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St. Thomas Celebration
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St. Thomas (Minn.) UST 3-18
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Winner Saint Louis SLU 11-5
St. Thomas (Minn.) UST
3-18
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Final
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Saint Louis SLU
11-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
St. Thomas (Minn.) UST 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
Saint Louis SLU 1 6 0 0 2 9 10 0

W: Hochman, Taylor (8-1) L: Christina Crawford (1-10)

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St. Thomas (Minn.) UST 3-19
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Winner Saint Louis SLU 12-5
St. Thomas (Minn.) UST
3-19
5
Final
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Saint Louis SLU
12-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Thomas (Minn.) UST 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 8 0
Saint Louis SLU 0 1 5 2 0 0 X 8 6 2

W: Royle, Isabel (3-1) L: Ella Cook (2-5) S: Strand, Lily (2)

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Winner Illinois ILL 7-9
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Saint Louis SLU 12-6
Winner
Illinois ILL
7-9
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Final
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Saint Louis SLU
12-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Illinois ILL 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 6 11 1
Saint Louis SLU 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1

W: McQueen, Tori (5-3) L: Hochman, Taylor (8-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

SLU Softball Has 2-1 Weekend at Billiken Spring Tournament

GAME RESULTS
Saturday Game 1 – Saint Louis 9, St. Thomas (Minn.) 1 (5 innings)
Saturday Game 2 – Saint Louis 8, St. Thomas (Minn.) 5
Sunday – Illinois 6, Saint Louis 3
Saturday-Sunday, March 9-10, 2024
Billiken Sports Center
 
THE BASICS
Saint Louis posted a 2-1 record in the Billiken Spring Tournament over the weekend, defeating St. Thomas (Minn.) 9-1 and 8-5 and falling 6-3 to Illinois.
 
SLU is 12-6 on the season.
 
SATURDAY GAME 1 – HOW IT HAPPENED
•Cami Newbanks' solo home run in the first inning put the Billikens in front.
•Saint Louis erupted for six runs in the second as Kelsey Etling and Natalie Sullivan smashed three-run home runs.
•St. Thomas scored its only run in the fifth.
•SLU ended the game in the bottom of the fifth on solo homers by Abby Mallo and Etling.
 
SATURDAY GAME 1 – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•The Billikens' five home runs tied a school record.
•Taylor Hochman went 4 1/3 innings and improved to 8-1. She struck out six and allowed one run, two hits and one walk.
•Newbanks was 3-for-3.
•Mallo added a single for a two-hit game.
•Chloe Rhine (double) and Jocelyn Abbott (single) also made it into the hit column.
 
SATURDAY GAME 2 – HOW IT HAPPENED
•St. Thomas grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the first.
•Saint Louis got on the board in the second on Abbott's sacrifice fly.
•The Bills took command in the third, plating five runs. Newbanks had an RBI double, Rhine drew a bases-loaded walk, and Abbott delivered a three-run double.
•SLU answered St. Thomas' fourth-inning run with two of its own in the bottom half on Mallo's two-run single, making it 8-4.
•The Tommies tallied a run in the fifth to account for the final score.
 
SATURDAY GAME 2 – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Isabel Royle upped her record to 3-1. Royle fanned five in five innings of work.
•Lily Strand recorded her second save, tossing two scoreless innings.
•Sullivan, Rhine and Abby Ulsas had a single apiece.
 
SUNDAY – HOW IT HAPPENED
•The Billikens took a 1-0 lead in the first on a fielder's choice RBI by Jane Kaniecki.
•SLU made it 3-0 in the second when two runners scored on a two-out error.
•Illinois got those two runs back in the third, and the Fighting Illini put up four runs in the seventh to claim the win.
 
SUNDAY – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Ulsas had two singles and Rhine collected one.
 
UP NEXT
The Billikens conclude the Billiken Spring Tournament Monday, March 11, with a single game vs. Illinois starting at noon.
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