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Julia
5
Towson TOWSON 11-17, 1-3 CAA
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Winner Hofstra HOFSTRA 11-13, 2-2 CAA
Towson TOWSON
11-17, 1-3 CAA
5
Final
6
Hofstra HOFSTRA
11-13, 2-2 CAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Towson TOWSON 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 8 1
Hofstra HOFSTRA 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 9 1

W: Cornell, Sarah (10-6) L: Dejter, Megan (4-5)

3
Winner Towson TOWSON 12-17, 2-3 CAA
1
Hofstra HOFSTRA 11-14, 2-3 CAA
Winner
Towson TOWSON
12-17, 2-3 CAA
3
Final
1
Hofstra HOFSTRA
11-14, 2-3 CAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Towson TOWSON 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 0
Hofstra HOFSTRA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0

W: Smith-Harrington, Julia (8-7) L: Peslak, Jessica (1-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Smith-Harrington And Homers Help Towson Split With Hofstra

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Unaware of the Towson University softball team's struggles on Long Island, freshman pitcher Julia Smith-Harrington dazzled in tossing a complete-game gem to help the Tigers earn a split against Hofstra in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Bill Edwards Stadium.
 
Smith-Harrington along with homers from Brook Miko and Kendyl Scott helped Towson win the second game, 3-1. The win was Towson's first triumph in this house of horrors since 2009 and snapped an 11-game losing streak on this field. Usually, anything that could go wrong did during the tough trips to Hofstra.
 
The run of bad luck continued when the Tigers dropped the opener, 6-5, when Hofstra scored a pair of two-out runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. However, with Smith-Harrington making her first career appearance in this stadium, she was the streak-buster.
 
"That's pretty cool to help end that streak here," Smith-Harrington said while laughing. "I didn't know that."
 
It was the second straight pitching performance in which Smith-Harrington allowed one run. She lowered her earned run average to 3.54. She leads Towson with eight victories.
 
"My curve balls were working this game and then I was able to come back and hit spots with my fastball helped as well," Smith-Harrington said. "The first game was a tough loss. I was a little nervous in the beginning and I was able to calm myself down in the dugout before the game. Those two runs by Brook in the first inning really helped settle me in."
 
Records
Towson           12-17 overall, 2-3 CAA
Hofstra                        11-14, 2-3
 
How It Happened Game 1
  • Hofstra won the game with a two-out, two-run single to centerfield from Lacey Clark in the bottom of the seventh inning.
  • Towson scored all five of its runs on homers.
  • Brook Miko, Nicole Stockinger, Shelby Stracher all hit solo home runs.
  • Stracher's blast in the top of the seventh inning gave Towson its only lead, 5-4.
  • Stockinger's shot leading off the sixth inning pulled Towson even with Hofstra, 4-4.
  • Miko's solo homer in the fourth tied the score, 3-3.
  • Daria Edwards hit her first homer of the season, a two-run shot in the third inning that tied the game 2-2.
  • Edwards' homer was Towson's only hit with a runner on base.
  • There were five homers hit in five consecutive innings.
  • Five of Towson's eight hits went for extra bases.
  • Miko, Edwards, and Kendyl Scott led Towson's offense with two hits each.
 
How It Happened Game 2
  • Miko hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning to stake Towson to a quick 2-0 lead.
  • It was Miko's fourth home run of the season.
  • Scott added a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth to expand Towson's lead to 3-0.
  • Scott, who hit her third homer of the season, drove in her team leading 20th run.
  • Julia Smith-Harrington protected the advantage by keeping Hofstra scoreless for the first five innings.
  • Smith-Harrington escaped a seventh inning jam in which Hofstra had two runners on base with one out.
  • Smith-Harrington limited Hofstra to a .167 batting average with runners in scoring position.
  • Olivia Baltazar and Nicole Stockinger led Towson's offense with two hits each.
  • Three of Towson's nine hits went for extra bases.
  • Towson had its leadoff runner reach in four innings.
 
Inside the Numbers
  • Towson ended a seven-game homerless drought in the opener.
  • The four home runs in a single game were a season-high for the Tigers.
  • This was the fourth time this season Towson has hit at least three homers in a game.
  • Towson improved to 5-2 when it hits at least two homers in a game.
  • Towson dropped to 2-9 in one-run games.
  • Towson finished 4-7 on its five-school, 11-game road trip.
  • Edwards and Scott lead Towson with 10 multi-hit games each.
  • Edwards extended her streak of reaching base to eight consecutive games.
  • Stockinger has six multi-hit games.
  • It was Baltazar's fourth multi-hit game.
  • With 10 hits in the second game, it was Towson's 11th game this season with double digit hits.
  • Towson has at least one extra base hit in 13 consecutive games.
  • Towson has won three of its last five games against Hofstra.
  • The Tigers play 16 of their final 22 games at home.
 
Up Next
Towson plays its home opener against Georgetown Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. The Tigers beat Georgetown, 2-1, at the USC Upstate Classic earlier this season.
 
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