Cyclones Fall To Kennesaw State, 3-1

STARKVILLE, Miss. ? Iowa State out hit Kennesaw State but left nine runners on base and fell to the Owls, 3-1, Sunday in Bulldog Round Robin action. With the loss, Iowa State falls to 2-3 on the season, while Kennesaw State improves to 4-1.

The Cyclones pounded out 12 hits but were only able to score once on a Jessica Quade groundout that scored Katie Reichling.

The Owls scored two in the fifth and another in the sixth to give them the 3-1 win.

Alyssa Ransom (1-2) kept the Cyclones in the game, tossing 4.1 innings and allowing just two runs on six hits. Ransom struck out five batters in the losing effort. Amie Ford relieved Ransom and threw 1.1 innings and allowied a run on one hit.

Reichling went 3-for-4 and Ashley Killeen and Kristen Karanzias were both 2-for-3 in the game.

The teams were scoreless through four innings despite six Cyclone hits and three by the Owls.

The Cyclones were unable to score in the fourth despite loading the bases with no outs. The big play of the inning came as Alex Johnson singled to fill the bases before Amanda Bradberry, who pinch ran for Ashley Killeen, was thrown out at home plate. Bradberry had ran into the third baseman for the Owls, but the umpires ruled that no interference was made and Bradberry was called out. Kennesaw State pitcher Norie Glazebrook was able to get out of the jam and keep the game scoreless.

Kennesaw State broke through in the fifth inning, scoring a pair of runs to go up 2-0. Klair Wells and Keri McKee had RBI singles through to right field for the Owls, but ISU avoided more trouble by turning a big double play to end the inning.

The Cyclones cut into the lead in the sixth on a RBI groundout by Quade that plated Reichling, who doubled down the left field line to lead off the inning.

KSU took the momentum back with a Megan Gant homer to left field off Cyclone reliever Amie Ford to lead off the sixth inning.

Kristy Olsen roped a single to center and Jennifer Bigbee singled through the right side to get things started for Iowa State in the top of the seventh. KSU pitcher Janet Kearns then got Killeen and Reichling to fly out and end the game.

The Cyclones will be back in action Friday, Feb. 16, at Ragin' Cajuns Invitational in Lafayette, La. ISU will face Purdue, Louisiana-Lafayette, Mississippi and Baylor during the tournament.

2007 Bulldog Round Robin All-Tournament Team
Ashley Killeen, Iowa State
Katie Reichling, Iowa State
Courtney Bures, Mississippi State (MVP)
Nakita Boyce, Mississippi State
Kelli Miller, Mississippi State
Chelsea Bramlett, Mississippi State
Jennifer Nolan, Kennesaw State
Keri McKee, Kennesaw State
Ashley Hall, Purdue
Kelsey Haupert, Purdue

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Amanda Bradberry

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Kristen Karanzias

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Ashley Killeen

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Kristy Olsen

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Jessica Quade

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Alyssa Ransom

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Katie Reichling

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