University of Minnesota Athletics
Saturday, April 23
1:00 PM
University of Minnesota
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Photo by: Brad Rempel
Sell-Out Crowd Sees Gophers Fall to Terps
4/23/2022 3:45:00 PM | Softball
MINNEAPOLIS - In front of a sellout crowd of 1,050 at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium, the Golden Gophers softball team suffered a 6-1 loss to Maryland Saturday afternoon. It was a monumental day at the stadium as Minnesota retired the jersey of former All-American Gretchen Larson during a pre-game ceremony.
The Gophers were able to get just three hits in the contest to go with two walks and a hit batter.
The first six Maryland batters reached safely in the top of the third leading to a four-run frame as the visitors broke the deadlock before Minnesota could turn a brilliant, inning-ending double play started by Kayla Chavez.
The Gophers scratched a run across in the fourth as Sara Kinch laced a single into center and moved to second on a Terps error. Pinch runner MacKenzie Denson sprinted to third via a wild pitch and crossed home plate as Makenna Dowell lifted a sacrifice fly to left field closing the gap to 4-1.
A two-run top of the fifth pushed the Maryland lead to five as it had a pair of early singles that advanced on stolen bases and scored from a two-run single back up the middle. Minnesota was unable to rally late as the Terps retired 12 straight to finish off the game, 6-1.
Up Next
Minnesota and Maryland are slated to close the weekend series Sunday at noon with live coverage available on B1G+.
The Gophers were able to get just three hits in the contest to go with two walks and a hit batter.
The first six Maryland batters reached safely in the top of the third leading to a four-run frame as the visitors broke the deadlock before Minnesota could turn a brilliant, inning-ending double play started by Kayla Chavez.
The Gophers scratched a run across in the fourth as Sara Kinch laced a single into center and moved to second on a Terps error. Pinch runner MacKenzie Denson sprinted to third via a wild pitch and crossed home plate as Makenna Dowell lifted a sacrifice fly to left field closing the gap to 4-1.
A two-run top of the fifth pushed the Maryland lead to five as it had a pair of early singles that advanced on stolen bases and scored from a two-run single back up the middle. Minnesota was unable to rally late as the Terps retired 12 straight to finish off the game, 6-1.
Up Next
Minnesota and Maryland are slated to close the weekend series Sunday at noon with live coverage available on B1G+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wyche, Courtney (11-5)
L: Leavitt, Emily (9-9)
Batting:
2B: Jones, Michaela 1
RBI: McFarland, Jaeda 1 ; Ellefson, Haley 1 ; Okada, Taylor 2
SH: McFarland, Jaeda 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mikami, Megan 2 ; McFarland, Jaeda 1 ; Greico, Mackense 1 ; Goff, Kiley 1 ; Borkowski, Merissa 1
SB: Mikami, Megan 1 ; McFarland, Jaeda 1 ; Greico, Mackense 1 ; Davis, Kamryn 1 ; Ellefson, Haley 1
CS: Goff, Kiley 1
HBP: Greico, Mackense 1
Batting:
RBI: Dowell, Makenna 1
SF: Dowell, Makenna 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Denson, MacKenzie 1
HBP: Dray, Megan 1
Game Leaders
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Players Mentioned
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