Sunday, February 12
Pine Bluff, Ark.
11:00 AM
Creighton University
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Arkansas-Pine Bluff
No-Hitter Wraps Up Softball Sweep of UAPB
2/12/2012 5:42:00 PM | Softball
PINE BLUFF, Ark. - Creighton finished a four-game sweep of Arkansas-Pine Bluff with a doubleheader sweep on Sunday, taking game one 10-2 and the night cap 12-0 on a combined no-hitter between Sammy Snygg and Alexis Cantu. Creighton scored at least 10 runs in each game of the four-game series for its highest scoring four-game span in school history. The Bluejays are 4-0 on the season for the first time since 2007 after outscoring the Lady Lions 54-4 in the season-opening series.
In Sunday's first game, freshman Allie Mathewson led off the first inning just as she had done in her first two career games - with a base hit. The rookie doubled to left field and would score on an RBI single from Alexis Cantu following a walk to Ellen Homan. Junior Amy Baker followed with her fourth double of the weekend to drive in pinch-runner Taylor Flodman with the second run of the game. Sophomore Blair Lowe, making her first career start, later dropped down a squeeze bunt to give Creighton a 3-0 lead after one inning.
The Bluejays tacked on three more runs in the top of the fourth inning. Ashley Frutos was hit by a pitch to start the frame and would later score on an RBI single by Christa Ruf. McKenna Setlik delivered a two-run single before the inning was over to make the score 6-0 in favor of the Jays.
Two more Bluejays runs scored in the fifth, the first on a lead off home run by MaKenzie Michael. Frutos doubled with one out and scored on a two-out RBI triple off the bat of Ruf.
The Lady Lions (0-4) scored two runs off of reliever Kylie Hovinga in the fifth inning to prevent the game from ending after five.
Ruf added another RBI in the seventh inning as a CU two-spot in the seventh made the final score 10-2. Ruf finished the opener 2-for-3 with three RBI. Michael went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in game one.
Becca Changstrom (2-0) pitched the first four innings of the victory to pick up her second win of the weekend. The sophomore right-hander did not allow a run, struck out eight and walked none in the victory. Brittany Telecky struck out three and did not allow a hit in 2.2 innings of scoreless relief to close out the game.
In the final game of the series, freshman Liz Dike collected an inside-the-park home run to put the Jays on top 1-0 in the second inning. Baker added an RBI single in the third inning and the visitors led 2-0.
A four-run fifth inning opened the game up with as Homan started the inning with a single and crossed the plate on another RBI hit from Baker. Bri Lingl's then collected a two-RBI triple and scored on the play as well to put the Bluejays up 6-0 through five.
After Baker's sacrifice fly in the sixth inning made it 7-0 CU, the Jays pushed five runs across the plate in the seventh to make the final 12-0.
While Creighton's bats were on fire, Bluejay pitching stifled UAPB's offense. Sammy Snygg (1-0) struck out a career-high eight as she faced just two batters over the minimum through five innings. The junior right-hander did not allow a hit or a walk in picking up the victory. Cantu then set down all six batters she faced, including three via strikeout, to log the first combined no-hitter by the Bluejay pitching staff since Feb. 17, 2007.
Baker went 3-for-4 with five RBI to end opening weekend 10-for-15 with 13 RBI in four games. Baker finished the weekend with four doubles after she had just one double in 53 games last year. Dike also went 3-for-4 in the game, with her first career home run, while Lingl and Michael each had two hits in the second game.
Creighton will look for its first 5-0 start since 2007 when it travels to Denton, Texas next weekend to play in the Fairfield Inn & Suites Classic hosted by North Texas.
