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Softball, Alexus Reese
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Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 6-3
3
Winner Missouri Baptist MBU 6-5
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU
6-3
2
Final
3
Missouri Baptist MBU
6-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0
Missouri Baptist MBU 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 12 1

W: B. Fischer (4-1) L: Summers, Laila (4-2)

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Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 6-4
3
Winner Missouri Baptist MBU 7-5
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU
6-4
2
Final
3
Missouri Baptist MBU
7-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 0
Missouri Baptist MBU 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 0

W: Al. Cafolla (2-4) L: Claas, Julianne (2-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

No. 24 SXU Drops a Pair of Extra-Inning Games to MBU

ST. LOUIS – The No. 24 ranked Saint Xavier University softball team (6-4/0-0 CCAC) was swept in its doubleheader, falling in extra-innings in both contests by the same score of 3-2, by Missouri Baptist University Tuesday afternoon at Spartan Field in St. Louis, Mo. Senior infielder Alexus Reese (Schererville, Ind./Lake Central) paced the SXU offensive by collecting three RBI in the doubleheader and sophomore infielder Kaitlyn Wright (Chicago, Ill./Marist) belted her first home run of the season in game one.
Game One:
  • Reese had one hit in one official at-bat and she drew three walks.
  • Wright went 1-for-3, scoring both runs for Saint Xavier, and she also walked.
  • Junior infielder Abbie Carr (Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli) was 1-for-3 with a walk.
  • Sophomore outfielder Andriana Kilias (Tinley Park, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) finished 1-for- 3 as well.
  • Senior pitcher Laila Summers (Joliet, Ill./Providence Catholic) went the distance (4-2), pitching 7.1 innings with 12 hits allowed, three earned runs and four strikeouts.
  • Reese cracked an RBI double in the top of the 1st, scoring Wright, for an early 1-0 lead.
  • The Spartans tied the game in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI single.
  • The scored remained tied until Wright hit a leadoff home run to start the top of the 5th.
  • An infield single by MBU tied the game with two-outs in the bottom of the 7th to force extra-innings. They ended the game in the bottom of the 8th on a walk-off base hit with one out.
Game Two:
  • Freshman outfielder Aubrey Wroble (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) went 3-for-4 with a run scored.
  • Reese was 1-for-3 with two RBI and Kilias also was 1-for-3.
  • Junior outfielder Maddi Stahulak (Manhattan, Ill./Lincoln-Way West) had a pinch-hit single
  • Junior Julianne Claas (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Hamilton) also went the distance (2-2) after she threw 7.2 innings, giving up just six hits, three earned runs, three walks and striking out two batters.
  • Missouri Baptist took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st, hitting a two-out home run and they extended their lead to 2-0 with another home run in the bottom the 4th.
  • Reese tied the game with a two-out, two-run single to the gap in left center in the top of the 6th.
  • MBU ended the game with a two-out walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 8th.
No. 24 Saint Xavier (6-4/0-0 CCAC) is scheduled to travel to Gulf Shores, Ala. to take part in the Gulf Shore Tournament that begins on Friday, March 1. They play a split doubleheader, taking on Campbellsville University (Ky.) with first-pitch at 9:00 am and they face No. 12 University of Mobile (Ala.) at 1:30 pm.
 
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