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Lady Jackets Win One before Rain Falls (4/1/07)
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BILLINGS, MT – Mother Nature almost swept the weekend, but the Montana State-Billings softball team managed to sneak in one game on Sunday.  The Yellowjackets used big third and fourth innings to blast Texas-Permian Basin 9-1 in five innings before a burst of rain washed out the second game.  MSU Billings improved to 18-20 on the season, dropping UTPB to 11-18.  Saturday’s doubleheader was cancelled because of snow.  Sunday’s second game was stopped with the leadoff hitter at the plate in the bottom of the first.

The Falcons jumped to a 1-0 lead courtesy of a Sasha Waggoner blast over the centerfield fence off Yellowjacket starter Lindsey Trenary (Helena, MT) in the top of the first inning.  Waggoner’s two-out home run was about all the offense the Falcons managed against Trenary, who allowed just three hits and one run in five innings.  She struck out a career-high seven without issuing a walk.  The freshman needed just 71 pitches to wrap up the victory.

The Yellowjackets tied the game in the bottom of the second when Leslie Davis (Federal Way, WA) drove in Steph Gosselin (Victoria, BC) with a sacrifice fly.  Gosselin had led off the inning with a double.  MSUB broke the game open with four runs in the third and three more in the fourth. 

In the third, Aysha Maddox (Richland, WA) hit a two-RBI double off the left field fence to score Terina Stacks (Washougal, WA) and Jenna McCartney (Hamilton, MT).  On the next at bat, Jenna Haacke (Billings, MT) drove a two-RBI single to left to plate Maddox and Jessica Frank (Great Falls, MT).

The Jackets’ three-run fourth inning was highlighted by Gosselin’s two-out, two-run home run, her first of the year.  Gosselin was 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and two RBIs in the game.  Maddox also went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs.  Haacke was 2-for-2, and Lorel Palmer (Ogden, UT) was 2-for-4.  McCartney scored two times.

The Falcons’ Cristan Hagen (0-1) took the loss, allowing nine hits and nine earned runs.  She struck out four and walked two.  Waggoner and Jessica Mireles were the only Falcons to advance past first base in the game.  Mireles singled in the fourth and moved to second on a wild pitch.

The Yellowjackets host St. Mary’s University (29-14) Thursday and Friday at Cenex Stadium for a pair of Heartland Conference doubleheaders.  Thursday’s first pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., and Friday’s games start at 11:00 a.m.

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