Marshall University Athletics
Friday, February 25
Buies Creek, N.C.
10:00 AM
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Lauren Love
Photo by: David Dermer
Herd Splits Day One of Camel Stampede
2/25/2022 5:55:00 PM | Softball
Love 4-for-4 at the plate versus Howard
Kent State Box Score (PDF)
Howard Box Score (PDF)
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The Marshall softball team took a split on the first day of the Camel Stampede on Friday at Amanda Littlejohn Stadium. The Herd lost 1-0 to Kent State and then defeated Howard 15-2.
The Thundering Herd is now 6-5. Marshall continues in the Camel Stampede on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. against Howard. The Herd will stay on the field for a double-header, taking on Campbell at 12:30 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on 88.1 WMUL-FM with the audio streamed online at www.marshall.edu/wmul on Stream 1. The first game against Howard will also be simulcast on Facebook Live. There will not be a video stream for the contest against Campbell.
Game One: Kent State 1, Marshall 0
The Herd bats could not quite get things going against the Golden Flashes to begin the day. The game was a pitching and defensive duel as the teams combined for four hits and 26 strikeouts.
Redshirt junior Sydney Nester went the distance for the Herd allowing just the one run in the top of the first inning and then shutting down Kent State through the next six innings. Nester finished the game with 12 strikeouts, her fourth game of the season with double-digit strikeouts. Nester recorded her 400th career strikeout in the third inning. She ended four innings with a strikeout.
Fifth-year senior Saige Pye hit a double in the fifth and senior Camryn Michallas had a single. Freshman Lauren Love reached base twice, once from an error and a hit-by-pitch. Fifth-year senior Aly Harrell drew three walks, the 36th game of her career with two or more walks.
Game Two: Marshall 15, Howard 2
The Herd's offense exploded in the second game with 14 hits. Marshall had 14 batters come to the plate in the first inning on the way to the win. Marshall's 15 runs are tied for the fourth-most in a single game in team history. Lauren Love led the way with a 4-for-4 performance.
The game started with a great defensive play by the Herd. The leadoff batter for the Bison got on board with a double. The next batter popped out into foul territory that was caught against the fence by senior shortstop Camryn Michallas. The Bison runner attempted to take third, however, starting pitcher Cailey Joyce raced over to cover the bag and put down the tag after the throw from Michallas for the second out.
In the bottom of the first, Aly Harrell and Love got on board with back-to-back base hits. Fifth-year senior Katie Adams drove in the first run with a double to right that plated Harrell. Senior Mya Stevenson then reached on a walk to load the bases. Freshman Bub Feringa drove in Love to give the Herd a 2-0 lead. Saige Pye kept it rolling with a single down the left field line that scored Adams. Freshman Rielly Lucas in her first career start, tallied the fifth hit of the inning to load the bases again. Next, Michallas outran an infield single that scored Feringa to give the Herd a 4-0 lead.
Freshman Alex Coleman, also in her first career start, drew a bases loaded walk for her first career RBI as the inning kept rolling. Two batters later, Love plated two more runs with a single to center as Michallas and Coleman scored. Adams then drew a walk before Stevenson hit a ball to center that was misplayed by the centerfielder after hitting the turf. The ball rolled back to the fence with Love and Adams both scoring and Stevenson sliding into third. The inning finally ended on the next batter.
Marshall scored one more run in the second as Pye led off the inning with a walk, then took second on a wild pitch. Two batters later, Coleman recorded her first career hit with a single down the right field line, driving in Pye. The Herd led 11-0.
Three more runs crossed the plate in the bottom of the third. Love led off with her third hit of the game and then Adams hit a single. Stevenson drove in Love with a double to left-center and then Lucas plated Adams and Stevenson to extend Marshall's lead to 14-0.
The Herd's final run came in the bottom of the fourth when Love drove in Coleman with a double.
Howard scored one run in top of the fourth and another in the fifth.
Love is the first Marshall freshman to record four hits in a game since Stevenson hit for the cycle on March 16, 2019, at Charlotte. Love also tallied three RBI, scored three runs and reached base six out of the seven times that she stepped to the plate between the two games.
Adams, Stevenson and Lucas had two hits each. Stevenson, Lucas and Coleman had two RBI each. Adams scored three runs while Pye and Coleman scored two runs each. Every player who came to the plate for Marshall scored at least one run.
Feringa, also in her first career start, recorded three assists playing third.
Joyce pitched all five innings to earn the win. She scattered six hits and struck out two.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall Softball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdSB, Facebook at Marshall University Softball and on www.herdzone.com.
Howard Box Score (PDF)
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The Marshall softball team took a split on the first day of the Camel Stampede on Friday at Amanda Littlejohn Stadium. The Herd lost 1-0 to Kent State and then defeated Howard 15-2.
