CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The Butler softball team dropped its final game at the Doc Halverson UNI-Dome Classic on Sunday. The Bulldogs (1-3) lost to the Iowa State Cyclones (2-2) by the final score of 16-4.
Game 5: Iowa State 16, Butler 4 (5 innings)
Iowa State used four hits, including a home run, to take a 3-0 lead after one inning.
In the second inning, with the bases loaded,
Hailey Conger (2-2, RBI) was hit by a pitch, giving Butler its first run of the game. After a pitching change,
Makena Alexander used a single to bring one more across and reduce the Cyclones' lead to 3-2.
Iowa State scored seven runs in the bottom half of the second on six hits and an error, extending its lead to 10-2. Two runs in the third and four more in the fourth extended the Cyclones' lead to 16-2.
In the seventh, the Bulldogs scored one run on a sacrifice fly. Two batters later,
Kendall Graves ended the scoring with an RBI ground-rule double.
Katie Petran (0-2) started for the Dawgs in the circle, lasted into the second inning, and took the loss. She allowed eight runs (seven earned) on seven hits and a walk with one strikeout.
Kate Murray (4R, 3ER, 5H, 2BB, K) entered in the second with the bases loaded and nobody out. She lasted through the third.
Alyx Johnson (4R, 5H, BB) came in for the fourth and final defensive inning.
Bulldog Bits
- Rachel Hunt notched her first career RBI on a sacrifice fly.
- Graves' double was a career first.
Up Next
Butler heads to Nashville, Tenn., to face Tennessee State in a three-game series on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 14-15.
