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Iowa State Drops Doubleheader on Senior Day
05.09.2015 | Softball
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State softball team closed out the season with a pair of losses to Kansas Saturday afternoon at the Cyclone Sports Complex. The Jayhawks won the first game 8-2, and took the second game 10-0 in five innings. The losses give ISU a final record of 26-28 overall, 3-15 in Big 12 play. Kansas is now 38-13 overall, 8-10 in conference competition.
Iowa State got out to a 2-0 lead in the first game, but could not hold back a big Kansas sixth inning that put the Jayhawks ahead. In game two, Brittany Gomez tied the school record for stolen bases in a season with her 31st steal of the season.
Game One: Kansas 8 Iowa State 2
Iowa State was first on the board in the bottom of the second inning. Maddie Reese led off the inning with a single to left. ISU went the sacrifice hit route to advance Reese over to third, setting the stage for Jorden Spendlove, who got her first of three hits on the day with an RBI-single to left center. ISU would make it two as ISU took advantage of a Kansas mental error. Brittany Gomez grounded one to short, KU's Chaley Brickey threw to Chanin Naudin at third in a non-force out situation, but Naudin never put in a tag, allowing Spendlove to score from third and make it 2-0 Iowa State.
Kansas tied it up in the top of the fourth via RBI-singles by Shannon McGinley and Briana Evans. Both teams loaded the bases in the fifth, but couldn't take advantage on the scoreboard. Kansas drew a trio of walks, but never got the ball out of the infield, as they also grounded out three times in the inning. Iowa State loaded the bases with one out via a Cathlin Bingham single, an Aly Cappaert walk and a Lexi Slater single. However, ISU couldn't get on the board as a Reese pop up and Kelsey McFarland ground out ended the threat.
Kansas would make Iowa State pay in the sixth. Kansas loaded the bases with no outs and brought across two runs via RBI-singles by Brickey and Maddie Stein. ISU brought starter Paris Imholz back in to try and get ISU out of the jam, but it was not to be as Danielle Chavez fired a grand slam to center to reach the final score of 8-2.
Game Two: Kansas 10 Iowa State 0
The second contest, saw Iowa State get in a big hole early and never get the offense to recover. Brianna Weilbacher earned the start, but didn't get an out as she faced five batters, allowed three hits and two walks to see Kansas move ahead 2-0. Katie Johnson came in for relief, but that was not the solution either as KU pulled out a couple additional runs to make it 4-0 Jayhawks. Kansas got right back to work in the second, loading the bases with one out. ISU got an infield fly, but the Jayhawks were able to get on the board via an RBI-single by Shannon McGinley, a bases loaded walk from Erin McGinley and a 2-RBI single by Evans to make it 8-0 KU.
Iowa State did not get a runner on base until the bottom of the third, when Nychole Antillon got a single, eventually advancing to third on a Kansas throwing error. Gomez got a walk and a steal to get a pair in scoring position, but it would not turn out for Iowa State as Cathlin Bingham struck out swinging.
ISU had another great chance to get on the board in the fifth when Aly Cappaert led-off with a single. Her pinch runner, Kaila Konz, got over to second and finally got a chance to come home on a Spendlove single. KU's centerfielder, Briana Evans, fired a high-quality throw to home that was on-target and on-time to get Konz and keep ISU off the board.
Kansas would add another two in the fifth as Chavez got her second home run of the game with a 2-run shot to right to make it 10-0 Jayhawks.
Gomez Record Watch
Brittany Gomez finished 2015 with 79 hits, a new single-season record and upping her career record to 220 hits. The ISU junior also got her 31st stolen base of the season, tying her single-season mark from 2013, her freshman year. Gomez now has 86 stolen bases in her career, also a school record. At the plate, Gomez finished the season with a .425 batting average, becoming the second player in Iowa State history to hit .400 in a season, and the first since 1978 when Mary Jo Collins hit .435.
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