Game Information
Score: Keiser 2, Ave Maria 5 (Game One), Keiser 9, Ave Maria 3 (Game Two)
Records: Keiser (17-23, 7-15 TSC), Ave Maria (29-14, 14-7 TSC)
Series: 2-1, Ave Maria
Location: Ave Maria, Fla.
Duration of Game: 1:40, 1:40
Weather:Â 75, partly cloudy
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Game One
Keiser Highlights
- The first four hitters in the Seahawks batting order recorded a hit in the contest.
- Garceau and Brodbeck each had one stolen base.
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Turning Point
The turning point of the game was the big third inning in which Ave Maria scored four runs to take the lead for good.
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How it Happened
- Keiser took an early 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI single to right center by Avery Miller, plating Kelsey Brodbeck who led off the game with a walk.
- Ave Maria had a chance to the tie game in the bottom half but Kalie Romig was thrown out at home trying to score off a first and third steal attempt. However, the Gyrenes did tie it on a passed ball, one batter later.
- Kristen Garceau began the third with a single to left and then stole second. After a groundout to second, moved her to third, Cassidy Miller plated her with an RBI single.
- The Gyrenes took their first lead of the game in the third with a four-run inning at 5-2, and wouldn't relinquish the advantage down the stretch.
Game Two
Keiser Highlights
- Garceau was a perfect 4-4 at the plate with two triples and two runs batted in.
- Jones, Blumberg, and Aquaria Baines all had two hits in the game.
- Allison picked up the win, throwing a complete game with two strikeouts.
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Turning Point
The turning point of the game was the two run triple by Jones in the third that gave the Seahawks the lead back at 4-2.
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How it Happened
- Garceau tripled to lead off the contest and scored on an RBI groundout to second by Brodbeck, to lead 1-0.
- C. Miller upped the margin to 2-0 on a one-out solo homerun down the left field line.
- Ave Maria cut the deficit in half during the second on a throwing error by the catcher after a sacrifice bunt. The Gyrenes then tied it on a one-out RBI single by Meghan Sullivan.
- In the third, Garceau singled and then stole second. After a groundout moved her to third, and C. Miller walked, Dajia Jones cleared the bases with a triple to lead 4-2.
- Garceau upped the margin to 6-2 in the fourth, on a two-out triple, pushing Troiana Test across who had walked.
- The Seahawks then tacked on three more runs in the sixth. A pair of singles by Brodbeck and Garceau along with an error, allowed Keiser to load the bases. A sacrifice fly by C. Miller made it 7-2, and a two-run RBI single by Cheyenne Blumberg made it 9-2.
- However, Ave Maria plated one last run in the seventh on a solo homerun, but fell by a final of 9-3.
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