Softball Tops Quinnipiac on Friday Afternoon

RECORDS: CCSU (12-8, 5-1 NEC), Quinnipiac (11-9, 0-0 MAAC)  

KEY MOMENTS   

• QU scored two in the opening frame, on a Lala Pascual homerun. 

• The Blue Devils answered in the bottom half, when Matison Piripavel worked a bases loaded walk after three straight two-out singles. 

• Molly Bruyns laced a bases loaded double to right center, with two out in the third, clearing the bases and giving CCSU a 4-2 advantage. 

• After a single from Grace Lawton, Skylar Warn hit the ball out of the park to extend the CCSU lead to 7-2. 

• Pascual led off the visitors' portion of the fourth inning with a double to right field, advanced to third on a Bridget Nasir ground out and scored when Serena Fogg grounded out to shortstop. 

• CCSU got the run back in the bottom of the frame, as Kendall LaMorte led off with a single and scored on an Ava Cino triple two batters later. 

• Brooke Hilliard doubled to center field, to score Mary Fogg and Sofia Vega in the top of the fifth. 

• Two batters later Nasir scored Hilliard with an infield single to pull the Bobcats back within two, 8-6 

• A two-out single by Nasir scored Hilliard in the top of the seventh, to bring the Bobcats within a run, 8-7, but Kaylee Whittaker induced a lineout to center to end the game. 

NOTES    

• Warn hit her first second homerun of the season 

• Whittaker fanned two in picking up the victory for the Blue Devils 

• Eight Blue Devils recorded a hit in the game, with Lawton and Cino both recording two each