NOTES: Creighton outscored UAPB 54-4 this weekend, its highest scoring four-game span in school history and the first time in school history in scored more than 10 in four straight games ... The Bluejays did not score their 54th run of the season until their 19th game of the year in 2011 ... Dike's inside-the-park home run was CU's first since Jessica Wakasugi did so on March 8, 2008 ... Creighton has five triples through four games after it totalled four triples in 53 games in 2011 ... CU has 12 doubles in four games after it didn't hit its 12th double of the 2011 season until its 22nd game ... Creighton scored at least 10 runs just once in 2011 and only three times in its previous two seasons combined, before scoring at least 10 in its season-opening four-game series.
In Sunday's first game, freshman Allie Mathewson led off the first inning just as she had done in her first two career games - with a base hit. The rookie doubled to left field and would score on an RBI single from Alexis Cantu following a walk to Ellen Homan. Junior Amy Baker followed with her fourth double of the weekend to drive in pinch-runner Taylor Flodman with the second run of the game. Sophomore Blair Lowe, making her first career start, later dropped down a squeeze bunt to give Creighton a 3-0 lead after one inning.
The Bluejays tacked on three more runs in the top of the fourth inning. Ashley Frutos was hit by a pitch to start the frame and would later score on an RBI single by Christa Ruf. McKenna Setlik delivered a two-run single before the inning was over to make the score 6-0 in favor of the Jays.
Two more Bluejays runs scored in the fifth, the first on a lead off home run by MaKenzie Michael. Frutos doubled with one out and scored on a two-out RBI triple off the bat of Ruf.
The Lady Lions (0-4) scored two runs off of reliever Kylie Hovinga in the fifth inning to prevent the game from ending after five.
Ruf added another RBI in the seventh inning as a CU two-spot in the seventh made the final score 10-2. Ruf finished the opener 2-for-3 with three RBI. Michael went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in game one.
Becca Changstrom (2-0) pitched the first four innings of the victory to pick up her second win of the weekend. The sophomore right-hander did not allow a run, struck out eight and walked none in the victory. Brittany Telecky struck out three and did not allow a hit in 2.2 innings of scoreless relief to close out the game.
In the final game of the series, freshman Liz Dike collected an inside-the-park home run to put the Jays on top 1-0 in the second inning. Baker added an RBI single in the third inning and the visitors led 2-0.
A four-run fifth inning opened the game up with as Homan started the inning with a single and crossed the plate on another RBI hit from Baker. Bri Lingl's then collected a two-RBI triple and scored on the play as well to put the Bluejays up 6-0 through five.
After Baker's sacrifice fly in the sixth inning made it 7-0 CU, the Jays pushed five runs across the plate in the seventh to make the final 12-0.
While Creighton's bats were on fire, Bluejay pitching stifled UAPB's offense. Sammy Snygg (1-0) struck out a career-high eight as she faced just two batters over the minimum through five innings. The junior right-hander did not allow a hit or a walk in picking up the victory. Cantu then set down all six batters she faced, including three via strikeout, to log the first combined no-hitter by the Bluejay pitching staff since Feb. 17, 2007.
Baker went 3-for-4 with five RBI to end opening weekend 10-for-15 with 13 RBI in four games. Baker finished the weekend with four doubles after she had just one double in 53 games last year. Dike also went 3-for-4 in the game, with her first career home run, while Lingl and Michael each had two hits in the second game.
Creighton will look for its first 5-0 start since 2007 when it travels to Denton, Texas next weekend to play in the Fairfield Inn & Suites Classic hosted by North Texas.
NOTES: Creighton outscored UAPB 54-4 this weekend, its highest scoring four-game span in school history and the first time in school history in scored more than 10 in four straight games ... The Bluejays did not score their 54th run of the season until their 19th game of the year in 2011 ... Dike's inside-the-park home run was CU's first since Jessica Wakasugi did so on March 8, 2008 ... Creighton has five triples through four games after it totalled four triples in 53 games in 2011 ... CU has 12 doubles in four games after it didn't hit its 12th double of the 2011 season until its 22nd game ... Creighton scored at least 10 runs just once in 2011 and only three times in its previous two seasons combined, before scoring at least 10 in its season-opening four-game series.
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