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POCATELLO, Idaho - The Idaho State softball team split two games on the final day of the Boise State SpringHill Suites Invitational, beating Utah State 9-0 in five innings and losing 8-7 to Boise State. Idaho State is now 9-14 on the season.
Idaho State hit .357 on the day with 20 hits. The Bengals were led by
Amanda Fitzsimmons, who was 5-7 with two home runs and two RBI and scored five runs.
Vicky Galasso was 4-7 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored. With the two home runs Fitzsimmons hit on Sunday, she now holds the career home run record to herself with 21 homers, passing Heather Dixon's 19.
“I thought Kelsi (Ott) pitched tremendous against Utah State,” Idaho State coach
Julie Wright said. “Our offense is so electric at times. I was proud of
Haley Douglas coming in for her first appearance after the injury. It was great to see her out there. We got into a slugfest with Boise State and came up on the wrong side of it. We have to do a better job with relief pitching.”
The Bengals used five pitchers on the day with Ott earning the win against Utah State and Fitzsimmons taking the loss against Boise State.
Idaho State 9 Utah State 0 (5)
Fitzsimmons set the Idaho State career home run record by going 2-3 with a home run, RBI and two runs scored in a 9-0 five inning victory over Utah State on the campus of Boise State.
The Bengals had nine runs on nine hits and Ott earned the win by pitching four innings, allowing only two hits and striking out two.
Haley Douglas saw her first action of the season and pitched the final inning.
Idaho State scored all nine runs in the first four innings. After a run in the first inning, Fitzsimmons and
Katee Wiley hit back-to-back home runs to put the Bengals on top 3-0.
Katelyn Marquez had a bases-clearing triple in the third inning to up the lead to 6-0 and ISU scored three runs in the fourth inning thanks to an RBI double by
Maddy Hickman and a two-run home run by
Hailey Breakwell.
Boise State 8 Idaho State 7
Each team had 11 hits in the game but it was the Broncos who came up with the critical ones down the stretch. The Bengals scored first in the top of the first with a solo home run but the Broncos rallied in the bottom half of the inning with a four run inning and led 4-1 after two innings.
ISU scored two runs in the top of the third. The scoring happened with
Courtney Dial tripled and later scored on a wild pitch and Fitzsimmons doubled and would also score on a wild pitch.
Boise State led 5-3 after four innings but the Bengals took a 6-5 lead in the top of the fifth with three runs. Fitzsimmons led off with a home run and Wiley followed with a single. Breakwell, Marquez and Galasso all had RBI singles in the inning.
Idaho State took a 7-5 lead in the top of the sixth but Boise State scored three runs in the bottom half of the inning to take the 8-7 lead.
Jackie Valdez, Fitzsimmons, Ott and
Bailey Foster all saw time in the circle.
Idaho State returns to the field March 23-24 for two games against Nevada and two against Santa Clara Reno. ISU plays at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the 23rd and 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on the 24th.
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