CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Solid pitching in the circle by Kennesaw State redshirt freshman
Alley Cutting and senior
Logan Viers highlighted a sweep of IUPUI and Tennessee Tech during the first day of the Chattanooga Challenge on Friday (Feb. 17).
The strong showing in the circle was supported by an explosive offense that produced 13 runs, 24 hits and nine extra bases as the Owls (5-2) defeated IUPUI, 10-1, and Tennessee Tech, 3-0.
"It was a good team effort today," head coach
Pete D'Amour said. "I was really pleased with how we came ready to play the second game. We were able to refocus and compete against a really good pitcher. Hopefully, we can bring that same intent into tomorrow's games."
In the opener against IUPUI (0-7), Cutting (2-1) allowed four hits and struck out a career-high 11 batters in 6 1/3 innings, and was backed by a 16-hit attack that included home runs by
Jessie Mullen,
Katey Lynch and
Katie Byrd. Lynch collected three hits and scored two runs, while freshman
Olivia Tamewitz had three hits and three runs scored.
The Owls also received two hits apiece from seniors
Chandler Griffin and
Courtney Sutter, while Byrd and Mullen both homered during a six-run seventh inning.
Viers (2-1) continued Kennesaw State's dominance in the circle against Tennessee Tech (0-6) in the nightcap, as she no-hit the Golden Eagles through five innings before settling for a two-hit, six-strikeout performance.
Seniors
Noelle Winkles and
Taylor Denton led the offense with two hits apiece, while Winkles, Tamewitz and Sutter recorded RBIs.
Lynch finished the day 4-for-6 with two runs scored, a double and home run, while Tamewitz scored three runs and Mullen collected three RBIs.
The Owls are back in action on Saturday when they play Radford at 11 a.m. and host Chattanooga at 4 p.m.
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