Completed Event: Softball versus DMACC on September 17, 2025

03.06.2021 | Softball
ARLINGTON, Texas – No. 23 Iowa State (16-2) piled up 14 hits en route to a 6-3 victory over Texas A&M Corpus Christi (7-8). The Cyclones rallied from a 3-1 deficit to improve to 3-0 on the weekend at the UT Arlington Boerner Invitational.
Pitcher Shannon Mortimer was excellent, picking up the win in 5.1 innings of relief work. Mortimer allowed just one runs on three hits to help the Cyclones rally after a slow start.
Senior Logan Schaben went 3-of-3 at the plate, while Sami Williams went 2-of-4 with a double and a triple.
No. 23 Iowa State 6, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi 3
The Islanders jumped out to an early lead, plating one run in each the first, second and third innings. Texas A&M – Corpus Christi scored its first three runs on just two hits, as the Islander offense was also aided by six walks, one hit batter and a trio of Cyclone errors in just the first three innings.
Iowa State scratched out its first run in the home half of the second inning. Alesia Ranches notched a lead-off double, followed by a bunt for a base hit by Logan Schaben to put runners on the corners. Freshman Kali Gose then single to left, scoring Ranches to get the Cyclones on the board.
Mikayla Ramos cut the Islander lead to 3-2 in the third inning with a solo home run to right field. It was the third home run of the season for the NCAA's doubles leader.
Iowa State took its first lead in the bottom of the fourth. Carli Spelhaug picked up a one-out single, and stole second base. Sami Williams then played Spelhaug with her first triple of the season. Mikayla Ramos gave ISU the lead, 4-3, by picking up a RBI on a groundout to shortstop, scoring Williams.
Skyler Ramos extend Iowa State's lead in the fifth with a RBI single to right, bringing Schaben home to make it a 5-3 Cyclone lead. Milaysia Ochoa helped the Cyclones tack on an insurance run with a RBI single to right field in the bottom of the sixth.
Iowa State is now 16-2 for just the second time in school history (1975).
On Deck
Iowa State closes out the UT Arlington Invitational with a pair of games at Allan Saxe Field on Sunday. The Cyclones take on Missouri State at 9 a.m. and Wichita State at 11:30 a.m. CT.
Pitching:
W: Mortimer, Shannon (3-0)
L: McNeill, A. (1-1)
Batting:
RBI: Lara, B. 1 ; Purcell, M. 1
SH: Noyola, T. 1 ; De Avila, Q. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Noyola, T. 1 ; Torres, A. 1 ; Torres, G. 1
SB: Noyola, T. 1 ; Egan, P. 1 ; Escamilla, A 1 ; Purcell, M. 1
HBP: Torres, G. 1
Batting:
2B: Williams, Sami 1 ; Ranches, Alesia 1
3B: Williams, Sami 1
HR: Ramos, Mikayla 1
RBI: Williams, Sami 1 ; Ramos, Mikayla 2 ; Ochoa, Milaysia 1 ; Gose, Kali 1 ; Ramos, Skyler 1
SH: Schaben, Logan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Spelhaug, Carli 1 ; Williams, Sami 2 ; Ramos, Mikayla 1 ; Ranches, Alesia 1 ; Schaben, Logan 1
SB: Spelhaug, Carli 2 ; Ochoa, Milaysia 1
HBP: Gose, Kali 1