University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Softball Begins 2002 at 2-0
2/7/2002 12:00:00 AM | Softball
In game one, junior Angie Recknor (Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins) and sophomore Piper Marten (Farmington, N.M./Farmington) combined to allow just two hits, while striking out 12 in a 1-0 victory over UMKC. Anne Thul (St. Francis, Minn./St. Francis) hit a pinch-hit home run in the top of the seventh inning providing the game's only run, as Marten earned the victory.
Marten followed her two scoreless innings in the opener with a complete-game shutout, allowing just two hits in the day's finale, to down Western Illinois 2-0. Stephanie Sward (Maplewood, Minn./North St. Paul) led off the game with a single and later scored, as the first- year athlete went 2-for-3. The Golden Gophers added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth as senior Christine Lindberg (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Barrington) singled in Allie Fisk (Orono, Minn./Orono).
The Golden Gophers resume match play Friday versus Wisconsin-Green Bay and Northern Iowa at 5 and 7 p.m., respectively, before tournament action on Saturday. For complete results check gophersports.com.
