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Iowa State University Athletics
Tuesday, March 19
Fort Myers, Fla.
5:00 PM
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Florida Gulf Coast
Eagles Comeback To Down Cyclones, 7-6
03.19.2013 | Softball
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Iowa State (12-14, 0-0 Big 12) fell to Florida Gulf Coast (21-9, 3-0 A-Sun) on Tuesday night, 7-6, in a 10-inning back-and-forth contest that included four ties and five lead changes.
Despite being out-hit 15-3 in the game, the Cyclones kept pace with FGCU in the runs column until Emily Lanier hit a walk-off home run to center off Cyclone hurler Tori Torrescano for the win.
Torrescano (6-6) threw a complete game against the Eagles, charged with 15 hits, five earned runs while walking six and striking out two.
Four of Iowa State's six RBI in the game came with two outs, off the bats of Jorden Spendlove and Sarah Hawryluk. This season, 37 percent of the Cyclones' RBI have come with two outs.
The Cyclones also continued their home run trend, getting dingers from Erica Miller, her fourth of the year and 31st of her career, and Jorden Spendlove, her second of the season.
Spendlove hit a three-run shot in the top of the third, the only Cyclone hit until Miller's seventh-inning dinger and Miller's long ball gave Iowa State second life, as the team trailed, 5-4, in the top of the seventh.
Kelsey Carpenter hit a leadoff home run off Torrescano to start the scoring, giving FGCU an early 1-0 lead.
Spendlove walked to lead off the Iowa State second, followed by an Eagle's error that put Lexi Slater on first and sent Spendlove to third, still with no outs. Hally Lenzine drove in Spendlove on a fielder's choice to short, tying the game, 1-1.
The FGCU leadoff hitter reached again in the second inning with a single to right but was quickly erased on a stellar double-play grounder to Iowa State second baseman Sara Davison, who tagged the second base bag before spinning and throwing, off-balance, to get the runner at first.
With two outs in the third, Spendlove unloaded for her second home run of the season over the right field wall, bringing in Miller and Torrescano who each walked earlier in the frame.
The Eagles loaded the bases with one out in the third for Mariah Fernandez who lined a single to right for two runs, making the score 4-3, in favor of Iowa State.
Still with one out and runners at the corners, Lanier flew out to center, driving in the tying run. The Eagles scored their fifth run of the night on a Cyclone fielding error, retaking the lead, before a grounder back to Torrescano ended the inning.
Trailing 5-4 in the top of the seventh, Miller came to the plate with one out and hit a homer over the center field wall to even the score for the third time in the contest.
The home team sandwiched two singles around an Iowa State error in the bottom of the seventh to load the bases for Kayla Gabel with no outs. Gabel lined out to Davison at second and pinch hitter Jessica Butler flied out to short for the second out. Kelsey Carpenter stepped to the plate as FGCU's last chance for a walk-off win but could not push a run across, lining out to Davison and sending the game to extra innings.
Hawryluk got her first hit of the night with a two-out, infield single to score Slater from third, but Maddie Reese got caught in a rundown between third and home, ending the Cyclone threat with the team leading by one, 6-5.
The Eagles came back to tie the score for the fourth time in the game on an error by the Cyclones, sending the game to the ninth with the score knotted, 6-6.
Amanda Josie (6-1) got the win for the Eagles, throwing seven innings in relief, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits. She walked four and struck out four.
This weekend, the Cyclones make their final stop on the Florida tour, heading to Florida Atlantic for the Parents' Weekend Tournament, March 22-23. Iowa State's first game of the weekend is Friday, March 22, at 9 a.m. CST against Dartmouth.
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