MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – The Towson University softball team dropped a 1-0 decision to the College of Charleston in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest at Patriots Point Sunday afternoon.
Towson was led by senior centerfielder
Kendyl Scott, who had her 11th three-hit game of the season with singles in the first, third, and fifth innings. She raised her batting average to .497.
Records
Towson 39-13, 12-6
College of Charleston 29-22, 8-10
Milestone Alert
- Towson set the single season record for hits in a season. They have 472 hits, surpassing the previous mark of 468 set in 2008.
How It Happened
- Yari Felix's one-out single scored pinch runner Savannah Mullen with the decisive run in the bottom of the seventh inning for the Cougars.
- Charleston's Gracyn Thrasher led off the bottom of the seventh with a double.
- In the top of the seventh inning, Towson didn't capitalize on a first and third no-out opportunity eventually leaving the bases loaded.
- Olivia Baltazar singled and walked in her two plate appearances.
- Daria Edwards, Brook Miko, and Nicole Stockinger also singled for Towson.
- Kaylen Minnatee had a pair of sacrifice bunts.
- Megan Dejter had three strikeouts.
- Charleston senior Taylor DuPree set a CAA record with her 265th career hit with a one-out single in the third inning.
Inside the Numbers
- Scott extended her hitting streak to 10 games with her 29th multi-hit game.
- Scott has 73 career multi-hit games.
- Towson was 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
- Four of Towson's last six CAA games have been decided by one run.
- Towson is 3-1 in those one-run games.
- Towson finished 4-5 in CAA road games this season.
Up Next
The Tigers return home to host Hofstra in their final CAA series. The Tigers and Pride play a doubleheader on Friday, May 4 at 12 p.m. and conclude the series with a single game on Saturday, May 5 at 1 p.m.