LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Seattle U Redhawks finished off their 16th consecutive WAC series win with a pair of victories at New Mexico State, 7-3 and 8-0. The wins put Seattle U at 23-15 on the season and 9-3 in WAC play.
Carley Nance moved to second in the nation in RBI and fourth in Seattle U history with a big day, homering for the seventh time in the last nine games. Nance is now just one RBI behind UCF's Jada Cody for the national lead in RBI.
Lily Garcia was big at the plate as well, picking up five hits and six RBI across two games for the Redhawks. Garcia's three RBI in each game matched her career high.
The top of the order duo of Olivia Viggiano and Tai Wilson kept up their hot streaks: Viggiano pushed her hit streak to nine games, while Wilson had five hits in six trips to the plate.
GAME ONE
The Redhawk offense burst to life late, putting 14 runners on base in the final three innings to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 7-3 win. Garcia came through with a big two-run double in the fifth that erased a one-run deficit and put the Redhawks up for good.
Taylor DeDen had two hits and two RBI for the Redhawks as well. Viggiano and Wilson went a combined 5-for-8 atop the order. Stefanie Madrigal picked up her first career hit and first career RBI in her first-ever start at first base.
Grace Luderer was nearly unhittable once again: the freshman allowed only three hits all game long, retiring ten in a row at one point. The first batter of the game singled off Luderer: the only other hits allowed came in the seventh inning, with the Redhawks leading comfortably.
GAME ONE SCORING
GAME TWO
Nance earned her fifth career complete-game shutout and first of the season, striking out seven in six innings of work. Nance did not allow a hit in the first 3.1 innings of work, retiring nine straight at one point after allowing a walk to leadoff the game.
At the plate, the Redhawks showed the ability to play big and small. Seattle U scratched out three runs in the third with a few hustle plays, then showed off the power bats and launched two homers in the sixth to wrap up the win.
Five different Redhawks had multiple hits in the game, led by Garcia's three. Viggiano, Wilson, and Nance reached base safely in six of their nine at-bats at the top of the lineup.
GAME TWO SCORING
NOTES
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Carley Nance moved to second in the nation in RBI and fourth in Seattle U history with a big day, homering for the seventh time in the last nine games. Nance is now just one RBI behind UCF's Jada Cody for the national lead in RBI.
Lily Garcia was big at the plate as well, picking up five hits and six RBI across two games for the Redhawks. Garcia's three RBI in each game matched her career high.
The top of the order duo of Olivia Viggiano and Tai Wilson kept up their hot streaks: Viggiano pushed her hit streak to nine games, while Wilson had five hits in six trips to the plate.
GAME ONE
The Redhawk offense burst to life late, putting 14 runners on base in the final three innings to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 7-3 win. Garcia came through with a big two-run double in the fifth that erased a one-run deficit and put the Redhawks up for good.
Taylor DeDen had two hits and two RBI for the Redhawks as well. Viggiano and Wilson went a combined 5-for-8 atop the order. Stefanie Madrigal picked up her first career hit and first career RBI in her first-ever start at first base.
Grace Luderer was nearly unhittable once again: the freshman allowed only three hits all game long, retiring ten in a row at one point. The first batter of the game singled off Luderer: the only other hits allowed came in the seventh inning, with the Redhawks leading comfortably.
T6 | LILY GETS IT DONE! Redhawks take the lead!
— Seattle U Softball ?? (@seattleusb) April 9, 2022
SU 2
NMSU 1 pic.twitter.com/UxJTcpYSM7
GAME ONE SCORING
- Second Inning: Two walks and two wild pitches let New Mexico State score the game's first run.
- Sixth Inning: After threatening in the fifth, the Redhawks broke through in the sixth. Garcia ripped a double to the left-center gap to score two, the Madrigal and DeDen added RBI on a sacrifice fly and a single to make it 4-1.
- Seventh Inning: The Redhawks loaded the bases for the third inning in a row, this time doing so before recording an out. Seattle U would score three runs in the frame, with NMSU's two-run homer in the bottom half making the final margin 7-3.
GAME TWO
Nance earned her fifth career complete-game shutout and first of the season, striking out seven in six innings of work. Nance did not allow a hit in the first 3.1 innings of work, retiring nine straight at one point after allowing a walk to leadoff the game.
At the plate, the Redhawks showed the ability to play big and small. Seattle U scratched out three runs in the third with a few hustle plays, then showed off the power bats and launched two homers in the sixth to wrap up the win.
Five different Redhawks had multiple hits in the game, led by Garcia's three. Viggiano, Wilson, and Nance reached base safely in six of their nine at-bats at the top of the lineup.
T6 | Now it's Lily's turn to go yard! ????
— Seattle U Softball ?? (@seattleusb) April 10, 2022
SU 8
NMSU 0 pic.twitter.com/5Zoko9OFJ2
GAME TWO SCORING
- Third Inning: The Redhawks took advantage of the first two batters of the inning reaching safely to start a three-run rally. Nance and Milder drove in runs on infield grounders, then Garcia ripped a hard-hit single to make it 3-0.
- Sixth Inning: Two big home runs, from Nance and Garcia, put this game in run-rule territory and made it an 8-0 win.
NOTES
- Viggiano (4x7, 3 R) extended her hitting streak to a career-best nine games.
- Wilson (5x6, 3 R) has multiple hits in five of her last six games, hitting .640 in that time.
- DeDen (2x7, 2 RBI) has RBI in three of her last five games.
- Luderer (7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 8 K) has a 2.33 ERA in WAC play, with 24 strikeouts in 27 innings.
- Nance (2x4, HR, 4 RBI) now has 13 homers on the year, tied with Bailey Thompson for the second-most in a single season in Seattle U history.
- Nance's 52 RBI are behind only Jane Purdy (58, 2006) and Madison Cathcart (57, 2018 & 55, 2019) for single-seas
- Nance also matched Bailey Thompson for fourth in career RBI with 114.
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