George Washington University
20-18, 3-7
SAINT LOUIS
16-18, 5-7
Softball Splits with Saint Louis on Friday
4/14/2017 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score
WASHINGTON - The George Washington softball squad split a series-opening doubleheader with Saint Louis on Friday afternoon at the GW Softball Field on the Mount Vernon Campus.
The Colonials (21-18, 4-7 A-10) bounced back to take the nightcap, 10-2, in five innings after dropping the opener, 11-2, to the Billikens.
The Colonials scored early and often in game two, getting on the board in the first with an RBI double off the bat of freshman Priscilla Martinez.
Three hits gave GW two runs in the second with the help of a sacrifice fly from rookie Gabby Gallone and a single off the third base bag by senior Megan Linn to put the Colonials ahead, 3-0.
The Buff and Blue added two more in the third as junior Morgan Rinehart drove in the first with an RBI single and senior Paige Kovalsky sent a booming double to right center to plate another.
Saint Louis avoided the shutout with two runs in the fifth, but the Colonials put the game away with five runs in the bottom of the frame.
A pair of two-RBI doubles from Kovalsky and junior Rochelle Draper put the Colonials ahead 9-2, and the deciding blow came via freshman Jessica Linquist's RBI single to left to give GW the 10-2 victory in five innings by virtue of the run rule.
Kovalsky (3-for-3, 3 RBI, 2 R), Martinez (3-for-3, 2 R, RBI), Rinehart (3-for-3, 2 R, RBI) and Linn (2-for-4, RBI) led the Buff and Blue with multi-hit games as the squad totaled 13 hits.
Freshman Faith Weber earned the victory, tossing 4.1 innings of two-run ball before classmate Kaitlin Buff came on in relief to close the fifth.
In game one, the Colonials knotted the contest at 1-1 in the second on an RBI triple from Gallone, but a five-run Saint Louis fifth put the game out of reach. A sacrifice fly from Draper in the sixth would be GW's final run as Saint Louis took the opener, 11-2.
GW looks to take the series in Saturday's rubber match at noon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: BAALMAN, Maddie (8-8)
L: Costlow, Sarah (8-7)
Batting:
2B: BUCKLES, Emma 2
3B: MACFARLANE, Allie 1
HR: LAWSON, Mackenzie 1
RBI: NICKEL, Alex 2 ; LAWSON, Mackenzie 3 ; PETER, Mackenzie 1 ; MACFARLANE, Allie 3 ; BUCKLES, Emma 1
SH: LAWSON, Mackenzie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: NICKEL, Alex 3 ; LAWSON, Mackenzie 1 ; PETER, Mackenzie 1 ; BREITBACH, Kaylyn 2 ; BUCKLES, Emma 3 ; KNESEL, Josie 1
SB: NICKEL, Alex 1 ; BREITBACH, Kaylyn 1 ; KNESEL, Josie 1
Batting:
3B: Gallone, Gabby 1
RBI: Gallone, Gabby 1 ; Draper, Rochelle 1
SF: Draper, Rochelle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rinehart, Morgan 1 ; Shelepak, Elena 1
