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St. Cloud State Softball Splits Final Day in Illinois
2/22/2025 11:54:00 PM | Softball
Huskies fell to William Jewell, 6-3 (10 innings), defeated down Truman State, 16-3 (five innings)
ROSEMONT, Ill. – St. Cloud State Softball (12-4, 0-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) split its final two games at the Parkway Dome in Rosemont, Illinois. The Huskies fell to William Jewell (Mo.) (2-8, 0-0 Great Lakes Valley Conference), 6-3 in 10 innings before taking down Truman State (Mo.) (10-7, 0-0 GLVC) in its final game.
GAME ONE: WILLIAM JEWELL 6, ST. CLOUD STATE 3 (10 INN.)
William Jewell opened the scoring in the third inning, taking a 1-0 lead. The Huskies took their first lead of the game in the fifth after back-to-back RBI-doubles from sophomore infielder Brooke Holmes (Savage, Minn.) and sophomore catcher/infielder Bethany Weiss (Forest Lake, Minn.). The Cardinals hit a sacrifice fly in the next half inning to tie the game at two.
Neither team led after seven innings, so the game went into extra innings. WJC scored a run in the top of the ninth to take a 3-2 lead, but the Huskies answered with an RBI-double from redshirt sophomore infielder Grace Frechette (Forest Lake, Minn.) extending the game. William Jewell plated three in the tenth to take a 6-3 lead and the Huskies went three up, three down in the home half to end the game.
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Truman State scored three first inning runs to take an early lead. Weiss hit a sacrifice fly in the Huskies half of the inning to cut the deficit to two.
SCSU erupted for 10 second inning runs on five hits. Beck hit an RBI-double, Collins, Holmes and Weiss hit RBI-singles, junior infielder/catcher Sydney Roe (Davenport, Iowa) hit a sacrifice fly and graduate infielder Evy Polsfuss (Apple Valley, Minn.) hit a pinch-hit grand slam.
The Huskies tacked on four more runs in the third and one more in the fourth to make the score 16-3. Of those final five runs, four of them were bases loaded walks and one was an RBI-single from Frechette.
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The Huskies travel to Florida for spring break and will play 12 games from Feb. 28 through March 7. All of the games will be played at Legends Way in Clermont. 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.
GAME ONE: WILLIAM JEWELL 6, ST. CLOUD STATE 3 (10 INN.)
William Jewell opened the scoring in the third inning, taking a 1-0 lead. The Huskies took their first lead of the game in the fifth after back-to-back RBI-doubles from sophomore infielder Brooke Holmes (Savage, Minn.) and sophomore catcher/infielder Bethany Weiss (Forest Lake, Minn.). The Cardinals hit a sacrifice fly in the next half inning to tie the game at two.
Neither team led after seven innings, so the game went into extra innings. WJC scored a run in the top of the ninth to take a 3-2 lead, but the Huskies answered with an RBI-double from redshirt sophomore infielder Grace Frechette (Forest Lake, Minn.) extending the game. William Jewell plated three in the tenth to take a 6-3 lead and the Huskies went three up, three down in the home half to end the game.
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- Sophomore outfielder Bree Beck (Lakeville, Minn.) – 2-3
- Senior catcher/outfielder Reese Holzhueter (Shakopee, Minn.) – 2-4
- Frechette – 2B, SB
- Holmes – 2B
- Weiss – 2B
- Redshirt freshman utility Kaylee Collins (Lakeville, Minn.) – 2B
- Senior right handed pitcher Emma Eickhoff (Becker, Minn.) – 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 0 BB
- Junior right handed pitcher Justyce Porter (Kent, Wash.) – 4.0 IP, 5 K
- The Huskies moves to 5-2 all-time against William Jewell, including 1-2 against the Cardinals this season.
- SCSU is now 0-1 in extra-inning games this season and had its five-game winning streak ended.
- The Huskies played their first 10 inning game since April 21, 2024, when they lost 4-3 to MSU-Moorhead.
- SCSU has scored at least three runs in every game this season and has tallied 10+ hits in four games.
- The Huskies posted their third game this season with 4+ doubles.
- SCSU stole a base for the second consecutive game.
- The Huskies struck out 10+ batters for the second time this season.
- Beck posted her second multi-hit game of the season and extended her on-base streak to four games.
- Holzhueter recorded her fifth multi-hit game of the season and extended her hitting streak to nine games.
- Frechette hit her fourth double of the season and stole her third base to tie the team lead.
