'Dogs take two from MSSU
Jack Nicholl
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: Sports
The softball team received two pitching gems Monday.
Seniors Katie Jeannin and Katie Noski each threw a shutout against conference foe Missouri Southern State University in Truman's 2-0 and 3-0 victories.
The wins came after Sunday's 2-1 and 3-1 losses to MIAA leader Emporia State University and Saturday's 5-2 win and 8-5 loss against Pittsburg State University. Truman (20-19, 8-10 MIAA) now is finished with the conference schedule. The team currently is sixth in the 10-team MIAA.
Jeannin took the mound in the first game against Missouri Southern, looking for her first win in more than a month and her third of the season. She got that and more, throwing her first complete game and shutout of the spring.
"I had a great time," Jeannin said. "I felt like I was hitting my spots, and everything was working well. ... We were keeping them low and outside. And I threw pretty much the same as I would normally try to throw."
Jeannin mixed inside curveballs with outside dropballs to keep the Lions' batters off balance. She struck out three and allowed only three hits in the contest. Only two batters reached second base, both with fewer than two outs, but Jeannin was able to prevent the runs.
"[She] really did a good job at keeping the ball low and out, which is pretty much what we've been doing with her, and it's her best pitch and she can pinpoint a dropball excellently, and she just did a really good job," sophomore catcher and second baseman Erica LaCombe said.
Truman only got four hits, but the team manufactured runs in the first and fifth innings to secure the win against the Lions (6-29).
In Game 2, it was Noski's turn to shine. She allowed only one hit and two walks and struck out two. She mixed in off-speed pitches on the inside and outside parts of the plate to coax 12 ground balls from the Lions.
Missouri Southern threatened to score only once, in the fourth. A base hit would have given the Lions the lead after a sacrifice fly advanced two runners, putting runners on second and third with two outs. However, on the first pitch to the next batter, Noski induced a ground ball for an easy putout.
Seniors Katie Jeannin and Katie Noski each threw a shutout against conference foe Missouri Southern State University in Truman's 2-0 and 3-0 victories.
The wins came after Sunday's 2-1 and 3-1 losses to MIAA leader Emporia State University and Saturday's 5-2 win and 8-5 loss against Pittsburg State University. Truman (20-19, 8-10 MIAA) now is finished with the conference schedule. The team currently is sixth in the 10-team MIAA.
Jeannin took the mound in the first game against Missouri Southern, looking for her first win in more than a month and her third of the season. She got that and more, throwing her first complete game and shutout of the spring.
"I had a great time," Jeannin said. "I felt like I was hitting my spots, and everything was working well. ... We were keeping them low and outside. And I threw pretty much the same as I would normally try to throw."
Jeannin mixed inside curveballs with outside dropballs to keep the Lions' batters off balance. She struck out three and allowed only three hits in the contest. Only two batters reached second base, both with fewer than two outs, but Jeannin was able to prevent the runs.
"[She] really did a good job at keeping the ball low and out, which is pretty much what we've been doing with her, and it's her best pitch and she can pinpoint a dropball excellently, and she just did a really good job," sophomore catcher and second baseman Erica LaCombe said.
Truman only got four hits, but the team manufactured runs in the first and fifth innings to secure the win against the Lions (6-29).
In Game 2, it was Noski's turn to shine. She allowed only one hit and two walks and struck out two. She mixed in off-speed pitches on the inside and outside parts of the plate to coax 12 ground balls from the Lions.
Missouri Southern threatened to score only once, in the fourth. A base hit would have given the Lions the lead after a sacrifice fly advanced two runners, putting runners on second and third with two outs. However, on the first pitch to the next batter, Noski induced a ground ball for an easy putout.
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