BU downs Mount Marty, falls to Jimmies
The Bellevue University softball team split a pair of contests on Saturday at the Fairfield Inn PC Dome Classic, defeating Mount Marty University, 7-4, in the opener, before falling to the University of Jamestown, 4-1, in the nightcap.
Mount Marty Box Score
Jamestown Box Score
ABERDEEN, S.D. -- The Bellevue University softball team split a pair of contests on Saturday at the Fairfield Inn PC Dome Classic, defeating Mount Marty University, 7-4, in the opener, before falling to the University of Jamestown, 4-1, in the nightcap.
Bellevue moved to 5-4 on the season with the split.
The Bruins return to action on March 6-11 when they travel to Kissimmee, Fla. to compete in THE Spring Games. BU will play 10 games over the six-day span.
Bellevue 7, Mount Marty 4
The Bruins erupted for six runs in the top of the sixth inning, overcoming a four-run Lancer second inning en route to the 7-4 victory in the opener.
BU recorded 12 hits in the win as all nine batters in the lineup registered at least one hit.
The Lancers raced out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second on a pair of two-run homers by Bailey Kortan and Emma Burns.
The Bruins tied the game in the top of the fifth on RBI singles to right field by Sami Reding and Ashley Young and on back-to-back bases-loaded walks to Alexa Rose and Emily Rochford. BU then took the lead on a two-run single to right field by Catherine Kempf, giving the Bruins a 6-4 advantage.
An RBI infield single by Reding increased the BU lead to 7-4 in the top of the sixth frame.
Lauren Jurek (1-1) earned the win, allowing four runs on seven hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work.
Katie Cunningham picked up the save, allowing just one hit in the final 1.2 innings while registering two strikeouts.
Jamestown 4, Bellevue 1
The Jimmies grabbed an early 4-0 lead in the top of the second, highlighted by a two-run single to center field by Ally Battiston and on a run-scoring single to right field by Steph Cota.
The Bruins sliced the lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single to left field by Young.
Cunningham (1-3) suffered the loss, giving up four runs on four hits with three strikeouts in 1.1 innings in the circle.
Young had two of the Bruins' three hits in the loss as UJ outhit Bellevue, 8-3.