RIVERSIDE, Calif – Junior
Sydney Hampton tossed the 18
th no-hitter in program history since 2000 in a 9-0 victory in five innings over UC Riverside on Friday afternoon at the Amy S. Harrison Classic. The Mavericks clinched the Friday sweep with a 4-2 win over Michigan State.
With the two victories, Omaha improves to 9-7 on the season.
Game One: Omaha 9, UC Riverside 0 (F/5)
How It Happened
- Jamie White reached on a walk and Emma Dargy singled before Diana Murtha slugged her third home run of the season to give the Mavericks a 3-0 lead in the first.
- Sydney Ross doubled home Janae Cameron before Emily Klosterman's two-RBI single pushed Omaha's lead to 6-0 in the first.
- In the second, Ross unleashed a three-RBI double to center, scoring Cameron, Murtha and Dargy and blowing the game wide open at 9-0.
- Hampton shut down the first 12 batters she faced before opening the fifth with a walk on a full count.
- Hampton retired the next batter before the Maverick defense turned a double play to preserve the no-hitter.
Inside the Box Score
- Ross hit 2-for-3 at the plate with a career-high two doubles and four RBI.
- Murtha went 2-for-3 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored.
- Cameron and Dargy also touched home twice for the Mavericks.
- Allison Helton extended her hit streak to 10 games while Dargy stretched her reached-base streak to 15, one shy of her career-long.
- Hampton improved to 8-2 on the season after facing the minimum batters in the five-inning shutout victory.
- Hampton's no-hit performance is the 36th no-hitter in Division I this season.
- Omaha improved to 8-0 on the season when scoring at least seven runs.
Game Two: Omaha 4, Michigan State 2
How It Happened
- The Spartans scored two runs on one hit and a Maverick error in the first to grab an early lead.
- Dargy reached on a walk in the third before coming around to score when Cameron reached on a Spartan fielding error.
- Omaha tied the game at two in the next at-bat when Ross hit an RBI single to center, scoring Murtha.
- Cameron lifted an RBI double to right center in the fifth, followed by an RBI triple from Ross to give the Mavericks a 4-2 lead.
- Kamryn Meyer shut down MSU in the sixth and seventh to preserve her first collegiate victory.
Inside the Box Score
- Ross and Cameron led the Mavericks with two hits each while Ross posted two RBI.
- Five Mavericks tallied a hit and Murtha scored a team-high two runs.
- Starter Ryanne Millington tossed the first inning while Meyer completed the final six innings.
- Meyer tied her career-high with six innings and five strikeouts.
- The win is the first victory over a Power Five opponent since the Mavericks defeated Stanford on the road on Feb. 18, 2017
- The victory over the Spartans is Omaha's first against a Big Ten opponent since knocking off Purdue on Feb. 13, 2016.
What's Next
The Mavericks continue play at the Amy S. Harrison Classic with a pair of games tomorrow. Omaha takes on Montana at 11 a.m. CT before facing UC Riverside at 4 p.m. CT.