Fargo, N.D. - Mayville State Comet Softball hosted the Bellevue Bruins on Saturday and Sunday at Tharaldson Park on the campus of NDSU in what was originally slated for their home opener.
"Coming in game one with a 7-1 win was just what I expected out of our team. Bellevue has a long line of history of being in the top of whatever conference they are in, so we knew they would be competitive games," said head coach
Jordan Olson. "But the great thing is, the better the opponent, the better we have played all year. Unfortunately, we let little things continue to get the best of us and hurt us in big moments. We stranded a ton of runners in scoring position and had multiple opportunities to score runs."
Game 1 - W 7-1
- The Comets defeated Bellevue University 7–1 in seven innings
- Lindsey Tulla opened scoring with a solo home run in the first inning
- Madison Terres gave the Comets the lead for good with a two-run double in the third inning
- Ryanne Bass broke the game open with a three-run home run in the sixth inning
- Bass went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI
- Terres went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI
- Mayville State finished with 12 hits and scored in three different innings
- Lacey Mathiowetz threw a complete game, allowing 1 run on 6 hits with 6 strikeouts in the circle
Game 2 - L 4-3
- Comets fell 4–3 to the Bruins in game two despite scoring in the bottom of the 7th
- Madison Terres tied the game in the fourth with an RBI double
- Lisa-Marie Cante followed with an RBI double to even it at 2–2 in the same inning
- Ella Janzen went 2-for-4 and drove in the Comets' final run with a seventh-inning RBI double
- Janzen, Terres, and Cante each recorded doubles for the Comets
- Baileigh Momberg pitched a complete game, allowing 7 hits and 4 runs with 5 strikeouts over 7 innings
- Bellevue took the lead on a two-run home run by Marguerite Brown in the fourth inning and added insurance runs in the fifth and seventh
Game 3 - L 9-4
- The Comets fell to the Bruins 9–4 in the third game
- Madison Terres gave the Comets an early lead with a solo home run in the 3rd inning
- Haylie Padgett went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI, including RBI singles in the 3rd and 5th innings
- Ella Janzen added an RBI in the 3rd inning and finished with 2 hits
- Mayville State scored three runs in the 3rd inning to take a 3–0 lead early
- Ryanne Bass collected 2 hits and scored a run
- Bellevue answered with six runs across the 45h and 5th innings, including home runs from Breanne McMurtry and Emma Crisman
Game 4 - L 5-3
- Bellevue University beat Mayville State University 5-3 in the series finale
- Mayville State tied the game at 1-1 off an RBI single in the first from Lisa-Mari Cante
- Bellevue took the lead in the 3rd with back to back doubles scoring 3 runs to go up 4-1
- Mayville State rallied in the 6th inning when Ryanne Bass smoked an oppo double scoring 2 runs to make it 3-4 Bruins
- Bellevue added an insurance run in the top of the 7th making it 5-3
- The Comets stranded a runner on base in the bottom of the 7th taking the loss
- Jenna Boos came into the game for Momberg & pitched 4.2 innings giving up just 1 run off of 4 hits
"If our team can play the way I know they can, we can go out and compete with Dickinson State on the road," added Olson. "But, we need to understand winning softball games takes full effort for seven innings, so we need to clean things up and be more consistent with our game plan."
The Comets, who are now 4-4 in Frontier Conference play are set to play Dickinson State University on Friday and Saturday, however, the games have been pushed to Monday, April 6th & Tuesday, April 7th. For full schedule details visit:
https://msucomets.com/sports/softball/schedule
