Greer, Smiley Power 5-4 Win Over Stetson

Saturday, March 7

Raleigh, NC

10 AM

Michigan State University

12-10

Stetson

14-10

Michigan State

Stetson

3/7/2026 12:13:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Raleigh, NC – Michigan State held off a late surge by Stetson to post a 5-4 victory over the Hatters in the final game of the Marucci Classic on Saturday at NC State.

MSU (13-10) scored all five of its runs in the first two innings, and all came with two outs on the scoreboard. Hannah Greer had a three-run homer in the first, and Kendall Smiley delivered a single that drove in two in the second frame.

MSU scored five runs in the first two innings, all coming with two outs on the board. Hannah Greer launched a three-run homer in the first, and Kendall Smiley a single that drove home a pair.

Autumn Behlke got the start and went four innings, striking out two and charged with two runs. Jacey Schuler earned the save – her first of the season – with 1.2 innings of relief.

The Hatters scored one run in the fourth and fifth innings and tacked on two more in the sixth. They had a pair of homers – both solo shots – in the fourth and sixth innings. Kennedy Temples took the loss as the starter, surrendering all five runs and walking two.

Michigan State turns its attention to conference play next weekend, with a three-game set at UCLA.

TOP PERFORMANCES

Autumn Behlke went 4.0 innings, striking out two and surrendering just one earned run to earn the win in the circle.
Jacey Schuler earned her first save of the season, going 1.2 innings, surrendering one hit and one run.
Hannah Greer hit her first home run of the season in the first inning, a three-run shot.
Kendall Smiley had a pair of RBI on a second-inning single.

NOTABLES

MSU is now 4-3 in one-run games.
Hannah Greer finished the weekend 4-for-11 with five walks. She hit for the weekend cycle with a single, double, triple, and a homer.
Kendall Smiley's RBI single in the second extended her hitting streak to 12 games, the longest active streak on the team.
Zoie Bernard has reached base safely in 16 straight games. She was held without a hit against Mercer on Friday, snapping a 14-game hitting streak.

HOW THINGS HAPPENED

The Spartans opened the game with a two-out walk issued to Hannah Hawley, followed by a bloop single that fell just inside the right-field line by Grillo. Greer delivered her first home run of the season to center field to put MSU on top 3-0.
In the second, MSU again rallied for a pair of runs with two outs. Payton Conroy drew the two-out walk, and Bernard doubled to right to move Conroy to third. Both Conroy and Bernard came home on a single by Smiley. In the third, MSU loaded the bases but stranded all three.
The Hatters got on the board with a one-out solo homer by Amber Chumley in the bottom of the fourth. Gabby David followed with a single, and went to third on a base hit by Madelyn Synoracki, but both were stranded with a groundout by Nadia English. They added another in the bottom of the fifth, on a pair of walks and an RBI single to right field by Chumley, with the inning ending on a play at home for the third out as Jahnnie Patterson tried to come home from second.
Stetson came within a run at 5-4 in the bottom of the sixth. A solo homer by Logan Forman followed by a double and a sac fly gave the Hatters a pair of runs in the home half of the frame. .