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Softball Splits vs. Morgan State
3/27/2019 7:47:00 PM | Softball
Colonials cruised to victory in game two
WASHINGTON - George Washington softball rolled past Morgan State, 8-1, on Wednesday afternoon in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader on the Mount Vernon Campus.
First-year Morgan Kummer recorded her first career three-hit effort, including a pair of doubles, with two RBIs and two runs scored, while Jessica Linquist and Hannah Eslick also knocked in two runs apiece in the victory.
Earlier in the day, the Colonials were edged by the Bears, 5-4, in the opener. They rallied in the bottom of the seventh with a two-out, two-run double from Jenna Cone but couldn't complete the comeback.
GW 8, Morgan State 1:Â The Colonials put together an impressive bounce-back effort to cruise to victory in game two.
The offense piled up eight runs on 12 hits, while pitchers Faith Weber, Kaitlin Buff and Jayme Cone combined to limit the Bears to a run on five hits.
After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the third, GW erupted for eight runs over their final four at-bats.
The Colonials tied it in the bottom of the inning when Priscilla Martinez followed Sierra Lange's double with a sacrifice fly to score Jenna Cone.
They went ahead an inning later on Linquist's two-run double into the right center field gap and added on with Eslick's RBI single in the fifth.
The Buff and Blue pulled away with a four-run sixth, highlighted by Kummer's two-out double high off the left field fence. Eslick kept the rally alive with a single to score Kummer, and Riley Tejcek followed with another hit to make it 8-1.
The bottom of the lineup stoked the Colonials with Kummer, Eslick and Tejcek combining to go 6-for-10 with five RBIs and four runs scored.
At the top of the order, Linquist had the go-ahead hit and has now driven in at least one run in five straight games. Batting second, Jenna Cone reached three times with a pair of singles and a walk, and Sierra Lange went 2-for-3 with a run scored at No. 3.
GW's pitchers certainly did their part. Weber started it out with three strong innings before Buff followed with two shutout innings to earn her fourth win of the season. Jayme Cone picked up her first career save by holding the Bears scoreless in the sixth and seventh.
Morgan State 5, GW 4:Â The Bears jumped ahead on Haylee Bobos' three-run homer in the fifth inning and held on to take the first game of the day.
Down 5-2, GW mounted its comeback in the seventh with hits by Eslick and Elena Shelepak setting up Jenna Cone's two-run double to the wall in left center. The rally ended there as Morgan State hurler Mikayla Barnard induced a groundout on a close play at first to end the game.
Alessandra Ponce launched a solo home run in the fourth inning. Her fourth long ball of the season had tied the game at two.
Linquist went 2-for-4 in the opener, including a single in the third that knocked in GW's first run.
Lange had a pair of hits, in addition to a complete-game effort in the circle. The sophomore hurler allowed five runs (three earned) and struck out eight Bears. She's now recorded 119 Ks in 124 2/3 innings to lead the Atlantic 10.
UP NEXT:Â GW begins its A-10 road slate Saturday, kicking off a three-game series at Saint Joseph's. The Colonials are back on the Vern next Wednesday, April 3, for a doubleheader vs. Delaware State.
First-year Morgan Kummer recorded her first career three-hit effort, including a pair of doubles, with two RBIs and two runs scored, while Jessica Linquist and Hannah Eslick also knocked in two runs apiece in the victory.
Earlier in the day, the Colonials were edged by the Bears, 5-4, in the opener. They rallied in the bottom of the seventh with a two-out, two-run double from Jenna Cone but couldn't complete the comeback.
GW 8, Morgan State 1:Â The Colonials put together an impressive bounce-back effort to cruise to victory in game two.
The offense piled up eight runs on 12 hits, while pitchers Faith Weber, Kaitlin Buff and Jayme Cone combined to limit the Bears to a run on five hits.
After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the third, GW erupted for eight runs over their final four at-bats.
The Colonials tied it in the bottom of the inning when Priscilla Martinez followed Sierra Lange's double with a sacrifice fly to score Jenna Cone.
They went ahead an inning later on Linquist's two-run double into the right center field gap and added on with Eslick's RBI single in the fifth.
The Buff and Blue pulled away with a four-run sixth, highlighted by Kummer's two-out double high off the left field fence. Eslick kept the rally alive with a single to score Kummer, and Riley Tejcek followed with another hit to make it 8-1.
The bottom of the lineup stoked the Colonials with Kummer, Eslick and Tejcek combining to go 6-for-10 with five RBIs and four runs scored.
At the top of the order, Linquist had the go-ahead hit and has now driven in at least one run in five straight games. Batting second, Jenna Cone reached three times with a pair of singles and a walk, and Sierra Lange went 2-for-3 with a run scored at No. 3.
GW's pitchers certainly did their part. Weber started it out with three strong innings before Buff followed with two shutout innings to earn her fourth win of the season. Jayme Cone picked up her first career save by holding the Bears scoreless in the sixth and seventh.
Morgan State 5, GW 4:Â The Bears jumped ahead on Haylee Bobos' three-run homer in the fifth inning and held on to take the first game of the day.
Down 5-2, GW mounted its comeback in the seventh with hits by Eslick and Elena Shelepak setting up Jenna Cone's two-run double to the wall in left center. The rally ended there as Morgan State hurler Mikayla Barnard induced a groundout on a close play at first to end the game.
Alessandra Ponce launched a solo home run in the fourth inning. Her fourth long ball of the season had tied the game at two.
Linquist went 2-for-4 in the opener, including a single in the third that knocked in GW's first run.
Lange had a pair of hits, in addition to a complete-game effort in the circle. The sophomore hurler allowed five runs (three earned) and struck out eight Bears. She's now recorded 119 Ks in 124 2/3 innings to lead the Atlantic 10.
UP NEXT:Â GW begins its A-10 road slate Saturday, kicking off a three-game series at Saint Joseph's. The Colonials are back on the Vern next Wednesday, April 3, for a doubleheader vs. Delaware State.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: BARNARD,M. (3-4)
L: Lange, Sierra (13-8)
Batting:
2B: CHARLES,D. 1
HR: CHARLES,D. 1 ; BOBOS,Haylee 1
RBI: CHARLES,D. 2 ; BOBOS,Haylee 3
Base Running:
RUNS: YOUNG,Damali 1 ; CHARLES,D. 2 ; BUEHLMAN,E. 1 ; BOBOS,Haylee 1
SB: BUEHLMAN,E. 1 ; YOUNG,Jalian 1
Batting:
2B: Linquist, Jessica 1 ; Cone, Jenna 1
HR: Ponce, Alessandra 1
RBI: Linquist, Jessica 1 ; Cone, Jenna 2 ; Ponce, Alessandra 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ponce, Alessandra 1 ; Eslick, Hannah 1 ; Tejcek, Riley 2
SB: Tejcek, Riley 1
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