No. 16 Bellevue University baseball remained perfect at home as they completed a four-game series sweep of Dakota State University on Saturday afternoon to clinch the North Star Athletic Association
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (vcsuvikings.com) – The Valley City State softball team was down to its final out on Sunday, trailing 10-5 during game one of a doubleheader with Bellevue University. That final out never happened.
The Vikings put together six straight two-out singles – tying the game at 10-10 – and then Marissa Hawkins hit a walk-off grand slam to complete a stunning comeback. When the celebration ended the Vikings had scored nine runs with two outs, rallying for an improbable 14-10 victory.
Bellevue earned a doubleheader split with a 10-1 victory in game two as pitcher Cory Carrillo flirted with a perfect game.
THE OPPONENTS…
Calumet St. Joseph is 0-3 this season and has been outscored 18-5 so far. Calumet St. Joseph has not submitted stats for the three games so far.
Spring Arbor is 3-5 this season and has been outscored 41-30 through those eight games. Abbie Funk has a .375 batting average and six hits this season. Sarah Matlock is batting .368 with seven hits and two doubles and Jessie Panchaud is batting .360 with a team high nine hits. Hannah Laurin has a team high 23 innings pitched and is 1-3 with a 3.90 earned run average with 17 strikeouts.
Bellevue is 7-6 so far and have outscored teams 78-52. Allison O’Driscoll has 17 hits and a .459 batting average while Ashley Young has 16 hit and a .400 batting average with 10 doubles. Katlyn Kinman has 17 hits as well and a .362 batting average with 12 runs batted in. Lauren Russell leads the team with five homeruns and 16 runs batted in. Lauren Jurek is 4-3 on the mound in 40 innings pitched and has struck out 45 batters. Cory C