Springstead Shuts Out North Dakota

Friday, March 8

Fresno, Calif.

9:00 AM

California Baptist University

5-11

North Dakota

9-11

California Baptist

North Dakota

Photo by: Mike Minyard

Springstead Shuts Out North Dakota

3/8/2019 3:29:00 PM | Softball

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By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

FRESNO, Calif. – An eight-inning shutout from Kellye Springstead led California Baptist University to a two-game split to open the Fresno State Tournament on Friday.

An eight-inning gem in the circle from Springstead led the Lancers to a 3-0 win over North Dakota to open things up Friday morning. CBU put together a seventh-inning rally but fell just short in a 7-5 loss to UC Santa Barbara to end the day.

Springstead struck out 10 batters, which was almost double the amount of base runners she allowed (six) on four hits, a walk and hit by pitch. The senior got better as the game went along and retired the side in order in the fifth through seventh innings, giving up just a single in the in the eighth.

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Kellye Springstead records her eighth strikeout of the day! We're heading to the 8th!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/ogYq0rJ1ti
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 8, 2019

It was a pitcher's duel, with CBU being shutout through the first seven innings, as well. The international tie-breaker rule placed Alley Johnson on second to open up the eighth and CBU took advantage.

An error on a sacrifice bunt from Shelby Arbeiter put Johnson on third. Brittany Galvez came through with an RBI single that kept runners at the corners with no outs. A sacrifice bunt from Deanna Alarcon scored CBU's second run and the Lancers plated their third run on the second error of the inning.

Lancers put a run on the board in the 8th!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/6djscGej1i
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 8, 2019

UC Santa Barbara jumped out to a 3-0 run through the first two-and-a-half innings. The Lancers started to cut away at their deficit, with two runs in the third.

Johnson led off the inning with a walk and back-to-back one-out singles from Alarcon and Halle Rosario scored CBU's first run.

Rosario puts the Lancers on the board with a RBI single!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/Tx1EvkXXI7
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 8, 2019

A clutch two-out single from Caitlyn Lloyd brought Alarcon home to make it a 3-2 UCSB lead.

Runs in the fourth and fifth restored the Gauchos three-run lead, 5-2, but the Lancers got one back in the fifth. Alarcon, Rosario and Mackenzie Budinger started the inning with three-straight singles, and Anise Avalos came through with the RBI single to make it 5-3.

Avalos drives in Rosario with a single to center (🥎 was not caught) #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/9ewc3zjceD
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 8, 2019

UCSB took its largest lead of the game, 7-3, into the bottom of the seventh but there was no quit from the Lancers. An error and another Avalos single started the inning and a two-out single from Johnson scored two more but that was as a far as CBU would get to a comeback.

The Lancers (5-11) have four more games at the Fresno State Tournament. They will face North Dakota again Saturday at 9 a.m. before facing Montana at 2 p.m. CBU will face UC Santa Barbara and host Fresno State Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively.