Friday, March 22
Fort Wayne, Ind.
3 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
5-18, 0-1
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Youngstown State
15-10, 4-0
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Brooke Lickey
Photo by: Rachel Von Art
Brooke Lickey Records Career-High Four RBIs in Second Game of DH
3/22/2024 8:11:00 PM | Softball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Brooke Lickey of the Purdue Fort Wayne softball team batted in four runs in game two of the Mastodons' doubleheader against Youngstown State on Friday (March 22). The visiting Penguins beat the Mastodons 2-0 in game one and 12-5 in game two.
GAME 1 - Youngstown State 2, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Alanah Jones ended up on the wrong side of a pitchers' duel in game one. The sophomore pitcher threw nine strikeouts, marking the most for her since her season opener.
Jones threw all 7.0 innings and gave up just two runs. YSU's Sophie Howell threw all 7.0 innings as well, but allowed just one hit. Aglaia Rudd broke up the no-hitter in the fourth inning with a single.
In the fourth, YSU scored its first run with a sac fly to left. Two innings later, Kennedy Dean hit a solo home run to make it 2-0, the score it stayed until the end of the game.
Howell improved to 10-4 for YSU, while Jones fell to 2-7.
GAME 2 - Youngstown State 12, Purdue Fort Wayne 5
Two big innings put the visitors up early in game two, as YSU scored four in each of the first and second innings. The Penguins tallied 18 hits.
Purdue Fort Wayne finished with 11 hits, making Friday's game the seventh this season in which the 'Dons had double-digit hits. Rudd and Lickey each had three hits, Grace Hollopeter had two, and Epiphany Hang, Tori Countryman and Gwen McMenemy had one each.
Lickey finished with a career-high four RBIs. She had a two-RBI single in the first inning, a solo home run in the third, and an RBI double in the seventh. Rudd was responsible for the other run, as she had a home run two at bats before Lickey did.
YSU added two runs in the fifth and seventh with a sac fly and three singles.
Devan Ryan pitched all 7.0 innings for Youngstown State to pick up the win (2-1). Gracie Brinkerhoff (2-9) was credited with the loss. Kayla Roberts struck out a career-high seven Penguins in 6.0 innings of relief.
Youngstown State improves to 16-10, 5-0 in the Horizon League. Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 5-19, 0-2. These two teams will meet again on Saturday (March 22) for the final game of the series.
GAME 1 - Youngstown State 2, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Alanah Jones ended up on the wrong side of a pitchers' duel in game one. The sophomore pitcher threw nine strikeouts, marking the most for her since her season opener.
Jones threw all 7.0 innings and gave up just two runs. YSU's Sophie Howell threw all 7.0 innings as well, but allowed just one hit. Aglaia Rudd broke up the no-hitter in the fourth inning with a single.
In the fourth, YSU scored its first run with a sac fly to left. Two innings later, Kennedy Dean hit a solo home run to make it 2-0, the score it stayed until the end of the game.
Howell improved to 10-4 for YSU, while Jones fell to 2-7.
GAME 2 - Youngstown State 12, Purdue Fort Wayne 5
Two big innings put the visitors up early in game two, as YSU scored four in each of the first and second innings. The Penguins tallied 18 hits.
Purdue Fort Wayne finished with 11 hits, making Friday's game the seventh this season in which the 'Dons had double-digit hits. Rudd and Lickey each had three hits, Grace Hollopeter had two, and Epiphany Hang, Tori Countryman and Gwen McMenemy had one each.
Lickey finished with a career-high four RBIs. She had a two-RBI single in the first inning, a solo home run in the third, and an RBI double in the seventh. Rudd was responsible for the other run, as she had a home run two at bats before Lickey did.
YSU added two runs in the fifth and seventh with a sac fly and three singles.
Devan Ryan pitched all 7.0 innings for Youngstown State to pick up the win (2-1). Gracie Brinkerhoff (2-9) was credited with the loss. Kayla Roberts struck out a career-high seven Penguins in 6.0 innings of relief.
Youngstown State improves to 16-10, 5-0 in the Horizon League. Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 5-19, 0-2. These two teams will meet again on Saturday (March 22) for the final game of the series.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Howell, Sophie (10-4)
L: Jones, Alanah (2-7)
Batting:
2B: Imler, Elyssa 1
HR: Dean, Kennedy 1
RBI: Dean, Kennedy 1 ; Niederkohr, Hailey 1
SH: Littler, Macy 1
SF: Niederkohr, Hailey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dean, Kennedy 1 ; Imler, Elyssa 1
SB: Imler, Elyssa 1 ; Littler, Macy 1
HBP: Jakse, Jillian 1
Base Running:
SB: Minton, McKenna 1
Game Leaders
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Players Mentioned
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