GAME RESULTS
Game 1 – Omaha 3, Saint Louis 2
Game 2 – Saint Louis 4, Kansas City 0
Michelle Short Memorial Classic
Monday, Feb. 28, 2022
Conway, Ark.
 
THE BASICS
•Saint Louis matched its season high of 11 hits to back the shutout pitching of Chloe Wendling in a 4-0 victory over Kansas City Monday afternoon at Central Arkansas' Michelle Short Memorial Classic.
•In the Billikens' first game of the day, Omaha came away with a 3-2 win.
•The Billikens are 3-6 on the season.
 
GAME 1 – HOW IT HAPPENED
•Saint Louis scored both its runs with two outs in the top of the first inning on Sadie Wise's first home run of the season.
•Omaha plated its three runs in the second.
 
GAME 1 – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Wise added a single for a two-hit game.
•Gabbie Kowalik collected a double and a single.
•Cami Newbanks recorded a single.
•Taylor Hochman went the distance in the circle, striking out five while yielding just four hits and one walk.
 
GAME 2 – HOW IT HAPPENED
•Wise put the Billikens on the board in the top of the first with a two-out RBI double.
•SLU doubled the lead in the second on Kelsey Etling's leadoff home run, her first of the year.
•The Bills tacked on two runs in the fourth. Kendall Johnson notched an RBI with a fielder's choice, and Wise picked up her fourth RBI of the day with a single.
 
GAME 2 – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Wendling registered her third career shutout. She struck out two, walked just one and allowed seven hits.
•Wise was 3-for-3 with a walk.
•Kristi Stevenson enjoyed a 3-for-4 outing.
•Kowalik singled twice.
•Sydney Ross collected her first collegiate hit, a double.
•Natalie Sullivan singled and walked.
 
UP NEXT
The Billikens play their final in-season tournament, the Ole Miss Classic, Friday-Sunday, March 4-6. SLU will take on Ole Miss (twice), Samford (twice) and Western Kentucky.