Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ sophomore pitcher Shelby Turnier tied the program’s seven-inning strikeout record with 15 and tallied the game-winning RBI triple in the last at bat to post a 1-0 victory over Florida A&M in the night cap on Saturday. The Knights came from behind earlier in the day against James Madison when junior outfielder Kahley Novak scored the go-ahead run on an errant throw for a walk-off 3-2 triumph at the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Softball Complex.<\/p>\n
The 8-0 start is the first in the history of program that made its debut in 2002. Five wins to begin a campaign was the previous record set by the 2004 squad.<\/p>\n
Turnier’s 15 strikeouts were the fourth time a Knights’ hurler hit that number in a regulation game with standout Allison Kime accomplishing the feat three times in the memorable 2008 season at Bethune-Cookman (4\/20\/08) and UTEP (4\/13\/08) and vs. Vermont (3\/1\/08). The program’s strikeout record is 18 in 12 innings by Kime at Florida State (3\/26\/07).<\/p>\n
Improving to 4-0 in the circle was junior pitcher Mackenzie Audas, who tossed a complete game against the Dukes, who took an early 2-0 lead in the third, with six strikeouts.<\/p>\n
The Knights saw Turnier notch her first of two triples and sophomore catcher Kalyn Cenal connect on a double vs. James Madison. Freshman left fielder Linnea Goodman, Cenal and Novak added a pair of base knocks.<\/p>\n
Recording a 2-for-2 outing against the Rattlers was sophomore first baseman Samantha McCloskey.<\/p>\n
After opening the season with seven home games, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ hits the road on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. showdown with No. 12 Florida State. The competition ramps up more during the weekend with the Knights facing host No. 6 Alabama twice in the Easton Bama Bahs.<\/p>\n
The third of four tournaments hosted by Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ is set for Feb. 28-Mar. 1 with the Knights returning to the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Softball Complex for a doubleheader vs. SIUE and Princeton at 10 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Turnier tied a program seven-inning record with 15 strikeouts vs. FAMU. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":57372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[9805,6849,6848,3346,11432,4337],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-57370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-american-athletic-conference","tag-kahley-novak","tag-mackenzie-audas","tag-ncaa","tag-shelby-turnier","tag-softball"],"yoast_head":"\n