Former Texas pitcher Ariana Adams transfers to Syracuse
Elizabeth Billman | Senior Staff Photographer
After an 11-0 record at Texas, pitcher Ariana Adams is utilizing her extra year of eligibility to finish her career at Syracuse.
Facebook
Subscribe to our sports newsletter here.
Former Texas pitcher Ariana Adams is transferring to Syracuse following four seasons with the Longhorns. After graduating from Texas, Adams is utilizing her extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the pandemic.
Adams went a perfect 11-0 with the Longhorns, finishing with a career earned run average of 2.73. She pitched the most in 2019, starring in 34.2 innings across 12 appearances. In 2021, she was part of a Longhorn pitching group that had a combined 2.58 ERA and recorded 16 shutouts. Texas finished its season at the Stillwater Super Regional before losing a three-game series to Oklahoma State.
Clemson’s Alia Logoleo hits 3 home runs, 10 RBIs in SU loss
Will Fudge | Staff Photographer
Syracuse dropped its fourth game against Clemson 19-2. The Orange took one game in the four-game series.
Facebook
Subscribe to our sports newsletter here.
Clemson’s Alia Logoleo was batting a mere .232 heading into Sunday’s game. She had recorded four hits in her last four games, which included her 18th RBI of the season in Saturday’s doubleheader, her first since April 17th.
Syracuse’s starting pitcher, Kaia Oliver, had already allowed one run, a double and two walks in the top of the first inning, with just one out to her name. Logoleo stepped into a pitch right down the middle for a three-run home run crushed over the left field fence.
Syracuse allows 3rd-most runs in program history in 19-2 loss to No. 13 Clemson
Will Fudge | Staff Photographer
Facebook
Subscribe to our sports newsletter here.
McKenzie Clark started Sunday afternoon with a double. Shortly after she reached second, catcher Geana Torres made her way out to the mound to talk with starter Kaia Oliver. Then, Oliver walked Ansley Gilstrap, and pitching coach Michael Steuerwald stopped play again to talk with Oliver and Torres. Neither conversation helped, though. Two batters later, freshman Alia Logoleo hit her fifth home run of the season, quickly sending Syracuse into a 4-0 deficit before it got a chance to bat.
Syracuse struggles pitching against top-25 teams
Elizabeth Billman | Senior Staff Photographer
Kaia Oliver led the team in ERA (2.53) through her first 20 innings this season but it’s climbed to over 5.00 over her last 56.
Facebook
Subscribe to our sports newsletter here.
Virginia Tech’s Kelsey Brown raced home after another low Kaia Oliver pitch escaped catcher Maxine Barnes to score the Hokies’ first run of the game. A fielding error by Barnes and an RBI double by Addy Greene followed, and Syracuse trailed 4-0 before its first chance at bat. It forced head coach Shannon Doepking to bring in freshman Jolie Gustave in relief after Oliver walked the bases loaded to start the game, threw just two strikes on 21 pitches and recorded a career-low one out.