CHARLESTON, S.C. – With a flick of the wrist, sophomore Shelby Stracher gave the Towson softball team a win to remember in its season opener.
 
One gigantic blow erased a rough day at the plate for Stracher, who blasted a two-run walkoff home run down the leftfield line that gave the Tigers a dramatic, 3-1, victory over Georgetown in the first game of the Willie Jewels Invitational hosted by Charleston Southern Friday morning.
 
Stracher's favorite athlete, Derek Jeter, would have enjoyed watching her game-winning shot.  
 
How It Happened

• Stracher crushed a 2-1 offering in the bottom of the seventh inning after Daria Edwards led off the bottom of the inning with an infield single.
• Edwards led the Tigers with three hits including a RBI double in the bottom of the third inning that tied the game at 1-1.
• Kendyl Scott, who had two hits, scored the Tigers first run of 2016. She crossed the plate on Edwards' double.
• Rightfielder Nicole Stockinger led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a double, her second hit of the game.
• Three of Towson's nine hits were doubles.
• Towson had a base runner in every inning.
• Ambar Hickman tossed a complete game.
• After allowing a one-out single in the fifth inning, Hickman retired Georgetown's final eight batters.
• Olivia Yarbrough singled to begin the Tigers half of the first inning.
• Kaylen Minnatee walked twice.
• Georgetown scored first in the first inning following Giovanniell's RBI double.

 
Inside the Boxscore

• Towson has won four consecutive season openers.
• The Tigers improved to 28-13 all-time in season opening contests and 14-6 under Lisa Costello.
• It was Edwards' first career three-hit game.
• For Edwards, it was her ninth career multi-hit game.
• Including the Tigers' final game of last season against James Madison, Stratcher has homered in two consecutive games.
• This was Scott's 12th career multi-hit game.
• Towson played flawless defense.
• Eight of Towson's nine hitters reached base at least once.
• Towson had its leadoff runner reach base in six different innings.

 
Up Next
Towson meets Charleston Southern later this afternoon at 1 p.m.
 
More coming later.