CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Senior
Megan Dejter tossed her 54th career complete game to help the Towson University softball team claim a 7-2 victory over host Charlotte in the 49er Classic at Daughtridge Stadium Friday afternoon.
Dejter struck out a season best six batters to help the Tigers enjoy a perfect day. The Tigers opened the 49er Classic with an 8-4 win over Oakland. Dejter, who raised her season record to 3-0, retired nine straight hitters in the middle innings as the Tigers captured their first road victory of the season.
Records
Towson 8-3
Charlotte 5-5
How It Happened
- Towson's offense backed Dejter with 10 hits.
- The Tigers turned three Charlotte errors into three unearned runs.
- Madison Wilson, Kendyl Scott, Brook Miko, and Kaylen Minnatee had two hits each.
- Olivia Baltazar scored twice.
- The Tigers provided Dejter an early advantage by scoring single runs in the first two innings.
- Wilson, who led off the game with a double, scored on Miko's sacrifice fly in the first inning.
- Wilson doubled in her next plate appearance in the top of second inning that scored Baltazar, who reached on an error, for a 2-0 Towson lead.
- Dejter's efficient effort allowed Towson to add runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings.
- Nicole Stockinger, who had a hit, extended TU's lead to 3-0 with a RBI on a foul-out in the fifth inning.
- The Tigers broke the game open in the sixth inning with three runs.
- Scott had a RBI single in the inning. Then, Towson scored twice with two outs following a 49er fielding error.
- Riley Thies finished the scoring for the Tigers with a two-out RBI single in the seventh inning.
- The 49ers scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to avoid the shutout.
- Kiersten Berrier, Becca Shipper, and Jude McGough had two hits each for Charlotte.
Inside the Numbers
- This is the seventh time Towson has had double-digit hits in a game.
- Towson has scored seven or more runs in a game six times this season.
- The Tigers have at least one extra base hit in every game this season.
- Wilson extended her hitting streak to 11 games with her eighth multi-hit game of the season. Going back to last season, Wilson has hit safely in 13 straight games.
- Wilson is hitting .561 (23-for-41). She leads Towson with seven doubles.
- Scott and Miko each have five multi-hit games.
- Scott and Miko extended their hitting streaks to six.
- Wilson, Miko, and Daria Edwards have reached base in every game this season.
- Miko has driven in a run in five straight games.
- This was Minnatee's second multi-hit game this season.
Up Next
Towson concludes the 49er Classic Saturday as its plays Oakland at 11 a.m. and Charlotte at 4 p.m.