Ohio State
1-1
NDSU
0-3
Buckeyes Win Twice on Day Two of Carolina Classic
2/8/2020 9:58:20 PM | Softball
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Ohio State softball team (2-1) picked up a pair of wins on the second day of the Carolina Classic. The Buckeyes cruised by North Dakota State (0-3), 13-5, in the first game and blanked Southern Illinois (0-2), 5-0, in the nightcap at Carolina Softball Stadium.
GAME 1: Ohio State 13, North Dakota State 5
IN A NUTSHELL
The Buckeyes got going in the opening frame. With two outs, Kaitlyn Coffman dropped a single into center field and Avery Clark followed up with a hard ball through the middle to put runners on the corners. Coffman took advantage of a wild pitch and slid across home plate.
NDSU responded in the bottom of the second inning on back-to-back home runs by Montana DeCamp and Sam Koehn for a 2-1 lead.
Ohio State wasted no time in the third as it tacked on four runs. It began with Meg Otte, who was hit by a pitch. She stole second before Ashley Prange’s single moved her over to third. The Bison tried to jam up the Buckeyes on a squeeze but Otte made her way home to tie the score at 2-all.
After reaching on a fielder’s choice, Coffman was driven in by a two-run homer from Clark, the first round trip of her career. Next up, Niki Carver kept the scoring going on a solo home run over right center, which put the Buckeyes ahead 5-2.
The home runs continued in the fourth inning as Ohio State took a 7-2 advantage. Otte pushed the ball through the left side for a single and Prange knocked a two-run dinger all the way to South Carolina’s track and field facility.
Tegan Cortelletti’s single, a sacrifice bunt and fielding error put runners on first and third for the Buckeyes in the sixth. Coffman drove a run in on a RBI single up the middle.
The Bison managed to score three runs on a wild pitch, RBI double and sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the sixth for an 8-5 tally.
It was another big inning for Ohio State in the seventh with five runs on three hits and one error. After coming in as a pinch hitter, Summer Constable scored on Cortelletti’s RBI single. Otte brought two more in on a two-RBI double. Prange demolished her second homer of the day, a two-run shot over left field for a final score of 13-5.
RHP Jessica Ross (1-0) tossed a career-high 5.1 innings and picked up the first win of her career. She struck out one batter and gave up five hits and five runs. Righty Skylar Hayward pitched the last 1.2 innings with two strikeouts and two hits.
GAME 2: Ohio State 5, SIU 0
IN THE CIRCLE
Payton Buresch (1-1) showed just how impressive she is after going the distance for the second time this season to secure her first win as a Buckeye. The righty held SIU to one hit while racking up seven strikeouts, a career high. She ended four of the seven innings on swinging strikeouts.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Ohio State opened the scoring in the bottom of the third. Meg Otte led off with a single through the middle before Ashley Prange drove a RBI double to left center. Kaitlyn Coffman continued the streak by sending the ball down the left field line for a RBI single and 2-0 lead.
The Buckeyes built on their advantage in the fifth, 4-0. Prange singled before advancing to third base on a groundout. Andi Farrah replaced Avery Clark, who was hit by a pitch, and stole second. Niki Carver was credited with an RBI after her grounder gave Prange enough time to come home. Taylor Pack got in on the action with an RBI double, the first extra-base hit of her career, which plated Farrah.
Tegan Cortelletti punched the ball through the middle for a single and Otte sent her across home plate with an RBI double in the sixth.
BUCKEYE BITS
- Avery Clark and Niki Carver’s home runs are the first back-to-back dingers of the season and since April 21, 2019 against Michigan State.
- Ohio State’s four home runs versus NDSU ties for the most in a game since April 21, 2019 at Michigan State.
- The Buckeyes reached double-digit hits for the first time this season (15) against the Bison.
- Six players hit above .300 – Ashley Prange (.667), Meg Otte (.571), Kaitlyn Coffman (.556), Tegan Cortelletti (.429), Clark (.333) and Taylor Pack (.333).
- Prange went 6-for-9 with a 1.444 slugging percentage, 13 total bases, five RBI, four runs and two home runs on the day.
UP NEXT
The Buckeyes close out the tournament at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday against UNCG.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ross, Jessica (1-0)
L: Schulz (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Otte, Meggie 1
HR: Prange, Ashley 2 ; Clark, Avery 1 ; Carver, Niki 1
RBI: Otte, Meggie 2 ; Prange, Ashley 4 ; Coffman, Kaitlyn 1 ; Clark, Avery 2 ; Carver, Niki 1 ; Cortelletti, Tegan 1
SH: Otte, Meggie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Otte, Meggie 3 ; Prange, Ashley 2 ; Coffman, Kaitlyn 2 ; Clark, Avery 1 ; Carver, Niki 1 ; Constable, Summer 1 ; Gaskill, Carley 1 ; Cortelletti, Tegan 2
SB: Otte, Meggie 2 ; Constable, Summer 1 ; Cortelletti, Tegan 1
HBP: Otte, Meggie 1
Batting:
2B: DeCamp 1 ; Maykut 1
3B: Cardenas 1
HR: DeCamp 1 ; S. Koehn 1
RBI: DeCamp 2 ; S. Koehn 2
SH: S. Koehn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cardenas 1 ; Soriano 1 ; DeCamp 2 ; S. Koehn 1
SB: Camacho 1
CS: Soriano 1
HBP: Soriano 1
