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Jim Killan, CSU Athletics
12
Winner Towson TOWSON 1-1
5
IPFW IPFW 0-3
Winner
Towson TOWSON
1-1
12
Final
5
IPFW IPFW
0-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Towson TOWSON 0 1 0 1 6 2 2 12 13 0
IPFW IPFW 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 13 3

W: Hickman, Ambar (1-0) L: D. Burns (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Big Fifth Inning Makes The Difference In Win Over IPFW

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Deuces were wild during an explosive sixth-inning for the Towson University softball team. A trio of two-run singles from the triumvirate of Nicole Stockinger, Holiday Cahill and Bailey Boyd paved the way for Towson's 12-5 conquest of IPFW in the first game of Willie Jewel Invitational Saturday morning at Charleston Southern.
 
How It Happened
  • The Tigers found their groove as they stormed back from an early 4-1 deficit by scoring 11 consecutive runs.
  • Towson pounded out a season-high 13 hits.
  • Stockinger and Cahill led Towson's relentless offensive barrage with three hits each.
  • Boyd and Daria Edwards also had a pair of hits for Towson, which raised its early season record to 2-1.
  • Trailing 4-1 after IPFW scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning, Towson's offense came alive.
  • Cahill's RBI single in the fourth inning scored Ambar Hickman with the Tigers' second run of the contest.
  • During the fifth inning, Towson's offense detonated like a Fourth of July fireworks show as 11 batters came to the plate.
  • Olivia Yarbrough, Kendyl Scott and Shelby Stracher all walked to begin the sixth inning.
  • Stockinger's one-out single down the left field line tied the game at 4-4 as Scott and Stacher scored.
  • Cahill delivered a two-out single that gave Towson a 6-4 edge it wouldn't relinquish.
  • Boyd made IPFW pay for a two-out error by ripping a two-run single to score Cahill and Courtney Johnson to make the score 8-4.
  • The Tigers added a pair of runs in the sixth inning before Stracher concluded the scoring with her second home run of the season, a two-run blast that gave Towson a 12-4 lead.
  • Hickman tossed 4.1 innings of effective relief to earn her second win of the season.
 
Inside the Boxscore
  • Towson scored four of its six runs with two outs in the sixth inning.
  • After going hitless in two games on Friday, Cahill rebounded with her first three-hit game of the season.
  • Stracher has hit safely in five consecutive games dating back to last season for Towson.
  • Towson's first eight hits were singles.
  • Three of the Tigers final five hits went for extra bases.
  • The Tigers have won 19 consecutive games when scoring at least seven runs.
  • Towson scored 10 of its 12 runs in the final three innings.
  • With her four RBIs, Cahill has 60 for her career.
  • It was the fourth time in the last two years that Cahill has had at least four RBIs in a game.
  • Cahill last drove in four runs in a single game against the College of Charleston on April 11 in the second game of a double header.
  • Scott had two of Towson's five stolen bases.
 
Up Next
Towson battles Georgetown to conclude the Charleston Southern tournament.
 
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