{"id":125951,"date":"2026-02-07T03:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/125951\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:09:09","slug":"softball-falls-to-prairie-view-am-incarnate-word-on-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/125951\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball Falls to Prairie View A&#038;M &#038; Incarnate Word on Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO, Texas\u00a0\u2013 The Manhattan Jaspers\u00a0softball\u00a0team (0-2), fell in both of their contests against the Panthers\u00a0from Prairie View A&amp;M\u00a0(1-0) and the Cardinals of Incarnate Word (1-0) by the final scores of 7-1 and 12-4 at H-E-B Field on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>GAME ONE: Manhattan 1, Prairie View A&amp;M 7<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/brianna-estevez\/12529\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12529\" target=\"_blank\">Brianna Estevez<\/a> grabbed the first hit of the 2026 season in the opening inning, putting one through the middle and later stealing second.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/karissa-spring\/10649\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10649\" target=\"_blank\">Karissa Spring<\/a> took the circle for the first game of the year, striking out her first two batters faced in the home half of the first.&#13;<br \/>\n\tPrairie View A&amp;M put together a five spot in the second, capped off by a grand slam from Dyani McKinley.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kaitlyn-moody\/12544\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12544\" target=\"_blank\">Kaitlyn Moody<\/a> doubled to center field in the fourth, bringing home newcomer <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/natalye-debus\/12538\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12538\" target=\"_blank\">Natalye DeBus<\/a>\u00a0who led off the inning the same way.&#13;<br \/>\n\tMcKinley singled down the line to give the Panthers two insurance runs in the sixth, securing their victory.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSpring allowed one earned\u00a0run\u00a0on five\u00a0hits across five\u00a0innings pitched.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/abby-turnpaugh\/12547\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12547\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Turnpaugh<\/a> came in relief for the final three outs, allowing the final two scores.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>GAME TWO: Manhattan 4, Incarnate Word 12 (F\/5)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFollowing a leadoff walk drawn by <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/samantha-kelly\/12542\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12542\" target=\"_blank\">Samantha Kelly<\/a> and DeBus knocking a single, <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/sophia-kiseloski\/9946\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9946\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Kiseloski<\/a> brought them all home with the first home run of Manhattan&#8217;s season, putting the visitors up 3-0 in the blink of an eye.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Cardinals responded with a two run jack of their own in the bottom half, knotting up the contest just three batters in.&#13;<br \/>\n\tDeBus hit a solo bomb with two outs in the second, putting the Green and White back on top by a run.&#13;<br \/>\n\tIncarnate Word tied up the contest in the home half with a single, and scored eight unanswered runs over the next three frames, ending early in five.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Jaspers threw three different arms in the nightcap, with DeBus taking the first two and two thirds, with newcomers <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/caitlin-mullen\/12548\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12548\" target=\"_blank\">Caitlin Mullen<\/a> and Gaetani\u00a0taking the final pair. The former took the brunt of the load with an inning and a third, with Gaetani pitching for the final two outs.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p>STATS AND NOTES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSophomore utility player <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/brianna-estevez\/12529\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12529\" target=\"_blank\">Brianna Estevez<\/a> and Freshman infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/lainey-brown\/12537\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12537\" target=\"_blank\">Lainey Brown<\/a> both gathered two hits in the matinee.&#13;<br \/>\n\tJunior pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/karissa-spring\/10649\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10649\" target=\"_blank\">Karissa Spring<\/a> fanned seven batters against the Panthers.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior utility player <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/sophia-kiseloski\/9946\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9946\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Kiseloski<\/a> tacked on three hits along with three RBI in the second bout with Incarnate Word.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFreshmen third basemen <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/natalye-debus\/12538\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12538\" target=\"_blank\">Natalye DeBus<\/a> and catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kaitlyn-moody\/12544\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12544\" target=\"_blank\">Kaitlyn Moody<\/a> each tallied a pair of base knocks, giving each three on the day.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>NEXT UP:<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan will continue its 2026 campaign tomorrow, Saturday, February 7\u00a0when the Jaspers\u00a0take on the same two teams in Prairie View A&amp;M and Incarnate Word. Game one against the Panthers will begin at 11:00 AM with the nightcap against the Cardinals getting underway at 4:10 PM. Only game two will be streamed live on ESPN+ with a paid subscription.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow Manhattan Softball on X (@JaspersSoftball) and Instagram (@jasperssoftball).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Read Full Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; SAN ANTONIO, Texas\u00a0\u2013 The Manhattan Jaspers\u00a0softball\u00a0team (0-2), fell in both of their contests against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-125951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}