Baylor SB Goes Undefeated on Louisiana Road Trip

[Pirtle, Krista]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 7, 2021

SB Goes Undefeated on Louisiana Road Trip
Nicky Dawson becomes Baylor’s all-time leader in career triples
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THE RUNDOWN
RUSTON, La. – Baylor wrapped up the Louisiana Tech Invitational with a pair of wins on Sunday afternoon at Dr. Billy Bundrick Field. After holding off the Lady Techsters, 3-2, the Lady Bears topped Tarleton State, 2-0.

BU wrapped up the tournament in Ruston with a 4-0 record. The Lady Bears went 5-0 on their Louisiana Road trip with the 8-1 win over No. 13 Louisiana on Thursday.

GAME 1 – BAYLOR 3, LOUISIANA TECH 2
In the top of the third, with Emily Hott on second and two outs, Lou Gilbert stepped to the plate. After Hott stole third base, Gilbert doubled to left field to put the Lady Bears on the board.

Louisiana Tech, however, was quick to answer with a run in the bottom of the frame.

The Lady Bears would regain the lead two innings later as it was Hott on base again for a BU two-out rally. The second-year freshman singled to first base and turned on the jets to come around and score when Nicky Dawson cranked her third triple of the season to deep left center field. With that triple, Dawson became the program’s all-time leader in career triples with 10.

Baylor added one more run in the top of the sixth as Goose McGlaun started things off with a single to left field. She advanced to third when Aliyah Binford doubled down the right field line and came around to score when Maddison Kettler delivered a sacrifice fly to left field.

Louisiana Tech put up a fight in the bottom of the seventh as the home team had runners on first and second with no outs. A run would score, and the Lady Techsters would have two runners in scoring position with one out. The Baylor defense was up to the challenge, though, a groundout to second and a strikeout ended the game.

Maren Judisch picked up the win for Baylor as she went four innings and gave up one run off one hit with two strikeouts. Gia Rodoni got the save, her third of the year as she gave up just one hit with a strikeout in an inning of work.

GAME 2 – BAYLOR 2, TARLETON STATE 0
Aliyah Binford went the whole way as the second-year freshman held Tarleton State scoreless off three hits with six strikeouts in seven innings of work.

The Lady Bears did all of their damage offensively in the fourth inning as Binford led off the frame with a double to right center field. Alyssa Avalos came in to pinch run for Binford and advanced to third when Maddison Kettler singled to shortstop. Avalos scored two batters later when Hannah Thompson grounded out to first.

Maddison Kettler led the way for Baylor at the plate with a 2-for-2 showing, including a triple in the second inning. Dawson also finished with two hits in the game.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Gia Rodoni picked up her eighth career save against Louisiana Tech to tie for sixth in program history alongside Stacey Allison (1996-99).
  *   Nicky Dawson finished the day 4-for-7 with an RBI at the plate.
  *   Maren Judisch, in her second career start, picked up her second win.
  *   Emily Hott went 2-for-2 with two runs scored vs. Louisiana Tech.

STAT OF THE DAY
10 – Number of triples by Nicky Dawson to become Baylor’s all-time leader in career triples.

TOP QUOTES
Baylor head coach Glenn Moore on the day…
“Five wins in one road trip is a successful trip no matter how you felt you performed. I like that we were challenged by several different pitching styles that forced our hitters to adjust during games and even at-bats. The highlight of the weekend was seeing Nicky break the triples record.”

UP NEXT
The Lady Bears check another state of their list as they head out to Arizona next week to face nationally-ranked Arizona State before taking part in GCU’s Lopes Up Classic over the weekend where the Lady Bears will take on GCU, Northern Illinois and UTEP.


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Krista Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-3065 | C: 254-447-8610

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