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Matesa fans 7 and yields only 5 hits
Kelsey Biggs was 4-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs at SEMO. Courtesy:Saint Louis Athletics
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.– Saint Louis softball concluded its fall season with a 6-0-1 record by defeating Southeast Missouri State 4-1 and Missouri State 2-1 at the SEMO Round Robin October 1.
The Billikens jumped in front of SEMO 1-0 in the first inning as Katie Kroeger led off with a single, went to third on Alyson Brand’s one-out double and scored on a passed ball.
SLU made it 3-0 in the sixth. Brand’s leadoff single was followed by Jessica Van Nostrand’s one-out single that moved pinch runner Erin Harcar to third. After Van Nostrand stole second and Laura Bohning lined out, Kelsey Biggs delivered a two-run double.
The Redhawks finally reached Billiken right-hander Hannah Huebbe for a run in the bottom of the sixth, but Saint Louis re-established a three-run cushion in the seventh. Jessica Buschjost led off with a single, advanced to second on Kroeger’s sacrifice and scored on Brand’s two-out single.
Huebbe struck out 10 while allowing just four hits and one walk.
In the nightcap, Missouri State pushed across a run in the top of the fifth off SLU right-hander Kelcie Matesa. However, the Billikens won the game in unusual fashion in the bottom of the seventh.
Van Nostrand led off with a single, Biggs singled with one out, and Kerri Dockins‘ grounder to third forced Van Nostrand for the second out. Harcar reached on an error by the second baseman, with pinch runner Lindsay Friedman coming around to score the tying run. Harcar drew a throw as she broke for second, allowing Dockins to dart home and elude the tag for the winning tally.
Matesa fanned seven while yielding just five hits and walking two. Kroeger, Van Nostrand and Biggs had two hits apiece, with Biggs adding her second double on the day.
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Payton Anderson (Contributed photo/Missouri Baptist University)
For the second time this season, Payton Anderson has been named as the American Midwest Conference softball Player of the Week. The conference office made the announced on Tuesday, April 28 after Anderson batted 12 for 19 in six games.
Anderson, a junior at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis, is the daughter of Rob and Annie Anderson of Gillespie. After graduating from Gillespie High School in 2012, she signed with MBU to catch for the team. She is currently hitting .466 on the season with 56 hits in 116 at-bats.
During the six-game week last week, Anderson batted .632 with two homeruns, four doubles, nine RBIs while drawing three walks and one intentional walk.
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Payton Anderson (Contributed photo/Missouri Baptist University)
Payton Anderson was named Player of the Week last week for the American Midwest Conference after totaling three doubles and two home runs.
Anderson is a 2012 graduate of Gillespie High School and is currently on a softball scholarship at Missouri Baptist University where she is a junior. Anderson’s concentration is sports management with a minor in business.
Anderson is the team’s catcher and was hitting .339 at the time of publication with seven home runs on the season and 25 RBIs in the team’s first 22 contests. She has five doubles and a .780 slugging percentage. While catching, she has 15 assists and 61 putouts.
MBU’s softball team is 14-8 on the season with a 9-3 conference record. The team’s season will be ending at the end of April with their final two games scheduled against Blackburn on April 27.
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Gillespie High School’s Haylie Kirkwood has announced she will enroll at Illinois College in the fall and compete as a member of the school’s track and field team.
Kirkwood, a native of Dorchester, earned eight varsity letters at Gillespie competing for the school’s track and field and basketball teams. As a member of the track team, she helped her school to three county championships, three conference championships and a sectional championship during her prep career.
An honor roll student throughout her high school career, Kirkwood has also been active in the National Honor Society. In addition, Kirkwood was honored as co-valedictorian of her graduating class.
Kirkwood plans to pursue a degree following Illinois College’s pre-medicine career path.
Founded in 1829, Illinois College is a residential liberal arts college fostering academic excellence rooted in opportunities for experiential learning while preparing students for lifelong success.
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