St. Cloud State Softball Splits Second Straight Series

Sunday, February 16

American State Bank Dome • Sioux Center, Iowa

2 p.m.

St. Cloud State

6-3

Truman State (Mo.)

7-5

St. Cloud State

Truman State

Reese Holzhueter vs. Bemidji State 2-2-25

Photo by: Nathaly Delgado

2/16/2025 8:01:00 PM | Softball

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Huskies drop first game against Truman State, respond with 8-3 win in game two

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – St. Cloud State Softball (7-3, 0-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) split its second straight nonconference doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at the American State Bank Dome in Sioux Center. The Huskies fell to Truman State (7-6, 0-0 Great Lakes Valley Conference) ,11-4 in the first game, before winning the second game, 8-3.

GAME ONE: TRUMAN STATE 11, ST. CLOUD STATE 4
In the second inning, senior utility Rainna Stangle (Sartell, Minn.) sent a two-run shot over the center field wall and sophomore catcher/infielder Bethany Weiss (Forest Lake, Minn.) hit an RBI-single to give the Huskies an early 3-0 lead.

Truman State got on the board with their first run in the home half of the third, cutting the SCSU lead to two. Junior infielder/catcher Sydney Roe (Davenport, Iowa) responded in the next half inning, hitting a leadoff solo home run to extend the Huskies lead back to three.

The Bulldogs dominated the rest of the game adding two runs in the third, two in the fourth, four in the fifth and two more in the sixth to make the game, 11-4.

TOP HUSKIES

Sophomore outfielder Bree Beck (Lakeville, Minn.) – 2-2
Senior catcher/outfielder Reese Holzhueter (Shakopee, Minn.) – 2-3, BB
Roe – HR
Stangle – HR, 2 RBI

NOTABLES

The Huskies moves to 6-8 all-time against Truman State.
SCSU recorded 9+ hits for the sixth time this season and 2+ home runs for the second time.
The Huskies have scored 4+ runs in all but one game this season.
Beck posted her first multi-hit game of the season.
Holzhueter recorded her third multi-hit game of the season. She has a hit in the three last games.
Roe hit the first home run of her SCSU career. She is on a five-game hitting streak.
Stangle hit her second home run of the season, tying Holmes for the team lead. She already matched her season high for home runs (two) in just nine games. She posted her third multi-RBI game.
Weiss is on a four-game hitting streak.
Redshirt freshman utility Kaylee Collins (Lakeville, Minn.) is on a seven-game on-base streak and a three-game hitting streak.
Redshirt sophomore Grace Frechette (Forest Lake, Minn.) walked twice becoming the third Husky to do so in a game this year. She stole her second base of the season, taking the team lead for this season.
Sophomore infielder Brooke Holmes (Savage, Minn.) had her eight-game hit streak to start the season snapped.
Freshman right handed pitcher Madison Soule (Shakopee, Minn.) made her SCSU debut, pitching 1.0 inning.

GAME TWO: ST. CLOUD STATE 8, TRUMAN STATE 3
TSU got on the board first, scoring one run in the first inning. Frechette brought the Huskies even in the bottom of the second inning before the Bulldogs retook the lead in the fourth inning with a 2-RBI double. SCSU responded with two runs in the next half inning to tie the game again. Freshman infielder Grace Dahmen (Jordan, Minn.) put down an RBI bunt single and Holzhueter hit an RBI-double.

The Huskies took their first lead of the game in the fifth inning, scoring five runs on five hits. Collins and Dahmen each hit RBI-sacrifice flies and Beck, Frechette and Holzhueter each hit an RBI-single.

Junior right handed pitcher Macey Clark (Winneconne, Wis.) went the distance, earning the complete game win after allowing just two earned runs.

TOP HUSKIES

Clark – CG W (3-1), 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 K, 0 BB
Holzhueter – 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Holmes – 2-3, 2B, 2 R
Weiss – 2-4
Frechette – 2 RBI
Dahmen – 1-1, 2 RBI

NOTABLES

The Huskies moved to 7-8 all-time against TSU.
SCSU scored 8+ runs for the third time this season and recorded 9+ hits for the seventh time this season (fourth game in a row).
The Huskies hit multiple doubles for the sixth time this season.
SCSU drew a single-game season high eight walks and stole a season-best five bases.
The Huskies struck out at least five batters for the fourth time this season and third time in the last four games.
Clark is the second SCSU pitcher to pitch a complete game this season, but the first one to pitch a full, 7.0 inning complete game. She is now tied with senior right handed pitcher Emma Eickhoff (Becker, Minn.) for the team lead in pitching wins (three).
Holzhueter recorded her fourth multi-hit game of the season and second in a row. She has a hit in the last four games. She drove in 2+ runs for the second time this season.
Holmes posted her team leading sixth multi-hit game of the season.
Weiss tallied her fifth multi-hit game of the season, which ranks second on the team. She extended her hitting streak to five games.
Frechette posted her second multi-RBI game of the season and extended her on-base streak to four.
Dahmen recorded her first collegiate hit, her first RBI and the first multi-RBI game of her career.
Collins walked twice, extending her on-base game streak to eight.
Roe drew two walks, extending her on-base game streak to six.

UP NEXT
The Huskies have a short turnaround for their next road trip, traveling to Rosemont, Illinois for six games at the Lewis Dome Invitational on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-22. The Huskies play two games each day. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Softball schedule page.

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