FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 20th, 2024
Samantha Rubin
samantha@mallardsbaseball.com
608-665-1220

MINOT, ND – The Madison Night Mares and Minot Honeybees went head-to-head for two games today in Minot.

The Night Mares came out of game one with a shutout that started in the fifth inning when Rylee Rogers (Madison College) scored on Haley Remington’s (University of Wisconsin-Parkside) sac fly.

Trinity Gregg (University of Jamestown) landed a double for Minot, but no one made it in for the score.

Kayla Thomas (Campbell University) then earned a run after a pitch hit Remington. Rogers then scored when Jenna Boos (St. Cloud Technical and Community College) walked Carly Oliver (University of the Cumberlands). Dani Lucey (University of Wisconsin-Madison) scored one on new Night Mare Mia Johnson’s (University of Wisconsin-Parkside) sac fly, and then Remington took home as Tia Durst (Lake Land College) fouled off a ball. Oliver then took run number six on Brooke Steinhorst’s (Madison College) walk for a final score of 6-0 Madison.

Karlie Mckenzie (Eastern Illinois University) pitched six innings with three hits, five walks, and seven strikeouts.

Game two started off with a home run by Lexie Shaver (Salt Lake Community College) in the first to score three. Thomas then snagged an RBI and was followed by Shaver taking home on a wild pitch to Rogers.

Minot then started bringing in the runs as Sydney Farmer (Tyler Junior College) brought in an RBI and Shayna Myshrall (Niagra University) knocked a two-run double. Abbie Stigler (St. Mary’s University) then helped to score two on her single as well as an error in center. Farmer then had a two-run RBI.

Thomas answered by smacking a double in the top of the fifth to bring one in. Oliver had an RBI single in that inning as well.

However, Gregg then scored on an error in left on Shannon Nelson’s (Miles Community College) at bat. This tied up the game for Madison and Minot.

Shaver then earned another run thanks to another RBI by Thomas. She ended the game with four RBIs.

Then Durst widened the gap in the top of the seventh by launching a two-run triple. Shaver then had an RBI single, and so did Remington who brought in two more runs. Oliver and Johnson then also joined the RBI club of the night by each scoring one of their own.

The final score of game two was 17-8 Night Mares.

The Night Mares play again tomorrow in Minot for a doubleheader with the first game starting at 5:05 pm.

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