Mizzou Softball Sweeps Day One of Home Tournament

Saturday, February 29

Columbia, Mo.

10 a.m. CT

University of Missouri

13-5

Wichita State

7-10

Wichita State

Missouri

2/29/2020 6:56:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Nebraska Box Score Wichita State Box Score

Tigers defeat Wichita State, 7-3, and Nebraska, 7-1

COLUMBIA, Mo - Mizzou Softball got back in the win column at home on Saturday, using six-run innings in each game to top the Wichita State Shockers and the Nebraska Huskers in the opening day of the Mizzou Tournament.

The Tigers (14-5) used an offensive explosion in the fourth inning to separate from the Shockers (7-10) and cruise to a 7-3 victory.

In the following game against Nebraska (6-9), the Tigers were led by clutch pitching and stout, heads up defense, including throwing out two Nebraska runners at the plate. Mizzou was heads up on the base paths as well, scoring the first run of the game when Brooke Wilmes raced home on a wild pitch and scoring the eventual winning run on the speed of sophomore Emma Raabe scoring all the way from first on a double. After a close battle all afternoon, the Tigers posted six runs in the bottom of the sixth to come away with the 7-1 victory.

Wichita State Recap

Turning Point

Trailing 2-1 entering the bottom of the fourth inning, the Tiger's offense came roaring to life. Sophomore Jazmyn Rollin and redshirt junior Cayla Kessinger knocked in a pair of runs to give Mizzou its first lead of the game. Two batters later, junior Kimberly Wert stepped into the box with the bases loaded and delivered a sharp line drive down the third-base line and into the left field corner for a bases-clearing double. Junior Hatti Moore scored on the play along with Kessinger and Rollin, giving the Tigers a decisive 6-2 advantage.

Top Tigers

Hatti Moore put Mizzou on the board with a single in the third inning. The junior finished the game with two runs and a RBI.
Kimberly Wert went 2-4 and delivered a 3 RBI double in the fourth to help the Tigers take home the win.
Cayla Kessinger went 2-4 at the plate scoring a run and collecting an RBI. Kessinger showed off her speed in the fourth inning, recording her second stolen base of the season.

Notes

Kessinger extended her hitting streak to seven games.
Mizzou improves to 23-2 all-time against Wichita State.
The Tigers are 19-2 in home openers dating back to the 2000 season.

Nebraska Recap

Turning Point

After the Tigers threw out a runner at the plate for the second time in the game to end the top half of the third, junior Brooke Wilmes dropped a bunt single to get things going for Mizzou in the bottom half. Sophomore Jazmyn Rollin roped a double off the right field wall to put runners on second and third with nobody out. Wilmes scored two batters later on a wild pitch to put the Tigers ahead 1-0. After Nebraska tied the game in the top of the fifth, Mizzou quickly responded an inning later. Sophomore Emma Raabe drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the sixth and then showed off her wheels, scoring all the way from first on a double from freshman Megan Moll. This gave the Tigers the lead for good.

Top Tigers

Sophomore Jazmyn Rollin smacked her sixth home run of the season to dead center to give the Tigers a pair of extra insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Junior Hatti Moore kept pace with Rollin in the team home run race by belting her sixth long ball of the season later that same inning.
Moore led the Tigers in hits on the afternoon with three.
Freshman LHP Emma Nichols tossed six innings, allowing only one run and striking out three.
Junior Brooke Wilmes did her part as the leadoff hitter, crossing the plate both times that she reached base in the game.

Notes

Redshirt junior Cayla Kessinger extended her hitting streak to eight games with a fifth-inning single.
Mizzou improves to 10-2 against Power-5 teams this season. That record is best among SEC teams so far this season and the 10 wins against Power-5 teams are the most in the country.
Rollin and Moore remain tied atop the Tigers home run leaderboard with six a piece.
Mizzou has now beaten both of their former Big 12 foes they have faced this season (Kansas on Feb. 13).

Up Next

Mizzou will be back at Mizzou stadium on Sunday to close out the Mizzou tournament, taking on each of Saturday's opponents one more time. Sunday's contests against Nebraska and Wichita State are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.

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