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DARIA EDWARDS
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9
Winner Towson TOWSON 1-0
7
Youngstown State YSU 0-1
Winner
Towson TOWSON
1-0
9
Final
7
Youngstown State YSU
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Towson TOWSON 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 9 12 1
Youngstown State YSU 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 7 12 2

W: Smith-Harrington, Julia (1-0) L: Geanangel (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Edwards Lifts Towson In Opening Win Over Youngstown State

CONWAY, S.C. – Daria Edwards delivered a bases clearing double that scored three runs to help the Towson University softball team open its 2017 season with a 9-7 victory over Youngstown State in eight innings in the Kickin Chicken Classic Friday morning.
 
Edwards' clutch hit was the centerpiece of Towson's four-run eighth inning uprising that made the difference.
 
How It Happened
  • Edwards and Holiday Cahill led Towson's 12-hit attack with three hits each.
  • For Edwards, it was her second double of the game.
  • Edwards also had four RBIs.
  • Cahill slugged her 29th career home run leading off the top of the seventh inning to give Towson a 5-2 lead.
  • Cahill finished with three RBIs.
  • Nicole Stockinger had a pair of hits for the Tigers.
  • Towson found itself in extra innings because Youngstown State rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.
  • Trailing 2-1, Towson scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 4-2 lead.
  • Cahill's RBI double scored Kendyl Scott with the tying run.
  • Edwards followed with a RBI double that scored Brook Miko with the go-ahead run and a 3-2 Tiger edge.
  • Stockinger added a sacrifice fly that scored Jaclyn Mounie.
  • Freshman Julia Smith-Harrington tossed a complete game in her collegiate debut.
  • Smith-Harrington had seven strikeouts.
 
Inside the Numbers
  • Towson has won 41 consecutive games when scoring at least seven runs.
  • Seven different Towson players had at least one hit.
  • The opener took three hours to play.
  • Cahill now has 150 career hits.
  • Cahill is two home runs from tying and three from passing Aimee Rosa for the school record.
  • The win was the 630th in the career of head coach Lisa Costello.
  • Miko, Cahill, and Caroline Reid all scored two runs each for Towson.
  • Towson has won five consecutive season openers.
  • The Tigers improved to 29-13 all-time in season opening contests and 15-6 under Costello.
  • Towson had its leadoff hitter reach base in six consecutive innings.
 
Up Next
Towson finishes its opening day by facing seventh-ranked Alabama.
 
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