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May 15, 2021 | 8:12 PM
FARGO, ND – Coming back after an opening-game loss Thursday, South Dakota State defeated Omaha twice Saturday to win the Summit League Softball Championship for the first time. The Jacks topped the Mavericks 9-0 to force a second title game, which SDSU won 4-2.
Kelsey Lennox hit a first-inning grand slam in the first win. Grace Glanzer pitched a five-inning shutout for her 18th win, allowing just three hits.
Tori Kniesche won for the 21st time this season in the clincher, striking out 10. SDSU led 4-0 before Omaha scored twice in the sixth and put two runners on the seventh.
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By Chase Miller
May 7, 2021 10:24 PM
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Freshmen pitchers Grace Glanzer and Tori Kniesche combined for 15 strikeouts and allowed only two hits over 14 innings as South Dakota State swept North Dakota State 3-0 and 1-0 in a Summit League softball doubleheader Friday, May 7, at the Jackrabbit Softball Stadium.
Glanzer carried a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings before Sam Koehn ripped a single through the middle for NDSU’s only hit in the opener. Glanzer (15-3) finished with four strikeouts and walked two.
Kniesche struck out six of the first eight batters she faced before Emilee Buringa’s infield single in the third inning. Kniesche (19-1) fanned 11 and only allowed a two-out walk in the fifth to Cameryn Maykut the rest of the way.
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