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Kelsi Anderson
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Winner Edinboro BORO 10-17, 7-8 PSAC-W
5
Slippery Rock ROCK-S 17-22, 10-10 PSAC-W
Winner
Edinboro BORO
10-17, 7-8 PSAC-W
10
Final
5
Slippery Rock ROCK-S
17-22, 10-10 PSAC-W
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Edinboro BORO 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 10 9 0
Slippery Rock ROCK-S 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 5 9 1

W: Annalise Smith (2-0) L: Hurd, Alexsa (8-9)

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Edinboro BORO 10-18, 7-9 PSAC-W
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Winner Slippery Rock ROCK-S 18-22, 11-10 PSAC-W
Edinboro BORO
10-18, 7-9 PSAC-W
0
Final
8
Slippery Rock ROCK-S
18-22, 11-10 PSAC-W
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Edinboro BORO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Slippery Rock ROCK-S 4 1 0 0 3 8 7 1

W: Anderson, Kelsi (5-9) L: Lauren Bush (3-7)

Game Recap: Softball | | Nick Schmieg, Athletic Communication

Anderson breaks wins record with no-hitter vs. Edinboro

Kelsi Anderson became the winningest pitcher in Slippery Rock softball history by throwing SRU’s first no-hitter since 2013 in an 8-0 win in game two over Edinboro Thursday at Kasnevich Field. The Fighting Scots claimed game one, 10-5.

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Kelsi Anderson became the winningest pitcher in Slippery Rock University softball history by throwing SRU's first no-hitter since 2013 in an 8-0 win in game two over Edinboro Thursday at Kasnevich Field. The Fighting Scots claimed game one, 10-5.
 
With her 34th career victory, Anderson surpassed Brooke Dawson on the all-time wins list. Dawson stacked 33 wins from 2015-18.
 
Additionally, Anderson became the first SRU pitcher to record a no-hitter since Emily Lobdell's no-no against Bluefield State University 11 years ago, February 15, 2013. Wednesday's performance was the 11th documented no-hitter in Slippery Rock history and the first in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference competition since Brittany Hahn in 2005, also against Edinboro.
 
The split moves Slippery Rock to 18-22 overall and 11-10 in PSAC West play, while the Fighting Scots adjusted to a 10-18 mark on the year with a 7-9 showing in the conference.
 
In Anderson's (5-9) game-two no-hitter, she fanned nine of the 16 batters faced while hurling 76 pitches in 5.0 innings. Alexsa Hurd (8-9) recorded the loss in game one after dealing for 1.1 innings with one strikeout. Mackenzie Borkovich (5-3) saw out the final 5.2 frames, adding five strikeouts.
 
Five of Slippery Rock's 13 RBI through the day came from Mackenzie Freeman, who went 3-for-5 with a double and her third home run of the year. Hurd compiled two homers on the day with one in each game, going 4-for-7 with four RBI.
 
Julia Montie batted in a run on a 2-for-7 day, joining Samantha Susany (2-for-3) and Aubrey Mansfield (2-for-6) in multi-hit afternoons. Arielle Brown and Jeanna Sukey both went 1-for-5 at the plate, combining for three RBI. Julia Nutter (1-for-5) rounded out Slippery Rock's day, which contained 17 total hits.
 
GAME ONE – Edinboro 10, Slippery Rock 5
Slippery Rock suffered a 10-5 loss to Edinboro after the Fighting Scots launched four home runs through the seven-inning affair. The Rock succumbed to a 4-0 deficit through the first two innings and were paced by Edinboro the rest of the way.
 
SRU came within reach after a two-run RBI single from Brown in the third inning that cut the lead to 4-2 and an RBI single down the left line by Sukey to make it 4-3 in the fourth.
 
Three home runs in as many innings gave Edinboro a 10-3 lead, a large enough cushion to sustain the two runs Slippery Rock tacked on with a home run from Hurd and an RBI single from Freeman in the bottom of the seventh to finalize the game with a 10-5 scoreline.
 
Hits were even through the contest at 9-9 with Annalise Smith (2-0) earning the victory after throwing three strikeouts in the final 4.0 innings. Hurd (8-9) recored one strikeout in the opening 1.1 innings, suffering the loss. Borkovich (5-3) registered five Ks in the final 5.2 innings.
 
Hurd (2-for-4) and Susany (2-for-3) led the charge for The Rock with additional hitting coming from Brown (1-for-4), Montie (1-for-4), Freeman (1-for-2), Nutter (1-for-3) and Sukey (1-for-3).
 
GAME TWO – Slippery Rock 8, Edinboro 0 (5 inn.)
70 minutes is all it took for Anderson to notch her record-breaking 34th career win in an 8-0 victory over Edinboro that spanned five innings.
 
Home runs by Hurd and Freeman in the first inning kickstarted Slippery Rock to a 4-0 advantage. The Rock tacked on an extra run in the bottom of the second to take a 5-0 lead when Brown got from second to home plate on a throwing error by the Edinboro shortstop.
 
The Fighting Scots looked to have a base hit when Kearson Wagner lobbed a ball into shallow left-center, but were stunned to see Brown soaring from her shortstop position to make the unlikely snag.
 
Singles to left field by Hurd and Mansfield led off the bottom of the fifth, with Hurd scoring on an RBI single into left-center by Montie. Both Mansfield and Montie were plated on a whack from Freeman into left-center to score the game-clinching eighth run.
 
Anderson (5-9) sat nine of the 16 batters she faced down in the 5.0 innings needed while walking just one batter through the 76-pitch win.
 
Slippery Rock, which amassed a 7-0 hitting stronghold over Edinboro, saw 2-for-3 games from Mansfield, Freeman with four RBI and Hurd with three. Montie (1-for-3) drove in a run for SRU as well. Lauren Bush (3-7) pitched all 4.0 innings for the Fighting Scots, netting three strikeouts in 89 pitches.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Rock will get a well-deserved day off before beginning a four-game series with Pitt-Johnstown with Senior Day 1 p.m. Saturday at Kasnevich Field.





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