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Abilene Christian ACU 4-9
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Winner Omaha OMAHA 10-6
Abilene Christian ACU
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Final
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Omaha OMAHA
10-6
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Abilene Christian ACU 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 11 2
Omaha OMAHA 4 0 0 2 1 0 X 7 6 1

W: Nuismer, Sydney (5-2) L: Russo, Lina (1-4) S: Meyer, Kamryn (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Mavericks Close Out Lion Invitational With a Close Victory

Commerce, TX- The Omaha Mavericks defeated Abilene Christian 7-6 on the final day of the Lion Invitational. 

The Mavericks improve to a  10-6 overall record on the campaign.  

Game One: Omaha 7, Abilene Christian 6
How It Happened
    - Sydney Nuismer had a hot start striking out the second and third batter to end the top of the first. 
    - In the bottom of the first, Maggie O'Brien stole home on a wild pitch to give Omaha their first run. 
    - Emma Durr had a two-run double to center, scoring in Ava Rongisch and Sydney Thomason. 
    - The final run in the top of the first was scored by Emma Durr who made it home after tagging up on Sydney Ross's fly ball to center.
    - ACU had a one-run home run in the fourth making it a three-run game. 
    - The Mavericks picked up two more runs in the fourth. Olivia Aden flied out to center, scoring Ross. The sixth run came from a O'Brien's hit to second that allowed Sammy Schmidt to advance home. 
    - In the bottom of the fifth, Schmidt hit a single to right field, running in Durr for the seventh run. 
    - ACU made a rally in the top of the seventh with three hits to right field and a two-run homer to center making it a one-run game. The Mavericks held them to just six after making a catch in center to finish the game.  
    
Game Notes
    - In the 4.1 innings pitched by Nuismer, she only allowed one run, six hits, and one walk. With 18 batters, she made four strikeouts. 
    - Kamryn Meyer came in for the remaining 2.2 innings where she allowed five hits, and five runs, but made four strikeouts on 14 batters. 
    - Ross went 2-2 at-bat today, scoring one run and tallying one RBI. Ross also had a team of high-seven putouts. 
    - Durr scored a team-high two runs in two at-bats and notched two RBIs. 
    - Though leading in runs, Omaha trailed 11-6 in hits. In the seven innings, the Mavericks only had one error compared to ACU's two. 
    
Up Next
The Mavericks will resume their tournament action next weekend March 1-3 at the Arizona State Invitational. Omaha will match up with Arizona State, North Florida, James Madison, and UC San Diego. 
 
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