March 29, 2008
Box Score
Pocatello, ID --- Natasha Milosevich carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and Megan Miller threw out the tying run at the plate for the final out as the Bengals ended an 11-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the College of Idaho in the first game of a doubleheader.
The Bengals (2-19) got their only run in the sixth inning with a two-out rally. Christine Shollenberger, who entered the game batting just .097, singled up the middle. Ivy Sessions then followed with a slow roller through the left side for a single. Brittany Olsin entered as a pinch runner for Shollenberger, and she came around and scored the only run of the game on a single by Krista Armstrong.
Milosevich retired everyone for the first five innings except for in the second inning, when she hit Stacy Smith with a 1-2 pitch. Leading off the sixth, Caylin Lepire broke up the attempt for ISU's first ever no-hitter with a clean double to right center. However, Milosevich rebounded getting a pair of strikeouts, including one on former Bengal Nicole Antonoplos, and a flyout to end the inning.
ISU left a potential insurance run on in the seventh after putting runners on first and second, but Miller and Emily Hu both struck out. In the bottom of the seventh pitcher Katie Zellner singled to open the inning, and then moved to second on a sacrifice. Haley Butcher grounded one to Merissa Jannsen, who caught Zellner too far off second for the second out. After Smith was hit again, putting Dani VIlyard in scoring position, Katie Kurdy singled to center, where Miller gunned down Vilyard at the plate after catcher Whitney Chaffe blocked the plate cleanly.
The Bengals had six hits in game one, and the Yotes had just the three. Milosevich struck out six and didn't walk a batter in recording her first shutout and her second career win.
NOTES: Amber Sackett, who entered the game just 2-for-33, went 1-for -3 on the day ... Milosevich's ERA went from 6.54 to 5.58 ... the win was ISU's first 1-0 win since defeating Utah State 1-0 on May 7, 1983, which was the final win before the program was halted after the 1983 season.
