Sunday, March 2
Nashville, TN
1:30 p.m.
Ball State University
8-6
5
vs
7
Northern Iowa
10-5
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2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Ball State
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
5
8
1
Northern Iowa
2
0
0
1
4
0
X
7
9
3
Softball Falls In Sunday Action Versus Northern Iowa
March 02, 2025 | Softball
NASHVILLE - - In its first and only game of the Purple & Gold Challenge hosted by Lipscomb, the Ball State softball team suffered a 7-5 setback to Northern Iowa Sunday afternoon at Draper Diamond.
The Cardinals (8-6) scored two fast runs in the top of the first and held a 5-2 edge after the top of the fourth. Unfortunately, the Panthers (10-5) put one run on the board in the bottom of the fourth and added four more in the fifth to secure the win.
Ball State capitalized on back-to-back UNI miscues to score the first two runs of the game, while a two-run blast from redshirt senior catcher McKayla Timmons helped the Cardinals reclaim a two-run lead in the top of the second. Timmons added an RBI triple in the fourth, extending BSU's lead to three, at 5-2.
However, Northern Iowa was able to push across five unanswered runs to claim the victory.
NOTES:
- Timmons finished the day 3-for-4, falling a double shy of the cycle after also singling to shortstop in the top of the first … The effort extended her streak of reaching base safely to 40 games.
- Timmons' two-run shot in the second inning was her 44th career home run, while her fourth-inning triple was the second of her career.
- Overall, six different Cardinals collected hits in the game.
- Junior pitcher Ella Whitney struck out four of the seven batters she faced over the final 1.2 innings … It is the second-highest strikeout total of her Ball State career.
UP NEXT:
The Ball State softball team returns to action Friday (March 7) when it opens play at the Bellarmine Invitational with games versus the host Knights (10:30 a.m.) and Stonehill (1 p.m.).
The Cardinals (8-6) scored two fast runs in the top of the first and held a 5-2 edge after the top of the fourth. Unfortunately, the Panthers (10-5) put one run on the board in the bottom of the fourth and added four more in the fifth to secure the win.
Ball State capitalized on back-to-back UNI miscues to score the first two runs of the game, while a two-run blast from redshirt senior catcher McKayla Timmons helped the Cardinals reclaim a two-run lead in the top of the second. Timmons added an RBI triple in the fourth, extending BSU's lead to three, at 5-2.
However, Northern Iowa was able to push across five unanswered runs to claim the victory.
NOTES:
- Timmons finished the day 3-for-4, falling a double shy of the cycle after also singling to shortstop in the top of the first … The effort extended her streak of reaching base safely to 40 games.
- Timmons' two-run shot in the second inning was her 44th career home run, while her fourth-inning triple was the second of her career.
- Overall, six different Cardinals collected hits in the game.
- Junior pitcher Ella Whitney struck out four of the seven batters she faced over the final 1.2 innings … It is the second-highest strikeout total of her Ball State career.
UP NEXT:
The Ball State softball team returns to action Friday (March 7) when it opens play at the Bellarmine Invitational with games versus the host Knights (10:30 a.m.) and Stonehill (1 p.m.).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Carly Goodwin (1-0)
L: Severino, Breanna (1-3)
Batting:
3B: Timmons, McKayla 1
HR: Timmons, McKayla 1
RBI: Timmons, McKayla 3
SH: Gibson, Kaitlyn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pietrzak, Maia 2 ; Timmons, McKayla 2 ; Lauth, Mandy 1
SB: Timmons, McKayla 1 ; Peitersen, Veronica 1
Batting:
2B: Katelyn Callahan 1
RBI: Kylee Sanders 2 ; Katelyn Callahan 2 ; Addison Brunner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kylee Sanders 1 ; Addison McElrath 1 ; Makenna Kuper 1 ; Katelyn Callahan 1 ; Ella Smithson 1 ; Ava Smithson 1 ; Eve Morris 1
SB: Kylee Sanders 1 ; Eve Morris 1
CS: Skylar Benesh 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
2
H
3
RBI
3
AB
3
R
2
H
1
RBI
0
dp/p
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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