Sunday, February 19
Birmingham, AL
11:00 a.m. ET / 10:00 am CT
Ball State University
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Russo's No-Hitter Leads Softball Past Lindenwood
February 19, 2023 | Softball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - - Sunday was a perfect getaway day for the Ball State softball team which ended play in the Blazer Bash with a dominating 10-1 (5) victory over Lindenwood.
Leading the way was sophomore pitcher Angelina Russo who registered just the 18th no-hitter for the Cardinals (2-3) dating back to 1980. Russo, who improved to 2-0 on the season, held the Lions (2-8) to just one walk and retired 15 of the 17 batters she faced. Russo also tallied three strikeouts in the game.
On offense, Ball State scored a season-high 10 runs, including a six-run barrage in the fourth. Eight of Ball State's starting nine players recorded at least one hit, led by a perfect 3-for-3 effort from junior right fielder Kaitlyn Mathews.
Mathews drove in the first two runs of the game with an RBI single in the opening inning. Meanwhile, redshirt freshman McKenna Mulholland smashed her first career home run to open the bottom of the second to give BSU all the momentum in the game.
HIGHLIGHTS
SCORING SUMMARY
UP NEXT
The Ball State softball team opens play in the Velvet Milkman Invitational hosted by Murray State on Friday, with games versus Bellarmine (11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT) and the host Racers (3:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. CT).
Leading the way was sophomore pitcher Angelina Russo who registered just the 18th no-hitter for the Cardinals (2-3) dating back to 1980. Russo, who improved to 2-0 on the season, held the Lions (2-8) to just one walk and retired 15 of the 17 batters she faced. Russo also tallied three strikeouts in the game.
On offense, Ball State scored a season-high 10 runs, including a six-run barrage in the fourth. Eight of Ball State's starting nine players recorded at least one hit, led by a perfect 3-for-3 effort from junior right fielder Kaitlyn Mathews.
Mathews drove in the first two runs of the game with an RBI single in the opening inning. Meanwhile, redshirt freshman McKenna Mulholland smashed her first career home run to open the bottom of the second to give BSU all the momentum in the game.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The Cardinals scored a season-high 10 runs in Sunday's win, with its six-run fourth inning being the biggest inning of the young season.
- Angelina Russo now owns two of Ball State's 18 recorded no-hitters since 1980, including her perfect game last season.
- Russo finished the weekend with a 0.53 ERA, allowing just one earned run over 13.1 innings of work.
- Fifth-year senior shortstop Amaia Daniel led the Ball State offense with three RBI on Sunday, including a two-run double in the fourth.
- Sophomore transfer Maddie Weaver added her first hit as a Cardinal with an RBI single in the fourth to cap the scoring in the game.
SCORING SUMMARY
- B1 | Mathews' first of three hits in the game drove in redshirt senior designated player Jazmyne Armendariz and redshirt sophomore first baseman McKayla Timmons (2-0)
- B2 | Mulholland went yard for the first time in her career to open the inning (3-0)
- B2 | A Daniel fielder's choice drove in junior left fielder Remington Ross who singled and stole second (4-0)
- T4 | An RBI groundout from Mya Bethany got Lindenwood on the board (5-1)
- B4 |Senior third baseman Haley Wynn singled to right field to drive home junior center fielder Hannah Dukeman (5-1)
- B4 | Daniel followed with a two-run double (7-1)
- B4 | A Lindenwood error on a Mathews single helped bring home Armendariz and Timmons (9-1)
- B4 | Weaver's RBI single to left field capped the scoring in the game (10-1)
UP NEXT
The Ball State softball team opens play in the Velvet Milkman Invitational hosted by Murray State on Friday, with games versus Bellarmine (11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT) and the host Racers (3:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. CT).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Russo, Angelina (2-0)
L: Avery Wapp (0-3)
Batting:
RBI: Mya Bethany 1
SH: Lauren Pelton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dallis Darnell 1
Batting:
2B: Daniel, Amaia 1
HR: Mulholland, McKenna 1
RBI: Wynn, Haley 1 ; Daniel, Amaia 3 ; Mathews, Kaitlyn 2 ; Weaver, Maddie 1 ; Mulholland, McKenna 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wynn, Haley 1 ; Armendariz, Jazmyne 2 ; Timmons, McKayla 2 ; Mathews, Kaitlyn 1 ; Mulholland, McKenna 1 ; Dukeman, Hannah 1 ; Ross, Remington 2
SB: Wynn, Haley 1 ; Timmons, McKayla 1 ; Ross, Remington 1
Game Leaders
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