OMAHA, Neb. – The Butler softball team won its eighth straight conference game, shutting out Creighton, 10-0, in game two of the three-game BIG EAST series. The Bulldogs (14-19, 8-0 BIG EAST) scored in every inning except the second in the five-inning affair, while the BlueJays (13-21, 0-8 BIG EAST) were limited to just two hits.
 
How It Happened
In the top of the first inning, the Bulldogs loaded the bases when both Sydney Carter (2-4, 2 R) and Ella White (2-4, 2B, 3 RBI) singled and Paige Dorsett was hit by a pitch. Teagan O'Rilley then put the ball in play in the infield, allowing Carter to score the first run of the game.
 
In the third inning, after Kaylee Gross and Carter had reached second and third, Dorsett singled through the left side, pushing Gross across. O'Rilley then hit a sacrifice fly to center field, sending Carter home. Butler led, 3-0, after three complete.
 
Ellie Boyer (2-3, 2B, SB, 2 R) led off the fourth with a double to right center, then stole third base. Two batters later, Olivia Moxley hit a single up the middle and extended the Bulldogs' lead to 4-0.
 
In the top of the fifth, O'Rilley singled and Monique Hoosen launched the day's only home run over the center field wall. Butler then loaded the bases with singles from Boyer and Cate Lehner along with a Creighton fielding error. Gross walked, pushing Boyer across, and White hit a double down the left field line that cleared the bases. The six-run inning put Butler up, 10-0.
 
The BlueJays were unable to score in the bottom of the fifth to extend the game.
 
Sydney Cammon (3-5) pitched a complete game for Butler and earned her third win of the season. In 5.0 innings, she conceded only two hits – one in the third inning and one in the fourth. She walked two and struck out two.
 
Bulldog Bits

• Monique Hoosen's home run was her ninth of the season and the 22^nd of her career.
• Ella White's double was her seventh of the season and the 18^th of her career.
• Ellie Boyer's double was her second of the season and the sixth of her career. Her stolen base was her first of the season and the 17^th of her career.
• Paige Dorsett has at least one hit in the past 11 games. She is 17-for-36 (.472) in that span.
• Kaylee Gross is 18-for-34 (.529) in the past 11 games, with three hits in three of them.
• Sydney Cammon pitched her second complete game of the season and her first shutout.

Up Next
Butler remains in Omaha, Neb., for the BIG EAST series with Creighton with game three scheduled for Sunday, Apr. 2.