Kansas City was not ready to give up, Briona Woods earned the first hit of the day with a single, and the following batter was walked to put Kansas City in scoring position, but no Roos were able to cross home plate. Kansas City looked to make a comeback in the sixth inning, loading the bases with no outs, but Nevada held them to just one run, clinching the win.

The Roos faced a defensive battle early but fell to BYU (5-0) 3-0. The Blue and Gold held the Cougars without a run for the first three innings, but a three-run fourth inning gave BYU an edge. Kansas City saw its handful of scoring opportunities, with both Woods and Lexy Smith notching singles. The two both earned singles in the first game, Woods notched her second hit of the day in the bottom of the second and Smith earned hers in the bottom of the fourth, advancing to third base before the Cougars closed the inning with a ground out. Kansas City came up with another big defensive stop to keep BYU from adding to their score in the top of the fifth when the Cougars loaded the bases. The Roos stop was enough to keep them in the game, but cold hitting prevented them from staging a rally.

KEY MOMENTS | NEVADA

Bottom 1 / 0-0| In her first starting appearance in the circle this season, Katie Noble went three up, three down. Two batters flied the ball to left field and another popped it to shortstop for three quick KC outs.
Top 2 / 0-0 | Smith reached first on a throwing error, and then Amelia Fitzgerald was walked to put KC in scoring position with just one out. However, the Wolf Pack got the quick two outs they needed to close the inning. In their at-bat, Nevada hit a home run to put them ahead by two.
Top 4 / 4-0 | Woods earned Kansas City's first hit of the day. She hit a nice single up the left side and then Derika Castillo was walked to push the Roos into scoring position, but Nevada came up with the third out before the Blue and Gold cross home plate.
Bottom 5 / 5-0 | Just her second inning in the circle, Camryn Stickle went three up, three down. One batter fouled out and the other two popped it up, one to right field and the other to third base.
Top 6 / 5-1 |Noble opened hitting for the Roos with a single to right field, then Smith hit a single, and Woods was walked, loading the bases for Kansas City. Nevada forced two outs, but the Roos stuck with it. Elleana Navarro was then walked to bring in the Roos' lone run of the game.

KEY MOMENTS | BYU

Bottom 2 / 0-0 |Woods opened the Kansas City at-bat with a single up the middle. Her hit was her second of the day in three at-bats. The next two Roos struck out and BYU earned out number three on a ground ball. In the top of the fourth BYU was able to bring in two runs.
Bottom 4/ 2-0 | Smith single to open the Kansas City at-bat. She then stole second and made it to third on a sacrifice bunt from Navarro with two outs, but the Cougars forced a groundout to close the inning.
Top 5 / 2-0 |The Cougars saw another scoring chance, but the Roos shut them down. BYU loaded the bases with two outs, but a Kansas City fielder's choice closed the inning with three on base.
Bottom 6 / 2-0 | Woods single to left center with two outs for her third hit of the day. Navarro then reached first Woods to second on a fielder's choice, but the Cougars got their third out against the next batter to close the inning. BYU tacked on one run in the top of the seventh to extend their lead to three.
Bottom 7 /3-0 | In one final push, Sydney Nichols singled to open the at-bat

STATS TO NOTE

Kvale's run in the bottom top of the sixth was the Roos' first run in any inning other than the first this season. Kansas City notched a season-high eight runs on Thursday against BYU, all of which were in the first inning.
The Roos documented five hits against BYU, just one more than the Cougars. Kansas City earned eight hits on the day, three of which were from Woods. Her two hits earned against BYU are a career high.
Camryn Stickel pitched all seven innings for the Roos against BYU earning two strikeouts. Stickel went in as a relief pitcher in the first game, staying in the circle for 2.2 innings. She leads the team in innings pitched, throwing for 19.2 innings this tournament, and boasting a 1.78 ERA.
So far this season, just four Roos have earned a multi-hit game. Abby Husak earned two hits against BYU on Feb. 8, both Nobel and Smith earned two hits against Ole Miss on Feb. 9 and Woods notched two hits against BYU tonight.

UP NEXT
The Roos head into their second tournament next weekend, hosted by UT Arlington. Kansas City opens the weekend Friday facing Michigan State (0-3) at 2 p.m. and DePaul (0-3) at 4:30 p.m.