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Lexi Davis
5
Winner Rogers St. RSU 35-18
0
Pittsburg St. PSU 45-9
Winner
Rogers St. RSU
35-18
5
Final
0
Pittsburg St. PSU
45-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rogers St. RSU 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 7 0
Pittsburg St. PSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0

W: Harley Culie (18-9) L: Crabb, Emma (15-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Gorillas Bow Out Of MIAA Championships In Close Battle Against RSU

EMPORIA, Kan. - The Pittsburg State University softball team fell in the MIAA Championship quarterfinals against the Rogers State University Hillcats on Thursday (May 7) at the Trusler Sports Complex, 5-0.

For the No. 14 Gorillas (45-9) they will have to wait for the NCAA Division II Softball Selection Show on Monday (May 11) at 9:00 a.m. (CDT) to find out what seed they will be in the Central Region. On Wednesday (May 6) the Gorillas were the No. 2 seed in the region.

Rogers State (35-18) advances to the semifinal round of the MIAA Championship and will play either or No. 12 Central Oklahoma or Northeastern State on Friday (May 8) at 2:30 p.m.

Pittsburg State, had the first chance to score in the game in the first inning with a Lexi Davis RBI double being removed after a runner left early to end the inning in a scoreless tie. The Gorillas would get runners on first and second in the third inning with two outs before Harley Culie (18-9) induced a strikeout to end the inning and keep it a scoreless tie. 

PSU would have runners on first and second again in the fourth inning with one out before Culie got back-to-back Gorillas to strikeout to persevere the 0-0 tie. Ava Laurent departed the circle after 5.0 shutout innings and three strikeouts for the Gorillas, with Emma Crabb (15-4) dispatched in relief to start the sixth inning. 

In the sixth, Rogers State had runners on first and third with one out before a reviewed runner left early challenge by PSU successfully gave the Gorillas a second out and removed a runner from scoring position. RSU would later score off a wild pitch to take a 1-0 lead. 

Pittsburg State got a leadoff single from Kadyn Trochim and a double from Lexi Davis to put runners on second and third but couldn't score to tie it up or take a lead. In the seventh, Rogers State added four runs to make it 5-0. PSU got runners on first and second with one out before Culie's 10th strikeout of the game and a slow dribbler to first base ended the game.

Laurent got the no decision in the circle with five shutout innings of work. Heather Arnett finished 3-of-4 as Trochim, Davis and Trista Peterson accounted for the other hits for PSU. Haili Igou, Davis and Rachael Schlotter drew walks in the game to account for all nine base runners.
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