HARRISONBURG, Va. –
Nicole Stockinger and
Shelby Stracher combined for five hits against seventh-ranked James Madison during a pair of 16-0 and 11-6 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) softball setbacks to the host Dukes Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park. They had hits in each contest for Towson.
Team RecordsTowson (22-9 overall and 2-3 CAA)
James Madison (29-2, 5-0)
How It Happened- Stracher got Towson off to a quick start in the nightcap.
- Stracher slugged her 11th home run of the season to give Towson a quick 2-0 advantage in the top of the first inning.
- With 42 hits, Stracher is leading the CAA with a .462 batting average.
- Olivia Yarbrough, who reached on an error to begin the contest, scored on Stracher's CAA-leading blast.
- Kendyl Scott had a RBI single that scored Nicole Stockinger in the second inning.
- Scott's 15th RBI helped Towson close James Madison's lead to 5-3.
- Brook Miko pulled Towson to within, 5-4, after hitting her fourth home run of the season in the fourth inning.
- Stockinger added a two-run single in the sixth inning to pull Towson to within, 8-6.
- Stockinger has 19 RBIs this season.
- Miko and Stracher had two hits each to lead Towson's offense in the second game.
- Holiday Cahill also singled and scored on Stockinger's hit.
Inside the Numbers- Towson has homered in 23 games this season.
- The Tigers have five multi-home run games in their last eight outings.
- Overall, Towson has hit at least two home runs in a single game 10 times.
- Stracher has three home runs and six RBIs through five CAA games this season.
- Stracher threw out her sixth runner of the season attempting to steal during the second inning of the nightcap.
- Stracher had her team-leading 12th multi-hit game and 14th contest with at least two RBIs.
- Miko had her fourth multi-hit game of the season.
- Stockinger, Cahill and Scott all have 26 hits each for Towson.
- For Stockinger, it was her sixth game with at least two RBIs.
- The Tigers hit .444 (4-for-9) with runners in scoring position in the nightcap.
Up NextTowson concludes its weekend series against James Madison with a 2 p.m. start on Sunday.