Upcoming Event: Softball versus DMACC on September 17, 2025 at 4 p.m.
4 p.m.
Softball
DMACC
Iowa State University Athletics
Wednesday, March 14
Sacramento, Calif.
5:00 PM
Iowa State University
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Sacramento State
Cyclones Grab Win In Extra Innings
03.14.2007 | Softball
The Cyclones (11-19) battled the Hornets (5-14) to a 1-1 tie heading to extra innings before their offense got rolling. Ashley Killeen doubled to left field to score Kelsey Kidwell, who had been placed on second to start the inning with the international tie breaker rule in effect.
Sacramento State bounced back in its half of the eighth, getting a single run on a Amy Jo McKenzie single that plated Keri Elias and forced a ninth inning.
In the ninth, Fallon Johnson and Karanzias came through with run scoring hits that lifted
Charissa Carlin (7-4) held off the Hornets in the bottom of the ninth to pick up her seventh win. Carlin, who tossed 3.2 innings of four hit ball, is just three wins shy of equaling the
The Cyclones fell behind in the first inning as
Karanzias finished 2-for-2 in the game and Alex Johnson went 2-for-5 to lead the Cyclones. With her two hits, Johnson moved into the freshman top-10 with 31 hits this season. The school record is held by former Cyclone Erin Woods, who had 45 hits in 1996.
Kayla Meeks (2-6) got the loss for the Hornets after allowing four runs on seven hits in relief. Meeks held the Cyclones to just one hit in the first game of the doubleheader.
The Cyclones will continue spring break action Thursday with a doubleheader against
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