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Yellowjackets Win Three on Day One of MSUB Invitational (Mar. 19, 2004)
MSU Billings Invitational Stats and Results

BILLINGS, MT – Montana State-Billings was 3-0 on the first day of its own softball invitational, securing the No. 1 seed for Saturday’s bracket elimination play.  The Yellowjackets (11-22) received solid pitching performances from juniors Megan McCrae and Joey Ehnes to defeat Valley City State, Dawson CC, and Northern State University.

Ehnes struck out six in five innings of shutout work in the Jackets’ first game against Valley City State, a 9-0 win in five innings.  Layne Pavey’s three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth ended the game via the eight run rule.  Pavey was 3-for-3 at the plate with three RBI and a run scored.  Stephanie Cochrun, Theresa Campbell and Christy Wankel each had two hits.  Campbell drove in three RBI and scored twice.  Cochrun also scored two runs.

McCrae tossed three hitless innings against Dawson CC in MSUB’s second game, striking out six of the 12 batters she faced.  Cochrun finished the final two innings on the mound, allowing three hits and one run.  Campbell, Wankel and Aysha Blatter each homered as the Jackets rolled to a 16-1 win in five innings.  Campbell and Wankel each drove in three runs.  Cami Rainey and Cochrun drove in two runs apiece.  Blatter was 3-for-3 with three runs scored.

The Yellowjackets closed the day with a 4-1 decision over Northern State.  McCrae went the distance for the victory, striking out 10 in seven innings.  She gave up just three hits and one earned run.  MSUB took a 1-0 lead in the first when Sara Hanley’s groundout to second base plated Rainey, who had led off the inning with a double.  Campbell put the game out of reach with a three-run home run over the centerfield fence in the bottom of the sixth, giving MSUB a 4-0 advantage.  The Wolves tacked on a run in the top of the seventh for the final difference.  For the day, Campbell was 5-for-9 with nine RBI and five runs scored.

The Yellowjackets will play in semifinal game #1 at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday as the No. 1 seed.  Dawson CC and Valley City State will square off at 10:30 a.m. in the final round robin game.  A VCSU win would give it the No. 2 seed and NSU the No. 3 seed.  A Dawson CC win would leave three teams at 1-2, creating a tie breaker scenario in which run differential would determine the seeding.  Dawson would need to win by more than 10 runs in the 10:30 a.m. game to move up from the No. 4 seed.

Round Robin Standings (run differential entering Saturday)
MSU Billings, 3-0 (+27)
Valley City, 1-1 (-6)
Northern State, 1-2 (-5)

Dawson CC, 0-2 (-16)

Saturday’s Schedule
10:30 a.m. – Valley City State vs. Dawson CC
12:30 p.m. - #1 MSU Billings vs. Seed #4
2:15 p.m. – Seed #2 vs. Seed #3
4:15 p.m. – Championship game, winner of #1 vs. #4 plays winner of #2 vs. #3

Northern State 2, Valley City State 5
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NSU                 000 200 0 – 2 10 3
VCSU              302 000 x – 5   4 3
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Winning Pitcher: Abbey Kochel (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Lisa Koehler (0-1)

MSU Billings 9, Valley City State 0
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VCSU              000 00 – 0   2 3
MSUB              400 05 – 9 12 0
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Winning Pitcher: Joey Ehnes (8-13)
Losing Pitcher: Brandi Hart (0-1)

Northern State 2, Dawson CC 1
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DCC                000 100 0 – 1 3 2
NSU                 000 000 2 – 2 5 2
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Winning Pitcher: Christie Schulte (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Ashley Fekula (1-2)

MSU Billings 16, Dawson CC 1
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DCC                000       10 –   1  3  4
MSUB              02(11) 3x – 16 13 1
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Winning Pitcher: Megan McCrae (1-8)
Losing Pitcher: Katie Kohring (1-2)

MSU Billings 4, Northern State 1
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NSU                 000 000 1 – 1 3 2
MSUB              100 003 x – 4 7 0
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Winning Pitcher: Megan McCrae (2-8)
Losing Pitcher: Lisa Koehler (0-2)

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