Friday, February 16
Clearwater, FL
6:30 AM
University of Washington
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Kentucky
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Huskies Begin Clearwater Invitational 2-0
February 16, 2024 | Softball
CLEARWATER, Fla. โ No. 5 Washington opened its run at the Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational Presented by EvoShield with a pair of wins on Friday at the Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex.
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The Huskies began the day with an 8-1 win over No. 18 Kentucky before a 12-4 victory over Minnesota. UW is now 5-1 on the season.
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#5 WASHINGTON 8, #18 KENTUCKY 1
Sydney Stewart got things going in the second with her first home run of the season. Jillian Celis followed with a home run of her own in the third to give the Huskies a two-run lead.
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Kentucky made it a one run game on a double in the bottom of the third.
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The Huskies brought the bats alive in the fifth when Brooke Nelson led off with a single. Fiedler followed with a double and Brooklyn Carter brought in Nelson on a single to make it a two-run game again. Washington plated five more runs in the inning highlighted by a two-run triple from Avery Hobson to make it 8-1.
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The Wildcats forced back-to-back walks to start the bottom of the fifth, but Ruby Meylan and the Huskies' defense were able to get out of the jam with no runs scored.
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Nelson got the start in the circle and tossed two scoreless innings with a pair of walks and a strikeout. Meylan (2-1) came in and picked up her second win of the year after tossing five innings in relief and struck out six Wildcats.
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#5 WASHINGTON 12, MINNESOTA 4
Olivia Johnson led the way with a 3-for-4 outing with four RBI and a walk. Jillian Celis, Rylee Holtorf, Alana Johnson and Avery Hobson recorded multiple hits in the games. Brooke Nelson recorded three RBI.
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Minnesota brought across the first run of the game in the second to take a 1-0 lead.
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The Huskies responded in the third, plating five in the top half of the inning highlighted by a double from Nelson to drive in two runs.
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The Golden Gophers add a run in the bottom of the inning, cutting the lead to three, 5-2.
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Washington added a pair of runs on Olivia Johnson's double. Minnesota would add two runs, cutting the lead to 7-4.
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The Huskies were able to capitalize on a couple of Minnesota errors to plate five more runs in the final three frames to move to 5-1 on the season with a 12-4 win.
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Sidne Peters got her first start in the circle and threw three innings with two strikeouts before Lindsay Lopez (2-0) came in and picked up her second win with one earned run allowed in the final four frames.
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The 12 runs scored in the games marks the first time this season - and first since the Huskies faced Northern Colorado in the Regional - that they elapsed double-digit runs.
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Washington will open Saturday at the Clearwater Invitational against Wisconsin at 7 a.m. PT followed by another Top 25 matchup against No. 12 LSU at 2 p.m. PT. Both games will air on ESPN+.
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For more information on the UW softball team, follow @UWSoftball on X and Instagram.
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The Huskies began the day with an 8-1 win over No. 18 Kentucky before a 12-4 victory over Minnesota. UW is now 5-1 on the season.
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#5 WASHINGTON 8, #18 KENTUCKY 1
Sydney Stewart got things going in the second with her first home run of the season. Jillian Celis followed with a home run of her own in the third to give the Huskies a two-run lead.
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Kentucky made it a one run game on a double in the bottom of the third.
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The Huskies brought the bats alive in the fifth when Brooke Nelson led off with a single. Fiedler followed with a double and Brooklyn Carter brought in Nelson on a single to make it a two-run game again. Washington plated five more runs in the inning highlighted by a two-run triple from Avery Hobson to make it 8-1.
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The Wildcats forced back-to-back walks to start the bottom of the fifth, but Ruby Meylan and the Huskies' defense were able to get out of the jam with no runs scored.
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Nelson got the start in the circle and tossed two scoreless innings with a pair of walks and a strikeout. Meylan (2-1) came in and picked up her second win of the year after tossing five innings in relief and struck out six Wildcats.
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#5 WASHINGTON 12, MINNESOTA 4
Olivia Johnson led the way with a 3-for-4 outing with four RBI and a walk. Jillian Celis, Rylee Holtorf, Alana Johnson and Avery Hobson recorded multiple hits in the games. Brooke Nelson recorded three RBI.
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Minnesota brought across the first run of the game in the second to take a 1-0 lead.
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The Huskies responded in the third, plating five in the top half of the inning highlighted by a double from Nelson to drive in two runs.
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The Golden Gophers add a run in the bottom of the inning, cutting the lead to three, 5-2.
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Washington added a pair of runs on Olivia Johnson's double. Minnesota would add two runs, cutting the lead to 7-4.
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The Huskies were able to capitalize on a couple of Minnesota errors to plate five more runs in the final three frames to move to 5-1 on the season with a 12-4 win.
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Sidne Peters got her first start in the circle and threw three innings with two strikeouts before Lindsay Lopez (2-0) came in and picked up her second win with one earned run allowed in the final four frames.
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The 12 runs scored in the games marks the first time this season - and first since the Huskies faced Northern Colorado in the Regional - that they elapsed double-digit runs.
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Washington will open Saturday at the Clearwater Invitational against Wisconsin at 7 a.m. PT followed by another Top 25 matchup against No. 12 LSU at 2 p.m. PT. Both games will air on ESPN+.
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For more information on the UW softball team, follow @UWSoftball on X and Instagram.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Meylan, Ruby (2-1)
L: Stephanie Schoonover (4-1)
Batting:
2B: Fiedler, Kinsey 1
3B: Hobson, Avery 1
HR: Celis, Jillian 1 ; Stewart, Sydney 1
RBI: Carter, Brooklyn 1 ; Celis, Jillian 3 ; Stewart, Sydney 1 ; Hobson, Avery 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Carter, Brooklyn 1 ; Celis, Jillian 2 ; Stewart, Sydney 1 ; Johnson, Alana 1 ; Glab, Jadyn 1 ; Nelson, Brooke 1 ; Fiedler, Kinsey 1
SB: Carter, Brooklyn 1 ; Celis, Jillian 1 ; Holtorf, Rylee 1
Batting:
2B: Erin Coffel 1
RBI: Erin Coffel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rylea Smith 1
SB: Vanessa Nesby 1 ; Rylea Smith 1
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