St. Cloud State Softball Splits Doubleheader in Iowa

Saturday, February 15

American State Bank Dome • Sioux Center, Iowa

7 p.m.

St. Cloud State

6-1

William Jewell (Mo.)

0-5

William Jewell

St. Cloud State

Brooke Holmes vs. Minnesota Duluth 2-1-25

Photo by: Nathaly Delgado

2/16/2025 2:57:00 AM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Huskies win first game against William Jewell, has six game win streak snapped in game two after 5-4 walk-off loss

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – St. Cloud State Softball (6-2, 0-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) split its nonconference doubleheader against William Jewell (Mo.) on Saturday night/Sunday morning at the American State Bank Dome in Sioux Center. The Huskies beat the Cardinals (1-5, 0-0 Great Lakes Valley Conference) 6-1 in the first game, before falling 5-4 in the second game.

GAME ONE: ST. CLOUD STATE 6, WILLIAM JEWELL 1
Sophomore catcher/infielder Bethany Weiss (Forest Lake, Minn.) put the Huskies on the board in the bottom of the first inning after driving senior catcher/outfielder Reese Holzhueter (Shakopee, Minn.) home with an RBI-double. She added a sacrifice fly in the third inning to push the Huskies lead to two.

WJC scored its first run of the game in the top of the fifth inning, but Holzhueter sent a solo shot over the left field wall to extend the Huskies lead back to two in the bottom half of the inning.

The Huskies added three runs in the sixth inning – graduate infielder Evy Polsfuss (Apple Valley, Minn.) hit a 2-RBI double and redshirt freshman utility Kaylee Collins (Lakeville, Minn.) hit an RBI-single to bring the game to its final score, 6-1.

TOP HUSKIES

Holzhueter – 3-4, HR, 2 2B, 3 R
Senior right handed pitcher Emma Eickhoff (Becker, Minn.) – CG, W (3-0), 4.0 IP, 5 K
Junior right-handed pitcher Justyce Porter (Kent, Wash.) – S (4), 3.0 IP, 4 K
Weiss – 2B, 2 RBI
Polsfuss – 2B, 2 RBI

NOTABLES

The Huskies improved to 5-0 all-time against William Jewell.
SCSU hit four doubles for the first time this season and recorded 9+ hits for the fourth game.
The Huskies have hit a home run in three consecutive games.
The nine SCSU strikeouts are a new season best mark.
Holzhueter became the first Husky to record a 3+ hit game and a 2+ double game and the second Husky to score three runs in a game this season. She leads the team in doubles, with four.
Eickhoff became the second pitcher to record 5+ strikeouts in a game this season. She surpassed 250 strikeouts for her career. She lowered her season ERA to 1.68.
Porter surpassed 125 career strikeouts.
Weiss is tied for second on the team in doubles with three.
Polsfuss hit her first double of the season.
Sophomore infielder Brooke Holmes (Savage, Minn.) has a hit in all seven SCSU games this season.
Collins has reached based in five straight games.
Junior infielder/catcher Sydney Roe (Davenport, Iowa) is on a three-game hitting streak.

GAME TWO: WILLIAM JEWELL 5, ST. CLOUD STATE 4
William Jewell jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning after a 2-RBI double. SCSU drew back even after Holmes and Collins hit RBI-singles in the fourth inning, before taking its first lead of the game in the top of the seventh inning after Holmes hit a 2-RBI single. The Huskies were unable to hold onto their lead and gave up a walk-off 3-RBI double, falling 5-4.

TOP HUSKIES

Holmes – 3-4, 3 RBI
Senior infielder Maggie Fitzgerald (Oak Lawn, Ill.) – 3-4, 2 2B
Junior right handed pitcher Macey Clark (Winneconne, Wis.) – 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 11k

NOTABLES

The Huskies dropped their first game to William Jewell, moving to 5-1 all-time against the Cardinals.
SCSU set a new season-best mark for hits in a game, with 12.
The Huskies struck out 12 batters which is a new season high.
Holmes has a hit in all eight SCSU games and posted a 3+ RBI game for the second time. She is also one of three Huskies to have a 3+ hit game this season and a 3+ RBI game.
Fitzgerald is the second Husky to hit 2+ doubles in a game and one of three SCSU players with a 3+ hit game this season.
Clark threw a season-high 6.1 innings and recorded an SCSU-best 11 strikeouts.
Roe is on a four-game hit streak.
Weiss is on a three-game hit streak.
Collins is on a six-game on-base streak.

UP NEXT
The Huskies wrap up their trip to Iowa with a doubleheader against Truman State (Mo.) on Sunday. The games are slated for 2 and 4 p.m. from the American State Bank Dome in Sioux Center, Iowa. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Softball schedule page.

For all the latest on St. Cloud State Softball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.