Murray State University Athletics
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Racers Rout ETSU In Season Opener
2/9/2018 2:59:00 PM | Softball
The Murray State softball team exploded for 14 runs in the first two innings of Friday's season opener against ETSU and held on for the 16-6 win at Eagle Field in Statesboro, Georgia. The Racers pounded out 16 hits in the contest, including five that went for extra bases, with eight different players recording at least one hit and six recoding multiple hits. Â
Welcome To The Club
Lexi Jones became just the 12th player in school history to hit a grand slam when she did so in the first inning Friday. Jones would not get another hit in the game, but did drive in one more run to finish with a career-high five RBIs.
Hit, Score, Repeat
Six different Racers had two or more hits Friday against ETSU, while five scored more than once. In addition, five other MSU batters finished the game with multiple RBIs. Meanwhile, Brenna Finck was the lone Racer to finish the day with multiple stats in each category, as she went 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs.
The New Era Dawns
Head Coach Kara Amundson started four newcomers in her lineup Friday and the results were impressive. All four had multiples hits in the game and accounted for over half of MSU's total hits in the contest. Sierra Gilmore led the way by going 3-for-3 with two runs, a walk, and a RBI, while Lille Goetz was 2-for-3 with a double, a triple and two runs. Jensen Striegel was 2-for-2 Friday with a walk and two runs, while Dani Walls was 2-for-3 with a run and two RBIs.
In The Circle
Olivia Suski started the game for MSU and allowed just one run on five hits over 2.0 innings and was followed by Grace Vaughn who went 1.2 innings and allowed four runs on five hits. Haven Campbell finished out the game for the Racers and earned the win by allowing one run just three hits through 1.1 innings.
OK, What's Next?
With a large amount of rain in the Statesboro area, the start of MSU's second game of the day against host Georgia Southern will be delayed. The original start time of 3:30 CT/4:30 ET has been moved back, however, no additional information as to when the game will begin is currently available.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Campbell, Haven (1-0)
L: Marissa Honeycutt (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Quinn Giesick 1 ; Vanessa Elliott 1
RBI: Nikki Grupp 2 ; Tiffany Laughren 1 ; Kelsey Chernak 1 ; Quinn Giesick 2
SF: Nikki Grupp 1 ; Kelsey Chernak 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kelly Warren 1 ; Lauren Lee 1 ; Nikki Grupp 1 ; Tiffany Laughren 1 ; Julia Fritz 1 ; Vanessa Elliott 1
Batting:
2B: Finck, Brenna 3 ; Goetz, Lillie 1
3B: Goetz, Lillie 1
HR: Culver, Madison 1 ; Jones, Lexi 1
RBI: Finck, Brenna 3 ; Downey, Erika 2 ; Gilmore, Sierra 1 ; Culver, Madison 2 ; Jones, Lexi 5 ; Walls, Danielle 2 ; Feeney, Maddy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Finck, Brenna 2 ; Downey, Erika 1 ; Gilmore, Sierra 2 ; Culver, Madison 1 ; Goetz, Lillie 3 ; Jones, Lexi 1 ; Striegel, Jensen 2 ; Walls, Danielle 1 ; Bialek, Kristen 1 ; Feeney, Maddy 2
SB: Striegel, Jensen 1
