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Sydney Groves batting at the Kajikawa Classic 2024

Broncos Crush Blue Demons to Earn Split

2/17/2024 1:58:00 PM | Softball

ARLINGTON, Texas – Sydney Groves homered twice and drove in eight runs as Boise State defeated DePaul 19-2, Saturday at the Maverick Invitational.
 
The victory came in five innings via mercy-rule as the Broncos improved to 5-2. Earlier in the day, Boise State lost 8-5 to Michigan State (3-5).
 
"As I said last week, we are a young team and we are going to have some ups and down," head coach Justin Shults said. "Once again we had a great response though and will need to be focused tomorrow."
 
The eight RBI by Groves tied the school single-game record. Six of them came during an 11-run third inning.
 
Against the Blue Demons (0-8), the Broncos scored four times with two outs in the top of the first on two-run home runs by Brooklynn Pettis and Groves, respectively.
 
Boise State put the game away with an offensive explosion in the third. After Alycia Flores singled in a run, Grove launched a three-run home run to right field. With one out, Megan Lake extended the lead to 12-1 with a grand slam.
 
The next three batters reached and Groves cleared the bases with a three-run double to make the score 15-1.
 
Against the Spartans, the Broncos led 5-2 after four innings. Michigan State tied the game in the fifth and won it in the seventh with a pair of three-run home runs.
 
Top Broncos
  • Sydney Groves finished the day 4-for-7 with a double, two home runs and 10 RBI.
  • Brooklynn Pettis was 4-for-4 with a double, home run and three RBI against DePaul.
  • Hollie Farmer reached base four times and scored three runs against the Blue Demons.
  • Skylar Stroh was 1-for-1 with three walks, three runs and a three-run home run against DePaul.
Notables
  • Sydney Groves tied the school single-game record with eight RBI against DePaul…the two-homer game was the third of her career.
  • Boise State homered five times in the win over DePaul.
What's Next
The Broncos have a rematch with the Spartans, Sunday at 10 a.m. CT/9 a.m. MT and face Kansas City at 3 p.m. CT/2 p.m. MT.
 

 

Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Guidry, Faith (1-1)

L: Caudill, Taylor (4-1)

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Batting:

2B: Farmer, Hollie 1 ; Bumcrot, Abby 1

RBI: Knight, Sophia 1 ; Groves, Sydney 2 ; Pettis, Brooklynn 1

SH: McAnally, Leah 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Knight, Sophia 1 ; Farmer, Hollie 2 ; Lake, Megan 1 ; Bumcrot, Abby 1

HBP: Hanna, Mykenzie 1 ; McAnally, Leah 1

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Batting:

2B: Ross, Alexis 1 ; Doloszycki, Sydney 1 ; Hawley, Hannah 1

HR: Butler, Jaeya 1 ; Lee, Macy 1

RBI: Hawley, Hannah 2 ; Butler, Jaeya 3 ; Lee, Macy 3

Base Running:

RUNS: Ross, Alexis 2 ; Fox, Anna 1 ; Hawley, Hannah 1 ; Butler, Jaeya 2 ; Lee, Macy 1 ; Conroy, Payton 1

CS: Conroy, Payton 1

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