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Yellowjackets Drop Two at Leadoff Classic
(2/15/07)
Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
PHOENIX, AZ – The Montana
State-Billings softball team lost its opening games of
the Schutt Sports Division II Leadoff Classic on
Thursday. The Jackets fell to Minnesota State-Mankato
8-1 in their first game and lost to Angelo State 8-0 in
five innings in the nightcap.
After a season-opening split with
Western New Mexico on Sunday, the Yellowjackets have
dropped six-straight games to fall to 1-7. They will
play Cal State-Bakersfield (4-2) Friday morning at 11:00
at the Leadoff Classic. Teams will be seeded in three
double elimination brackets with bracket play starting
Friday afternoon and running through Saturday.
In the Jackets’ early game against
Minnesota State-Mankato, the Mavericks’ Brooke
McKelvogue and Samantha Rohr combined for a two-hitter.
The Yellowjackets managed just a single apiece from
Jessica Frank (Great Falls, MT) and
Mandy Schaapveld (Puyallup, WA). The Mustangs built
a 4-0 lead after two and a half innings. The Jackets’
lone run came in the bottom of the third when Schaapveld
singled, stole second, stole third, and scored on a sac
fly by
Stephanie Rinehart (Gig Harbor, WA). Schaapveld was
1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
The Jackets’
Lindsey Trenary (Helena, MT) went the distance in
her second collegiate start. She was battered for 15
hits and eight earned runs in seven innings to fall to
0-1. The Mavericks had five extra base hits. Kari
Hudson was 3-for-3 with a home run. She drove in four
RBI and scored twice. Abby Wagner also scored twice,
and Katie Reed drove in two runs. Minnesota State later
beat Cal State-Bakersfield to improve to 2-0.
In the late game, Angelo State’s
Kari Galm no-hit the Yellowjackets to improve to 6-1 on
the season.
Rebekah Tsatsa (Eagle, ID) pitched all five innings
for MSUB, giving up six hits and eight runs. Complete
stats are not yet available for the game. Angelo State,
ranked ninth in the nation, improved to 14-2 with their
win over the Yellowjackets following an 8-2 loss to Cal
State-Bakersfield earlier in the day. Of the Rambelles’
14 wins this season, seven have been by the eight-run
rule. Two of their eight-run wins came against
defending Heartland Conference champion Incarnate Word.
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