KENNESAW, Ga. -- Freshman Taikibrea Campbell went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI for the Morehead State Eagles in a 6-2 loss to the Creighton Bluejays on Sunday.
Freshman Riley Burney (0-4) started and took the loss in the circle for Morehead State (1-9).
MSU finished with just five hits, only the third time this season it recorded fewer than seven. Creighton (7-3) collected 12 hits. The Eagles left eight runners on base, while the Bluejays stranded nine.
It also saw the end of two streaks: Sela Pickford's 10-game hitting (although the sophomore infielder did draw a first-inning walk to extend her stretch of reaching base safely to 11 consecutive contests) and Kendra Lewis' nine games of reaching base safely. Senior utility player Ilencia Lightbody, who doubled in the sixth, now owns the longest current hitting streak at five games.
"We put people on base throughout the game, but we didn't drive enough of them home, and our defense did a nice job keeping them from scoring in the first few innings, but we didn't do a good enough job in the fifth and that's what cost us in the end," said MSU coach Megan Griffith.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Eagles put runs on the scoreboard first, starting the scoring in the second inning. Morehead State got a bases-loaded RBI single from freshman Jordan Donato, scoring Campbell from third base.
The Bluejays then rallied to score six runs (two in the third and four in the fifth) and take a 6-1 lead before the Eagles got back on the board in the sixth. Morehead State pushed across a run on Campbell's one-out RBI double, which brought the score to 6-2 in favor of the Bluejays. The Eagles were unable to get any closer, as neither team scored again in the ballgame.
GAME NOTES
» Morehead State's highest scoring inning was the sixth, when it pushed one run across.
» Morehead State pitchers faced 33 Creighton hitters in the game, allowing eight ground balls and six fly balls while striking out two.
» The Eagles drew five walks from Creighton pitching.
» Campbell led the Eagles at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
» Creighton was led offensively by sophomore Sydney Potter, who went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI.
» Senior Brooklyn Patchen led the Bluejays pitching staff, throwing six innings of two-run ball.
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