LEXINGTON, Ky. – Thanks to shining performances by Stephanie Schoonover, Rylea Smith and Vanessa Nesby, the No. 21 Kentucky Softball team willed itself to a 3-1 win Saturday afternoon on Senior Day thanks to a three-run sixth inning to book the series-evening win.
Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs, Jaden Vickers reached on an error as Grace Lorsung scored to tie the game followed by back-to-back triples off the bat of Vanessa Nesby and Rylea Smith to pad the lead and hand the ball of to Stephanie Schoonover to close out the ballgame in the top of the seventh.
Schoonover pitched a complete game, allowing just one run on seven Game****************s hits with four strikeouts and only one earned run crossing the plate. The Vicksburg, Mississippi native on her senior day registered her team-leading 17th win of the season to move to 17-7 on the year and threw 118 pitches Saturday afternoon with 75 of them recorded as strikes.
Game three, the deciding game of the weekend series, will be Sunday at 1 p.m. ET from John Cropp Stadium as the 2024 home season will come to a close against No. 25 South Carolina. The game will be shown live on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app with Dick Gabriel and Dorian Craft on the call from JCS. Tickets are available at UKathletics.com/tickets for the home finale.
Nesby, Smith and Schoonover’s Clutch Performance Lock In 3-1 Win – UK Athletics
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Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs, Jaden Vickers reached on an error as Grace Lorsung scored to tie the game followed by back-to-back triples off the bat of Vanessa Nesby and Rylea Smith to pad the lead and hand the ball of to Stephanie Schoonover to close out the ballgame in the top of the seventh.
Schoonover pitched a complete game, allowing just one run on seven Game****************s hits with four strikeouts and only one earned run crossing the plate. The Vicksburg, Mississippi native on her senior day registered her team-leading 17th win of the season to move to 17-7 on the year and threw 118 pitches Saturday afternoon with 75 of them recorded as strikes.
Game three, the deciding game of the weekend series, will be Sunday at 1 p.m. ET from John Cropp Stadium as the 2024 home season will come to a close against No. 25 South Carolina. The game will be shown live on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app with Dick Gabriel and Dorian Craft on the call from JCS. Tickets are available at UKathletics.com/tickets for the home finale.
Nesby, Smith and Schoonover’s Clutch Performance Lock In 3-1 Win – UK Athletics
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