{"id":1509,"date":"2019-05-24T10:33:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T10:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2019-05-24T10:33:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T10:33:51","slug":"young-harris-tamu-kingsville-west-florida-augustana-open-2019-ncaa-dii-championships-with-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=1509","title":{"rendered":"Young Harris, TAMU-Kingsville, West Florida, Augustana open 2019 NCAA DII Championships with wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER, Colo. \u2013<\/strong> Young Harris, Texas A&M-Kingsville, West Florida and Augustana posted wins on the first day of the NCAA Division National Championships from the Regency Athletic Complex on the campus of Metro State.<\/p>\n

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The Mountain Lions (43-18) and Javelinas (49-8) face off at 11 a.m. MT tomorrow in the winners bracket after each squad won their first-ever NCAA Championship game in their first appearance. The Argonauts (53-9) and the Vikings (57-10) will do battle at 1:30 p.m. MT.<\/p>\n

No. 1 LIU Post and No. 5 Grand Valley State will play in the first elimination game at 4:00 p.m. MT with No. 7 Grand Valley State and No. 6 UC San Diego following at 6:30 p.m. MT. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Game 1 – <\/strong>No. 8 Young Harris 9, No. 1 LIU Post 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maddie Urquiola keyed a 17-hit attack as No. 8 Young Harris knocked off No. 1 LIU Post in the opening game of the 2019 NCAA Championships. The victory for the Mountain Lions came in the program\u2019s first-ever national tournament appearance and marked the second straight season the No. 8 team won the opener.<\/p>\n

Urquiola, the No. 9 batter, was the game\u2019s offensive sparkplug finishing 3-for-3 with three doubles, four RBI and a run scored. Joining her in the three-hit department was catcher Jill Torres, who went 3-for-5 with a pair of two-baggers.<\/p>\n

The Mountain Lions grabbed a quick 2-0 lead with RBI doubles by Haylie Shope and Urquiola in the first and second inning, respectively. It didn\u2019t last long as Abbey Fortin put the Pioneers (51-12) on the board in the bottom half of the second with a solo shot to center. They would take a brief 3-2 lead on Ashley Melendez\u2019s RBI single and a throwing error on the same play allowing the go-ahead run to score.<\/p>\n

Another Urquiola RBI double and Emily Harris\u2019 successful squeeze pushed Young Harris back into the lead for good at 4-3 in the fourth. The Mountain Lions extended their lead to 9-3 with three runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth.<\/p>\n

Harris finished 2-for-5 with two RBI. Nikki Kovalsky went the distance for the YCH to improve to 29-11 on the year. She allowed two earned runs with four walks and three strikeouts<\/p>\n

The Pioneers finished with eight hits, three off the bat of Melendez. Katie Humhej (26-6) suffered the loss, lasting three-plus innings and surrendering four runs, three earned, on seven hits. She did not walk or strikeout at batter.<\/p>\n

Game 2 \u2013 No. 4 Texas A&M-Kingsville 2, No. 5 Grand Valley State 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Schoonard-Saborio hit a two-out two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to lift No. 4 Texas A&M-Kingsville to a 2-1 victory over No. 5 Grand Valley State. The long ball gave the Javelinas their first NCAA Championship win in their first-ever appearance and extended their winning streak to 16 games.<\/p>\n

Prior to the home run, Laker hurler and Schutt Sports \/ NFCA Pitcher of the Year finalist Allison Lipovsky, was cruising along, allowing just two hits over 5.2 innings. Lipovsky (31-3), finished the game with seven punchouts and one free pass.<\/p>\n

TAMUK\u2019s Breanna Smith settled down after allowing a first-inning round tripper to earn the complete-game win. The southpaw scattered seven hits, struck out seven and walked just one to improve to 21-3.<\/p>\n

Taylor Rieger provided the only offense for Grand Valley, which had its 15-game winning streak snapped, with a solo homer in the top of the first. She was one of seven Lakers (49-9) to record a base hit.<\/p>\n

Game 3 \u2013 No. 2 West Florida 5, No. 7 West Chester 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grace Gilbert went the distance in the circle and was 3-for-3 at the plate, keying West Florida to a 5-1 win over West Chester. Gilbert allowed a run on six hits with three strikeouts and one walk. She also scored twice, including the eventual game-winning run in the second inning.<\/p>\n

The Argonauts scored a run in each of the first two innings to grab a quick 2-0 lead. After opening the scoring on a fielder\u2019s choice in the first, Mika Garcia drove in Gilbert with an RBI triple in the second.<\/p>\n

After squandering a golden opportunity in the top of the first, the Golden Rams (39-21) got on the board in the third when Heidi McCollester scored on a ground ball that was misplayed by the first baseman.<\/p>\n

However, that would be it for the WCU offense as Gilbert kept it off the scoreboard the rest of the game.<\/p>\n

UWF gave Gilbert some breathing room thanks to a solo home run in the fifth by Jacquelynne Poling and a bases loaded walk, followed by Poling scoring on a wild pitch in the sixth.<\/p>\n

Six different Golden Rams recorded a base hit. Maegen Kavanagh suffered the defeat. She allowed five runs, four earned, on six hits in five-plus innings of work.<\/p>\n

Game 4 \u2013 No. 3 Augustana 8, No. 6 UC San Diego 0 (5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Behind an 11-hit attack and Ashley Mickschl\u2019s one-hit shutout, Augustana blanked UC San Diego, 8-0, in five innings. Mickschl struck out three and walked one, while going 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI at the plate.<\/p>\n

Mary Pardo made an opening statement for the Vikings with a leadoff blast deep over the right centerfield fence in the bottom of the first. They added two more in the second on Mickschl\u2019s two-out, two-run double. <\/p>\n

Augustana broke it open with a four-run third, highlighted by Shannon Petersen\u2019s two-run moonshot down the leftfield line. Kara McDougall capped off the inning, driving in two runs with a double just fair inside the third base bag.<\/p>\n

Maggie Kadrlik finished 3-for-3 with a double for the Vikings. Pardo was 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Petersen drove in two and scored twice. <\/p>\n

Keila Bosinger recorded the Triton\u2019s (37-16) only hit, a double in the fourth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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