The Thundering Herd is now 6-5. Marshall continues in the Camel Stampede on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. against Howard. The Herd will stay on the field for a double-header, taking on Campbell at 12:30 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on 88.1 WMUL-FM with the audio streamed online at www.marshall.edu/wmul on Stream 1. The first game against Howard will also be simulcast on Facebook Live. There will not be a video stream for the contest against Campbell.
Game One: Kent State 1, Marshall 0
The Herd bats could not quite get things going against the Golden Flashes to begin the day. The game was a pitching and defensive duel as the teams combined for four hits and 26 strikeouts.
Redshirt junior Sydney Nester went the distance for the Herd allowing just the one run in the top of the first inning and then shutting down Kent State through the next six innings. Nester finished the game with 12 strikeouts, her fourth game of the season with double-digit strikeouts. Nester recorded her 400th career strikeout in the third inning. She ended four innings with a strikeout.
Fifth-year senior Saige Pye hit a double in the fifth and senior Camryn Michallas had a single. Freshman Lauren Love reached base twice, once from an error and a hit-by-pitch. Fifth-year senior Aly Harrell drew three walks, the 36th game of her career with two or more walks.
Game Two: Marshall 15, Howard 2
The Herd's offense exploded in the second game with 14 hits. Marshall had 14 batters come to the plate in the first inning on the way to the win. Marshall's 15 runs are tied for the fourth-most in a single game in team history. Lauren Love led the way with a 4-for-4 performance.
The game started with a great defensive play by the Herd. The leadoff batter for the Bison got on board with a double. The next batter popped out into foul territory that was caught against the fence by senior shortstop Camryn Michallas. The Bison runner attempted to take third, however, starting pitcher Cailey Joyce raced over to cover the bag and put down the tag after the throw from Michallas for the second out.
In the bottom of the first, Aly Harrell and Love got on board with back-to-back base hits. Fifth-year senior Katie Adams drove in the first run with a double to right that plated Harrell. Senior Mya Stevenson then reached on a walk to load the bases. Freshman Bub Feringa drove in Love to give the Herd a 2-0 lead. Saige Pye kept it rolling with a single down the left field line that scored Adams. Freshman Rielly Lucas in her first career start, tallied the fifth hit of the inning to load the bases again. Next, Michallas outran an infield single that scored Feringa to give the Herd a 4-0 lead.
Freshman Alex Coleman, also in her first career start, drew a bases loaded walk for her first career RBI as the inning kept rolling. Two batters later, Love plated two more runs with a single to center as Michallas and Coleman scored. Adams then drew a walk before Stevenson hit a ball to center that was misplayed by the centerfielder after hitting the turf. The ball rolled back to the fence with Love and Adams both scoring and Stevenson sliding into third. The inning finally ended on the next batter.
Marshall scored one more run in the second as Pye led off the inning with a walk, then took second on a wild pitch. Two batters later, Coleman recorded her first career hit with a single down the right field line, driving in Pye. The Herd led 11-0.
Three more runs crossed the plate in the bottom of the third. Love led off with her third hit of the game and then Adams hit a single. Stevenson drove in Love with a double to left-center and then Lucas plated Adams and Stevenson to extend Marshall's lead to 14-0.
The Herd's final run came in the bottom of the fourth when Love drove in Coleman with a double.
Howard scored one run in top of the fourth and another in the fifth.
Love is the first Marshall freshman to record four hits in a game since Stevenson hit for the cycle on March 16, 2019, at Charlotte. Love also tallied three RBI, scored three runs and reached base six out of the seven times that she stepped to the plate between the two games.
Adams, Stevenson and Lucas had two hits each. Stevenson, Lucas and Coleman had two RBI each. Adams scored three runs while Pye and Coleman scored two runs each. Every player who came to the plate for Marshall scored at least one run.
Feringa, also in her first career start, recorded three assists playing third.
Joyce pitched all five innings to earn the win. She scattered six hits and struck out two.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall Softball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdSB, Facebook at Marshall University Softball and on www.herdzone.com.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: LEBEAU, Jessica (1-2)
L: Nester, Sydney (4-3)
Batting:
RBI: BROWNFIELD, Brenna 1
SF: BROWNFIELD, Brenna 1
Base Running:
RUNS: KERSCHNER, Sabrina 1
SB: KERSCHNER, Sabrina 1 ; WHITT, Brooklyn 1 ; CRITTENDON, Jada 1
Batting:
2B: Pye, Saige 1
Base Running:
SB: Coleman, Alex 1
HBP: Love, Lauren 1 ; Kenney, Kay Kay 1
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