TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University softball team extended its winning streak to 10 after defeating Fairfield 9-1 and Mount St. Mary's 6-1 on the final day during the Tiger Clash Sunday at Tiger Softball Stadium.
Julia Smith-Harrington threw a complete game and
Kaylen Minnatee drove in three runs with a pair of doubles in the win over Fairfield. In the victory over Mount St. Mary's,
Melissa Abrahamian allowed one unearned run and
Kendyl Scott had a pair of hits to lead the Tigers, who improved to 6-0 at home.
Records
Towson 16-3
Fairfield 5-8
Mount St. Mary's 7-12
Historical Significance
- The 10-game winning streak is Towson's longest since the 2015 team won that many games.
- This is the sixth winning streak of 10 or more games in program history.
- This is Towson's best record after 19 games since the 1987 team started 16-3.
How It Happened Fairfield
- Smith-Harrington threw her second complete game of the season.
- While raising her overall record to 5-2, she finished with six strikeouts.
- Towson scored a run in each inning.
- Brook Miko drove in two runs with a double and a sacrifice fly.
- In addition to Minnatee, Miko and Scott had two hits each.
- Towson's first three hitters reached base in the bottom of the first inning.
- The turning point of the game occurred in the third inning with Towson leading, 4-1.
- Smith-Harrington worked out of a bases loaded no-out jam in the third inning without allowing a run.
- She induced a fly ball to centerfield and then struck out the last two batters looking.
- Smith-Harrington also made a terrific diving catch in the fourth inning in which she stretched her 5 foot, 11 inch frame over the third base foul line to snag the ball before it hit the ground.
- Five of Towson's 10 hits were doubles.
- Kate Robinson and Rachel Sieber had Fairfield's hits.
- Robinson's RBI single in the second inning scored Angelina McGuire and cut Towson's lead to 2-1.
How It Happened Mount St. Mary's
- Abrahamian improved to 3-0 by striking out a career-high six batters.
- She didn't allow an earned run in five innings.
- Abrahamian struck out the side in the fourth inning.
- Scott had two hits including a RBI single in the second inning that extended Towson's lead to 2-0.
- Stockinger hit a three-run homer in the third inning that swelled Towson's lead to 5-0.
- It was Stockinger's second home run in three games and her team leading fifth of the season.
- Stockinger and Miko, who drove in the first run of the game, lead Towson with 24 RBIs.
- Riley Thies had two of Towson's six stolen bases.
- Shea McFarland led the Mount with two hits.
- Lindsay Heinze's two-out RBI single scored Kaylee Stoner in the fifth inning.
Tiger Clash By the Numbers
- Towson's leading hitters in the Tiger Clash were Scott (.545) and Miko (.500).
- Megan Dejter extended her scoreless inning streak to 25.1 innings by recording the final three outs in the seventh inning against Mount St. Mary's.
- Stockinger drove in 10 runs during the weekend.
- Three of Stockinger's four hits went for extra bases.
- Scott also had eight RBIs from her leadoff spot.
- Towson was 8-for-8 in stolen bases over the weekend.
- The Tigers hit .382 as a team.
- Smith-Harrington, Abrahamian, Dejter, and Olivia Baltazar combined for an 0.75 earned run average and held opponents to a .155 batting average.
Up Next
Towson finishes its eight-game homestand by hosting Maryland Eastern Shore in a doubleheader Wednesday at 2 p.m.
