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SB - Dove vs. CSC (NDNU 3 Recap)
Stan Plewe/Utah Tech Athletics
0
Notre Dame de Namur NDNU-SB 4-14
8
Winner Dixie State DX-SB 18-0
Notre Dame de Namur NDNU-SB
4-14
0
Final
8
Dixie State DX-SB
18-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Notre Dame de Namur NDNU-SB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Dixie State DX-SB 1 0 0 2 0 5 8 9 0

W: Dove, Madi (2-0) L: Pamplin, D (1-9)

Game Recap: Softball | | By DSU Athletics Media Relations

No. 4 Softball defeats NDNU Sunday, 8-0

Trailblazers complete the three-game sweep to improve to 18-0

No. 4 Dixie State softball wrapped up a three-game sweep of Notre Dame de Namur on Sunday with an 8-0 victory in a non-conference matchup at Karl Brooks Field.

The Trailblazers (18-0) opened the scoring in the bottom of the first when Brenna Hinck (Tremonton, Utah/Bear River HS) scored from third on a double-steal attempt to give the home team an early 1-0 advantage.

Notre Dame de Namur looked to get on the scoreboard in the top of the fourth, opening the frame with back-to-back singles. The Argonauts attempted to move the runners on the next at-bat, but Madi Dove (Cypress, Calif./Cypress HS) scooped up a grounder near the pitcher's circle, spun around, and fired to Dani Bartholf (Gilbert, Ariz./Gilbert HS) at third for the force out. DSU then retired the next two batters to get out of the inning unscathed.

Dixie State added two runs in the bottom of the fourth, using three hits and an NDNU miscue to push the lead to 3-0. Bailey Gaffin (Glendale, Ariz./Mountain Ridge HS) opened the frame with a double to the fence in right center, then scored when a pickoff attempt sailed into center field. Dani Bartholf (Gilbert, Ariz./Gilbert HS) plated the other run, scoring Kenzie Sawyer (Cedar City, Utah/Canyon View) from first with an RBI-double up the middle.

NDNU threatened to score again in the top of the sixth, putting a runner on second base with only one out. But the next batter lined out to Janessa Bassett (Stansbury Park, Utah/Stansbury HS) in center field, and Bassett fired to Kaitlyn Delange (Cedar City, Utah/Canyon View HS) at second for the double play before the NDNU base runner could return to the base.

The Trailblazers ended the game with five runs, all with two outs, on five hits and one NDNU error in the bottom of the sixth. Bartholf started the rally with her second double of the game, and later scored when Meagan Anders (Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Oasis HS) singled through the right side. Cassidy Morton (Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Ranch HS) then lined an infield single off of third base to score Taylor Godfrey (Buckeye, Ariz./Estrella Foothills HS) from third. Anders later scored from third on an NDNU fielding error to set up the game-ending 2-RBI single by Gaffin to push the score to the final tally of 8-0.

Dove (2-0) earned the win in the pitcher's circle, tossing a complete-game shutout with two strikeouts. Gaffin and Bartholf each finished with two hits to lead DSU at the plate.

Dixie State heads to Hawaii for games against Chaminade, Hawai'i Pacific, and Hawai'i Hilo, beginning on March 12.
 
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