Hall Dominates as Dartmouth Wins Third Straight

Friday, March 15

Louisville, Ky.

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

South Dakota

First-year Jensin Hall has fanned 21 batters in her last 12 innings of work.

Photo by: Ben Ennis

Hall Dominates as Dartmouth Wins Third Straight

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First-year Jensin Hall’s career-high 11 strikeouts helped power a 6-0 win over South Dakota

By: Kyle Relf

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Friday's matinee against South Dakota had all the makings of a pitcher's duel, scoreless through four, until the Dartmouth bats came alive with eight hits in the final two innings, all while first-year Jensin Hall tossed a complete game and fanned 11 Coyotes in a 6-0 victory.

The Big Green, who started 0-4, are now winners of three straight having also defeated Butler and Bellarmine on Wednesday. Hall starred in the win over Butler with 10 strikeouts and two earned runs over five innings of work, and now has 21 strikeouts over her last 12 innings pitched following Friday's gem.

A two-run fifth was more than enough run support for Hall, but the Big Green provided plenty of insurance with another four in the sixth. A two-out fifth-inning rally, including Cwen Wilson's RBI double that broke the scoreless tie, put the Big Green on top and Allie Ohde drove in two with her sixth-inning base-knock to double the lead.

Kelly Beaupre and Leila Hennessy were both 2-for-3 at the plate for Dartmouth, which had just one hit through four innings, but would finish the afternoon with nine. South Dakota mustered just four hits against Hall, who struck out eight of her first nine batters faced.

Just the Big Green's second hit of the day, Hennessy singled to right field with two gone in the fifth to give way to Wilson's clutch RBI double. Wilson would come around to score on fellow first-year Justice Malone's single. Another rookie, Olivia Schramm, delivered a one-out single in the sixth and two batters later, with the bases loaded, Ohde ripped the two-run single that hiked Dartmouth's lead to 4-0. Hennessy tacked on another with an RBI single, and it was 6-0 after Wilson's sacrifice bunt brought Ohde home.

Dartmouth is set to face South Dakota once again on Saturday, March 16 at 10:30 a.m. and will square off with Illinois at 1 p.m. as the Louisville Classic continues. The action-packed weekend in the Bluegrass State closes on Sunday against Michigan. Live stats for all contests are available on DartmouthSports.com.