George Washington University Athletics
George Washington University
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Utah Valley
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GW Softball Drops Pair of Games at Mary Nutter Classic
2/20/2016 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The George Washington softball team dropped the first two games of the three-day Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic on Friday.
The Colonials (0-2) will take on Pacific (4-2) and Loyola Marymount (4-2) on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time, respectively.
In GW's first game of the day, the Colonials fell to Utah Valley, 11-1. Senior Morgan Matetic led the Colonials with a 2-for-2 effort and the second triple of her career, while junior Megan Linn also posted a multi-hit game (2-for-4, 1 run).
Utah Valley got off to an early lead in the top of the first as three walks, a hit batter and an error led to three runs. In the Colonials' half of the inning, junior Monica Macchiarulo recorded GW's first hit of the season on a single to short, but was eventually stranded as the inning ended.
Freshman starter Jayme Cone got into a bases loaded jam in the second inning before sophomore hurler Sarah Costlow entered the circle. Two consecutive wild pitches allowed Utah Valley to take a 5-0 lead after two stanzas, but Costlow settled in to hold the Wolverines to a scoreless third.
The Colonials tallied their first run of 2016 in the third, as Linn led off with a single to short and advanced to second on a Macchiarulo walk and continued to third on an error by the catcher. A passed ball then plated Linn to put the score at 5-1 through three.
Costlow allowed just one run over the next three innings before Utah Valley increased its lead with a five-run seventh on four hits and two Colonials' miscues to put the final score at 11-1.
In game two, the Colonials served as the visiting team against Arkansas. Senior Carlee Gray notched a two-out single to right field in the top of the first, but GW could not bring her home before the inning ended.
Arkansas went out to an early, 3-0, lead in the bottom of the first as a triple, double and home run plated a trio of Razorbacks before junior starter Paige Kovalsky retired the side.
Arkansas added one more run in the third before back-to-back home runs headlined a three-run fourth inning, increasing the lead to 7-0 over the Colonials. One unearned run in the fifth would enact the mercy rule and close the game with a final score of 8-0.
The Colonials continue the Mary Nutter Classic with a pair of games on Saturday. All games throughout the tournament will be live streamed by FloSoftball.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shadle, Makayla (1-1)
L: Cone, Jayme (0-1)
Batting:
3B: Hensley, Tiani 1
RBI: Gatlin, Brianna 1 ; Snyder, Kristy 2 ; Williams, Taleigh 1 ; Lauvai, Dynasty 2
SH: De La Torre, Dana 1 ; Barrios, Kori 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Morgan 2 ; Gatlin, Brianna 2 ; Snyder, Kristy 1 ; Vansway, Brittney 1 ; Roth, Breezy 1 ; Lawton, Jaymee 1 ; Hensley, Tiani 1 ; Barrios, Kori 1 ; Lauvai, Dynasty 1
CS: Smith, Morgan 1 ; Lauvai, Dynasty 1
HBP: Snyder, Kristy 1
Batting:
3B: Matetic, Morgan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Linn, Megan 1
SB: Linn, Megan 2
HBP: Kovalsky, Paige 1 ; Leal-Robles, Aiyana 1
