UW-Stout 3, SUNY-Geneseo 0 |
Calvin College 5, UW-Stout 1
CLERMONT, Fla. (March 22, 2019) - UW-Stout opened their annual spring break trip to Florida with a 3-0 shutout over SUNY-Geneseo, but suffered their first loss of the season with a 5-1 decision to 18th-ranked Calvin College at Legends Way Park Friday.
In game one,
Melea Bruns tossed a four-hit shutout and
Meghan Kelly drove in what would prove to be the game-winning runs as the Blue Devils (4-1) opened the week with a 3-0 win over SUNY-Geneseo (8-4). Geneseo received six votes in the latest NFCA Division III poll, while the Blue Devils received four.
Stout wasted little time getting on board, scoring their first two runs in the top of the first inning.
Jessica Christiansen was hit by a pitch to lead off the game, then was moved to second on
Jessica Daley's sacrifice bunt.
Kyncaide Diedrich, in her first at-bat of the season, drew a walk. Kelly drove both Christiansen and Diedrich home on her third double of the season.
Bruns would work herself out of trouble several times during the game, including the bottom of the first when she stranded two runners. Bruns got out of the third and the fourth innings by stranding two runners in each inning.
Meanwhile the Blue Devils' bats went silent until the sixth inning when
Jessica Daley singled to right field.
Kate Horn entered as a pinch runner and was moved by Diedrich's double, then scored on
Alicia Meyer's groundout to first base.
Bruns put the Knights down in order in the sixth, then allowed a double in the seventh. Bruns forced two shallow flyouts to get the final two outs and end the game.
Both teams were held to four hits. Bruns recorded three strikeouts and allowed two walks. The Knights' Taylor Moore took the loss, but struck out seven. Jasmine Petrishin worked the final inning and recorded a strikeout. Both Geneseo pitchers gave up a walk.
In game two, Calvin scored a run in the bottom of the third inning to get on the board first. The Knights' Abi Colon hit a one-out bases-loaded home run in the fifth inning for the winning blow. The Blue Devils got one run back when starting pitcher
Sommer Kunstmann laced a double in the top of the fifth to score
Abby Peterson, who had reached safely on a pinch-hit, two-out single.
Kunstmann took the loss, surrendering seven hits and four earned runs. She struck out one and walked three before Kelly came on in relief in the sixth inning. Calvin's Ellie Borst took the win, striking out six and walking four in going the distance.
Stout was held to four hits and the Knights had seven hits. Stout committed one error and Calvin two.
Stout will play Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Wellesley College Saturday.
