
Bronco Bats Back Bauer
3/9/2025 4:24:00 PM | Softball
POCATELLO, Idaho – Olivia Bauer pitched 4 2/3 innings of no-hit relief and Boise State homered three times in a 9-3 victory over Montana at the Black and Orange Classic, Sunday.
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Bauer (4-1) retired 14 of the 15 batters she faced, the other reached on an error, and struck out a season/career high seven.
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Boise State (19-5) started the scoring in the first. Sophia Knight led off the contest with a single to set a Bronco record with her 38th-straight game reaching base.
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After a Montana (5-18) error, Makenzie Butt hit her team-leading 12th home run and the Broncos led 3-0. Sydney Groves and Brooklynn Pettis each followed with a single. Two batters later, Groves scored on an RBI-ground out by Leah McAnally.
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Mykenzie Hanna increased the lead in the second with her 10th home run of the season and 43rd of her career.
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Montana chased Boise State starter Julianne Rose with a run in the second and two more in the fourth to cut the Broncos' lead to 5-3.
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Boise State scratched out a run in the fifth and put the game on ice in the seventh courtesy of Pettis's three-run home run, her seventh of the year.
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The Broncos wrap up the Black and Orange Classic, Monday against Washington. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m.
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NOTES
*Boise State has scored eight or more runs in a school record 16-straight games.
*The Broncos have hit three or more home runs in four-consecutive games for the first time in school history.
*Boise State has homered in a school-record 14-straight games
*Sophia Knight extended her hitting streak to a school-record 26 games with a single in the first.
*Knight is the third player in school history to have two seasons with at least 20 multi-hit games.
*Mykenzie Hanna has reached base in 27-consecutive games.
*Makenzie Butt became the second Boise State freshman to register 40 RBI…freshman record holder Devon Bridges had 53 in 2011.
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Bauer (4-1) retired 14 of the 15 batters she faced, the other reached on an error, and struck out a season/career high seven.
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Boise State (19-5) started the scoring in the first. Sophia Knight led off the contest with a single to set a Bronco record with her 38th-straight game reaching base.
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After a Montana (5-18) error, Makenzie Butt hit her team-leading 12th home run and the Broncos led 3-0. Sydney Groves and Brooklynn Pettis each followed with a single. Two batters later, Groves scored on an RBI-ground out by Leah McAnally.
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Mykenzie Hanna increased the lead in the second with her 10th home run of the season and 43rd of her career.
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Montana chased Boise State starter Julianne Rose with a run in the second and two more in the fourth to cut the Broncos' lead to 5-3.
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Boise State scratched out a run in the fifth and put the game on ice in the seventh courtesy of Pettis's three-run home run, her seventh of the year.
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The Broncos wrap up the Black and Orange Classic, Monday against Washington. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m.
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NOTES
*Boise State has scored eight or more runs in a school record 16-straight games.
*The Broncos have hit three or more home runs in four-consecutive games for the first time in school history.
*Boise State has homered in a school-record 14-straight games
*Sophia Knight extended her hitting streak to a school-record 26 games with a single in the first.
*Knight is the third player in school history to have two seasons with at least 20 multi-hit games.
*Mykenzie Hanna has reached base in 27-consecutive games.
*Makenzie Butt became the second Boise State freshman to register 40 RBI…freshman record holder Devon Bridges had 53 in 2011.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bauer, Olivia (4-1)
L: Lachermeier, Brianna (2-2)

Batting:
2B: Butt, Makenzie 1
HR: Hanna, Mykenzie 1 ; Butt, Makenzie 1 ; Pettis, Brooklynn 1
RBI: Hanna, Mykenzie 1 ; Butt, Makenzie 3 ; Pettis, Brooklynn 3 ; Lake, Megan 1 ; McAnally, Leah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Knight, Sophia 1 ; Hanna, Mykenzie 2 ; Butt, Makenzie 2 ; Groves, Sydney 1 ; Farmer, Hollie 2 ; Pettis, Brooklynn 1
CS: Lake, Megan 1

Batting:
3B: Cockhill, Anna 1
HR: Tarrant, Madison 1
RBI: Cockhill, Anna 1 ; Sweeney, Sveva 1 ; Tarrant, Madison 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cockhill, Anna 1 ; Tarrant, Madison 1 ; Lopez, Grace 1
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