No. 14 Duke Shuts Out Rider, Campbell on Day One of Campbell Invitational

Friday, February 24

Buies Creek, N.C.

11:30 a.m.

Duke University

10-3

Rider

0-2

Duke

Rider

No. 14 Duke Shuts Out Rider, Campbell on Day One of Campbell Invitational

2/24/2023 11:18:00 PM | Softball

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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – No. 14 Duke softball (11-3) recorded two shutout wins against Rider and host Campbell during the first day of the Campbell Invitational.

In the opening game against Rider (0-2), junior Claire Davidson earned her third win of the season after throwing 36 pitches in 4.0 innings of work. Davidson gave up only one hit as the Blue Devils held off the Broncs for a 4-0 win.

Junior Jala Wright surpassed 150 career strikeouts in the nightcap against Campbell (6-5) after she fanned five to help lead Duke past the Fighting Camels, 7-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED VS. RIDER

The Blue Devils scored all four runs in the third inning with the rally starting after sophomore Ana Gold drove in redshirt-freshman Jada Baker and freshman Aminah Vega with a two-RBI double. Baker and Vega reached base on a walk and single, respectively, during the previous two at bats.
Freshman D'Auna Jennings followed that up singling on a bunt to place runners on the corners.
Jennings then picked up her fifth stolen base of the season to move herself into scoring position.
During the ensuing at bat, senior Gisele Tapia converted on a sacrifice fly to bring home Gold and shift Jennings up 60 feet to third.
Deja Davis kept the wheel moving by reaching base on an error, which allowed Jennings to touch home plate for the Blue Devils' fourth and final run of the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED VS. CAMPBELL

Junior Francesca Frelick put Duke ahead early in the second game with a two-run homerun over the left field wall in the second inning.
An RBI groundout by Tapia scored another run for Duke in the top of the third to create a 3-0 gap between the teams. Davis led-off the frame with a triple before Tapia brought her home two batters later.
The Blue Devils added three additional runs in the fifth and one in the seventh to ultimately put the game away. Junior Sarah Goddard came in to pinch hit in the fifth and scored two of those four runs following a single to right field.
Wright earned the win in the circle after posting five strikeouts and giving up just two hits in 6.0 innings of work. She moves to 3-2 on the season.

NOTES

Duke recorded its eighth-straight win and have earned three consecutive shutout victories.
Wright reached the 150 career strikeouts milestone in the first inning of the nightcap after retiring two of the first three batters in just 10 pitches.
Freshman Sophie Garner-MacKinnon came in for relief to finish the final three innings against the Broncs giving up only two hits.
After hitting her first career homerun at Campbell last season, Frelick tallied her fifth career homerun on Friday after sending a two-run blast over the left field fence during the nightcap.
Tapia finished the day with three RBI and has brought home 12 runs in just 14 games this season.
Goddard went 2-for-2 in the twin bill with two RBI, one run and one walk.
Davis recorded her fifth double and first triple of the year against Campbell.

UP NEXT
The Blue Devils face Wagner and Ohio at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m., respectively, on Saturday during day two of the Campbell Invitational. Live stats for both games will be available through GoCamels.com.

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