- Holmes became the first Husky to have a five at-bat game and extended her hitting streak to six games. She hit her fifth double of the season to tie for the team lead.
- Weiss extended her hit streak to 10 games, which is the Huskies longest streak this season. She hit her fifth double of the season to tie for the team lead.
- Collins hit her first career double.
- Eickhoff recorded her longest outing of the season (6.0 innings)
- Porter recorded her longest outing of the season (4.0 innings) and posted a season-high five strikeouts.
- Senior infielder Maggie Fitzgerald (Oak Lawn, Ill.) recorded her fourth multi-hit game of the season.
Truman State scored three first inning runs to take an early lead. Weiss hit a sacrifice fly in the Huskies half of the inning to cut the deficit to two.
SCSU erupted for 10 second inning runs on five hits. Beck hit an RBI-double, Collins, Holmes and Weiss hit RBI-singles, junior infielder/catcher Sydney Roe (Davenport, Iowa) hit a sacrifice fly and graduate infielder Evy Polsfuss (Apple Valley, Minn.) hit a pinch-hit grand slam.
The Huskies tacked on four more runs in the third and one more in the fourth to make the score 16-3. Of those final five runs, four of them were bases loaded walks and one was an RBI-single from Frechette.
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- Polsfuss – 1-1, PH GSH, 4 RBI
- Holmes – 3-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
- Holzhueter – 2-2, 3 R
- Junior right handed pitcher Macey Clark (Winneconne, Wis.) – CG, W (6-1), 5.0 IP, 6 K, 1 BB
- Weiss – 1-1, 2 R, 2 RBI
- The Huskies are now 8-8 all-time against Truman State, including 2-1 against the Bulldogs this season.
- SCSU won its second run-rule game of the season.
- The Huskies scored a season-high 16 runs, surpassing the previous best of 12 and recorded 12+ hits for the second time this season.
- SCSU hit 3+ doubles for the sixth time this season (second straight) and walked a season-high 11 times, surpassing the previous high of eight from an earlier game against TSU.
- The Huskies stole a base for the third straight game for the second time this season and 2+ bases for the fifth time.
- SCSU hit 2+ sacrifice flies for the fifth time this season.
- The Huskies struck out 6+ batters for the sixth time this season.
- Polsfuss hit her first home run of the season and the second of her career. She became the first Husky to post a 4+ RBI game this season. It was third multi-RBI game of the season which is tied for second on the team.
- Holmes posted her team-leading third 3+ hit game of the season, ninth multi-hit game and fifth multi-RBI game. She extended her hitting streak to seven games and hit her team leading sixth double of the season.
- Holzhueter became the second Husky to score 3+ runs in a game this season and recorded her sixth multi-hit game of the season. She extended her hitting streak to 10 games. She stole her third base of the season to tie for the team lead.
- Clark tossed her third straight complete won her fourth consecutive start. She is the only Husky with multiple complete games and earned her sixth win of the season, extending her team lead in wins. Clark has struck out 6+ batters in three games this season.
- Weiss extended her hitting streak to 11 games and posted her second multi-RBI game of the season.
- Fitzgerald extended her hitting streak to four games.
- Beck extended her hitting streak to four games and her on-base streak to five games.
- Roe recorded her first multi-RBI game as a Husky.
- Frechette posted her third multi-RBI game of the season.
The Huskies travel to Florida for spring break and will play 12 games from Feb. 28 through March 7. All of the games will be played at Legends Way in Clermont. 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.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Reynolds, Avrey (2-3)
L: Porter, Justyce (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Hoffman, Ella 1
RBI: Ogle, Emma Jane 1 ; Chung, Amanda 1 ; Almejo, Alexa 3 ; Bell, Addie 1
SH: Chung, Amanda 1
SF: Almejo, Alexa 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Chairez, Mikayla 2 ; Ogle, Emma Jane 1 ; Chung, Amanda 1 ; Cure, Sydney 1 ; Kelch, Sheyenne 1
HBP: Ogle, Emma Jane 1
Batting:
2B: Holmes, Brooke 1 ; Weiss, Bethany 1 ; Collins, Kaylee 1 ; Frechette, Grace 1
RBI: Holmes, Brooke 1 ; Weiss, Bethany 1 ; Frechette, Grace 1
SH: Holzhueter, Reese 1 ; Harms, Hannah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Holmes, Brooke 1 ; Collins, Kaylee 1 ; Beck, Bree 1
SB: Frechette, Grace 1
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