Softball Splits Opening Day of Spring Games

Friday, March 4

Madeira Beach, Fla.

12:30 p.m.

Omaha

8-6

Central Michigan

5-5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Central Michigan	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0
Omaha	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Georgetown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Omaha	0	0	0	2	0	4	X	6	9	1

Softball Splits Opening Day of Spring Games

Mar 4, 2022 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – Omaha softball opened the Florida Spring Games with a split on Friday. The Mavericks fell to Central Michigan in the first game, 4-1. They then rebounded with a 6-0 win vs. Georgetown to take game two.

Omaha improves to 9-6 overall.

Game 1: Central Michigan 4, Omaha 1
How It Happened

The Chippewas took a quick lead in the top of the first plating the first two runs of the game. Tolmie led off with a single to left field that was followed up by a two-run homer from Stein for the lead.
Izzy Eltze and Lynsey Tucker tallied back-to-back singles to center to open the bottom half of the inning, but the Mavericks left them on base to end the inning.
Central Michigan doubled its lead in the second inning. They loaded the bases with a hit-by-pitch and two walks. Two more walks brought in a pair of runs for a 4-0 lead.
Olivia Aden, Maggie O'Brien, Jamie White, and Eltze tallied base-hits over the next four innings for the Mavericks, but they wouldn't score until the sixth.
White sent a solo shot over the center field fence to put Omaha on the board with a run. The Mavericks trailed 4-1 heading into the seventh.
Omaha retired the Chippewas in order and loaded the bases in the seventh, but CMU tallied the final out of the inning and won 4-1.

Inside the Box Score

Sydney Nuismer made the start in the circle. She falls to 2-3 and tallied one strikeout in one inning of work.
Sydney Hampton and Anna Chapman came in for relief. Chapman retired three batters over 5.1 innings.
Eltze finished 3-of-4 at the plate, while White and O'Brien finished with two hits each.

Game 2: Omaha 6, Georgetown 0
How It Happened

The Mavericks rebounded in the second game of Friday's action with a win. The first runs came in bottom of the fourth when Omaha took a 2-0 lead. Ross and Olivia Aden got on base early with a hit-by-pitch and single. Eltze hit them in with a double to center.
Eltze made it 3-0 in the sixth with an infield single to score Sophie Cerveny.
Burkhardt doubled the Maverick lead with a double to center that cleared the bases for a 6-0 win.

Inside the Box Score

Eltze finished 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBI.
Burkhardt tallied two hits and three RBI.
Kamryn Meyer earned the win in the circle. She retired 14 batters, just one shy of her career-high.

Up Next
Omaha continues action at the Spring Games Saturday with games vs. Southern Mississippi and Radford.