George Washington University
28-17, 8-9
Dayton
23-20, 12-5
Softball Falls in Extra Innings at Dayton
4/22/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball
DAYTON, Ohio - George Washington softball came up short Sunday in its series finale at Dayton, falling 4-3 in eight innings at UD Softball Stadium.
Katherine Schwartz scored the game-winning run for the Flyers, crossing the plate on a one-out error in the first extra inning.GW wraps the weekend at 28-17 and 8-9 in Atlantic 10 play, good for fifth in the conference standings with two A-10 series left.
In the rubber game of the series, the Colonials extended their lead to 3-1 in the top of the seventh on Sierra Lange's two-out infield single to score Jenna Cone, who had led off the frame with a double.
Dayton (23-20, 12-5 A-10) rallied with two runs in the seventh, taking advantage of an error to tie it on a sacrifice fly. The Flyers won it in the eighth, turning a leadoff double into a run via the game-ending throwing error.
GW scored the first two runs of the game in the fourth inning with a solo home run by Lange and a RBI double by Rochelle Draper.
Lange had two hits Sunday and finished the series 6-for-10 with two home runs, four RBIs and three runs scored. Draper's eighth extra-base hit of the season scored Morgan Rinehart.
Sarah Costlow (10-6) kept Dayton scoreless until the sixth inning in her team-high eighth complete game of the season. The senior hurler limited the Flyers to five hits and just one of the four runs she allowed was earned.
Elena Shelepak recorded two of GW's nine hits, including a double. Cone had a double and a walk, extending her career-best on-base streak to 29 games, one away from the program record.
ON DECK: GW closes this road swing on Wednesday with a non-conference doubleheader at Hampton. The Colonials return to the Mount Vernon Campus next weekend to host Saint Joseph's for Family Weekend and Senior Day.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: GILLIAM, J. (8-6)
L: Costlow, Sarah (10-6)
Batting:
2B: Cone, Jenna 1 ; Shelepak, Elena 1 ; Draper, Rochelle 1
HR: Lange, Sierra 1
RBI: Lange, Sierra 2 ; Draper, Rochelle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cone, Jenna 1 ; Lange, Sierra 1 ; Rinehart, Morgan 1
SB: Bloomfield, Sidney 1
Batting:
2B: DAVIDSON, K. 1
RBI: MATEJA, M. 1 ; BLARR, J. 1
SH: HABERSTICH 1 ; TASSI, L. 1
SF: BLARR, J. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DAVIDSON, K. 1 ; SCHWARTZ, K. 1 ; FITZGERALD 1 ; SIDOR, B. 1
SB: DAVIDSON, K. 1
