CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Towson University softball team concluded the Carolina Classic by defeating Miami (Ohio), 8-0, Sunday morning. The Tigers split four games during the weekend tournament to raise their overall record to 6-7.
 
How It Happened

• Madison Wilson and Megan Dejter were selected to the all-tournament team.
• The Tigers scored in four of the five innings.
• Shelby Stracher and Kendyl Scott paced Towson's nine-hit attack with two hits each.
• Stracher, Nicole Stockinger, and Brook Miko all hit solo home runs for the Tigers.
• Miko scored two runs.
• Dejter struck out three batters en route to the complete game shutout victory.
• Holiday Cahill started Towson's scoring with a two-out RBI single in the first inning that scored Scott.
• Towson took advantage of an error to score a pair of runs in the second inning to expand its advantage to 3-0.
• Stockinger swelled Towson's lead to 5-0 with her first homer of the season a two-run blast with one-out that scored Daria Edwards, who led off the inning with her third double of the season.
• Towson put the game away in the fifth inning by adding three runs to its lead.
• Stracher and Miko hit back to back to homers. It was each player's second homer of the season.
• Scott finished the scoring with a RBI hit that scored Caroline Reid with Towson's final run.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Towson has won 44 consecutive games when scoring at least seven runs.
• This was the fourth time this season Towson has scored at least eight runs.
• This was Towson's first shutout of the season.
• Wilson led Towson during the tournament with a .467 batting average and seven hits.
• Wilson extended her hitting streak to four games. She has a hit in six of Towson's last seven games.
• Cahill's first inning RBI was the 116th of her career, which moved her past Stef Streets and into second-place on the Tigers all-time list.
• Four of Stockinger's five hits during the weekend went for extra bases (three doubles, one homer).
• Stockinger hit .455.
• Stracher hit two home runs during Towson's four games in this tournament.
• Stracher has five multi-hit games this season.
• Scott has three multi-hit games this season.
• This was Dejter's third career shutout and 35th career complete game.
• Towson's leadoff batter reached base four times against the Red Hawks.
• Towson improved to 2-1 all-time against Miami, Ohio.

 
Up Next
Towson competes in the University of South Florida Tournament. The Tigers will battle Fort Wayne at 11:30 a.m. and Western Michigan at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 3. Towson will then face Ball State at 12:30 p.m. and South Florida at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 4. The Tigers conclude the tournament with a 9 a.m. game against Penn on Sunday, March 5.