St. Cloud State Softball Splits Thursday Pair at THE Spring Games

Thursday, March 6

Legends Way • Clermont, Fla.

1 p.m.

St. Cloud State

18-7

Northwood (Mich.)

3-2

St. Cloud State

Northwood

St. Cloud State Softball Splits Thursday Pair at THE Spring Games

3/6/2025 10:15:00 PM | Softball

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Huskies fall to Northwood, 4-3, defeat Grand Valley State, 10-2 in five innings

CLERMONT, Fla. – St. Cloud State Softball (19-7, 0-0 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) split its pair of games on Thursday after a day off at THE Spring Games at Legends Way in Clermont. The Huskies dropped its tilt against Northwood (Mich.) (3-2, 0-0 Great Midwest Athletic Conference), 4-3 in their first game and bounced back with a victory over Grand Valley State (Mich.) (8-10, 0-0 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), 10-2 in the second game.

GAME ONE: NORTHWOOD 4, ST. CLOUD STATE 3
The Huskies put two on the board in the first inning after a pair of RBI-singles from senior infielder Maggie Fitzgerald (Oak Lawn, Ill.) and redshirt sophomore infielder Grace Frechette (Forest Lake, Minn.). Northwood cut the SCSU lead in half in the bottom half after a solo shot.

There were no runs and only one hit over the next two and a half innings, before the Timberwolves evened the game at two in the home half of the fourth. NU took a 3-2 lead the next inning after a sacrifice fly, but the Huskies responded with a solo home run from junior infielder/catcher Sydney Roe (Davenport, Iowa). The Timberwolves ended the game after hitting a walk-off RBI-single in the bottom of the seventh.

TOP HUSKIES

· Roe - 1-2, HR

· Senior catcher/outfielder Reese Holzhueter (Shakopee, Minn.) - 2B

· Sophomore infielder Brooke Holmes (Savage, Minn.) - 2B

· Junior right handed pitcher Macey Clark (Winneconne, Wis.) - 4.2 IP, 6 K

NOTABLES

· The Huskies are now 4-8 all-time against Northwood.

· SCSU moved to 6-3 in Florida and 13-6 in neutral site games this season.

· The Huskies hit 2+ doubles for the 16^th time this season and hit a home run for the third consecutive game.

· SCSU drew 3+ walks for the seventh straight game and 17^th time this season.

· The Huskies have allowed four or less runs in seven consecutive games and struck out 6+ batters for the 11^th time this season.

· Roe hit her fourth home run of the season, which ranks second on the team.

· Holzhueter hit her team leading ninth double of the season.

· Holmes hit her eighth double of the season, which ranks second on the team this season.

· Clark struck out 6+ batters for the fifth time this season

· Fitzgerald extended her on-base streak to 13 games which is the longest current streak on the team.

· Freshman infielder Grace Dahmen (Jordan, Minn.) pushed her on-base streak to a career-best seven games.

GAME TWO: ST. CLOUD STATE 10, GRAND VALLEY STATE 2 (5 INN.

Holmes opened the game's scoring in the bottom of the first with a solo home run. The Lakers took their first lead of the game in the third after an RBI-single and a sacrifice fly, putting themselves up 2-1. The Huskies evened the game in the third before exploding for eight runs on six hits in the bottom of the fifth to end the game, 10-2.

TOP HUSKIES

· Holmes - 2-3, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI

· Frechette - 3-3

· Senior right handed pitcher Emma Eickhoff (Becker, Minn.) - CG W (8-0), 5.0 IP, 3 K

· Roe - 2-4

· Fitzgerald - 2 RBI

· Weiss - 2B

NOTABLES

· The Huskies improved to 4-1 all-time against Grand Valley State, including a perfect 2-0 this season.

· SCSU improved to 7-3 in Florida and 14-6 in neutral site games this season.

· The Huskies earned their fifth run rule win of the season and third of their spring break trip.

· SCSU scored 10+ runs for the sixth time this season, recorded 11+ hits for the seventh time.

· The Huskies hit a double for the fourth straight game and a home run for the fourth straight game.

· SCSU drew 3+ walks for the eighth straight game and 18^th time this season.

· The Huskies have allowed four or less runs in eight consecutive games.

· SCSU allowed just its third triple of the season and first in seven games.

· Holmes posted her team-leading 14^th multi-hit game this season and team-leading ninth multi-RBI game. She scored 3+ runs for the fourth time and hit her team-leading sixth home run.

· Frechette recorded her first multi-hit/3+ hit game of the season and extended her hitting streak to five games.

· Eickhoff remained perfect on the season re-tied the team lead for wins this season, with eight. It was her third complete game of the season.

· Roe tallied her third multi-hit game of the season.

· Fitzgerald posted a 2+ RBI game for the fourth time this season, which is tied for third most on the team. She extended her on-base streak to 14 games which is the longest current streak on the team.

· Weiss hit her eighth double of the season which is tied for second on the team.

UP NEXT
The Huskies play their final two games of their Florida spring break trip at THE Spring Games on Friday against Edinboro (Pa.) at 1 p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET and Staten Island (N.Y.) at 3:15 p.m. CT/4:15 p.m. ET at Legends Way in Clermont. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Softball schedule page.

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