Softball Tops Quinnipiac on Friday Afternoon
Central Connecticut State University softball defeated Quinnipiac, 8-7, in a non-conference game on Friday afternoon.
Central Connecticut State University softball defeated Quinnipiac, 8-7, in a non-conference game on Friday afternoon.
Molly Bruyns and Skylar Warn both had three RBI in the game for CCSU, while Paige Stringer scored two runs.
GAME INFORMATION
SCORE:
CCSU 8, Quinnipiac 7
LOCATION: New Britain, CT / CCSU Softball Field
RECORDS: CCSU (12-8, 5-1 NEC), Quinnipiac (11-9, 0-0 MAAC)
KEY MOMENTS
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QU scored two in the opening frame, on a Lala Pascual homerun.
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The Blue Devils answered in the bottom half, when Matison Piripavel worked a bases loaded walk after three straight two-out singles.
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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.
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After a single from Grace Lawton, Skylar Warn hit the ball out of the park to extend the CCSU lead to 7-2.
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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.
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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.
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Brooke Hilliard doubled to center field, to score Mary Fogg and Sofia Vega in the top of the fifth.
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Two batters later Nasir scored Hilliard with an infield single to pull the Bobcats back within two, 8-6
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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
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Warn hit her first second homerun of the season
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Whittaker fanned two in picking up the victory for the Blue Devils
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Eight Blue Devils recorded a hit in the game, with Lawton and Cino both recording two each
UP NEXT...
The Blue Devils return to NEC play at LIU this weekend, with a doubleheader scheduled for Sunday, April 2.
