Softball Drops Pair on Saturday at NC State Invitational

The Central Connecticut softball team fell in a pair of contests to open play at the NC State Invitational on Friday in Raleigh, NC. The Blue Devils fell to the host Wolfpack and Delaware.

GAME INFORMATION 
NC State Invitational | Raleigh, NC

SCORES:

Game 1 CCSU 0, NC State 11
Game 2 CCSU 3, Delaware 17

RECORDS CCSU (0-6) | NC State (12-1) | Delaware (6-5)

KEY MOMENTS, GAME 1

• NC State got a three-run homerun from Logan Morris in the first inning for all the support they would need.
• CCSU's best chance came in the fourth when senior Bri Walker and junior Kim Howard knocked back-to-back one out singles. After a pinch runner came on, Sam Gress would get out of the jam with a pop up and strikeout. Gress pitched 5.0 innings for the Wolfpack and allowed just three hits and one walk. 
• An eight-run inning, highlighted by a three-run double by Morris and a grand slam by Carson Shaner would end the game after the top of the fifth.

KEY MOMENTS, GAME 2

• The pitchers were locked in a duel through the first three innings, with the only blemish a run by the Blue Hens in the first. Delaware would push across four runs in the top of the fourth inning to build a 5-0 lead.
• In the bottom of the inning, CCSU got a run back after sophomore Paige Stringer singled and then scored on a double by Howard.
• Delaware came back and batted around in the fifth and plated 12 runs to break the game open. The Blue Devils would manage to connect on back-to-back singles to open the inning and score a run on a wild pitch and another on a sac fly by junior Meg Gorman but the game would end on a strikeout.

UP NEXT...

The Blue Devils return to action Saturday with two games. CCSU faces Bowling Green at 10:00 a.m. and NC State again at 3:00 p.m.