Mullen Hits Career High 18 Strikeouts in 15 Inning Win

Mar 20, 2012

Northland Sports Online

It took 15 innings and some three hours and 22 minutes, but the University of Minnesota Duluth got the job done, prevailing 4-0 over the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, Wis. The Bulldogs mustered just four hits through the first 14 innings before putting up four runs on three hits (including a pair of two-run homers by sophomore pitcher Megan Mullen and junior shortstop Kierra Jeffers) in the top of the 15th.

Mullen went the distance and finished with a career-high 18 strikeouts. The Hermantown, Minn., native scattered five hits and allowed just three walks and also helped her cause by going 2-for-7 at the plate.

The Bulldogs (14-11) and Rangers (1-22) made it through six innings in the second end of Tuesday’s doubleheader, but halted play due to darkness with UW-Parkside holding a 3-1 lead. The two teams will pick up in the top of the seventh inning tomorrow at noon before engaging in another non-conference twinbill.

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