RICHMOND, Ky. – Senior pitcher Megan Dejter tossed her third shutout of the season, allowed two hits, and the Towson University softball team scored all of its runs in the third inning to defeat Austin Peay, 3-0, in the National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) first round at Eastern Kentucky's Gertrude Hood Field Thursday.
 
It was the first postseason tournament victory for the Towson softball program.
 
The Tigers also added to their school record win total and advanced to Friday's winners bracket game against Eastern Kentucky at 1 p.m. Eastern Kentucky defeated Toledo, 6-3. Austin Peay and Toledo will play an elimination game Friday at 10 a.m.
 
Records
Towson           41-17
Austin Peay     39-18
 
Milestone Alert

• Dejter set a program record for most single-season wins in Towson history by a pitcher with 23, surpassing Shannon Johnston's total of 22, which was established in 2009.
• Brook Miko tied the CAA single season record for doubles with her 23rd of the season.

 
Quotable
Dejter on the meaning of Towson's first postseason win program history.
"This is an awesome step for the team going forward. We've made enormous steps in the right direction as a program toward playing in the postseason. We were upset with the fact that we didn't make it to the NCAA Tournament, but getting a win in any kind of postseason tournament is huge."  
 
Brook Miko on the meaning of Towson's first postseason win program history.
"It's a lot of fun and we're excited to be here. Winning gives us another opportunity to play more games with each other. Winning today was huge because it's something that no other Towson has ever done before. We're hoping this sets a high standard for the girls coming in next year and in the future so hopefully a Towson team can make it to the NCAA Tournament."
 
How It Happened

• Dejter needed 94 pitches to throw her eighth career shutout.
• Dejter had two perfect innings – the first and seventh.
• She struck out four batters.
• Brook Miko and Nicole Stockinger led the Tigers' 10-hit attack with two hits each.
• Towson used five consecutive hits from Madison Wilson, Miko, Stockinger, Shelby Stracher, and Olivia Baltazar to score all of its runs.
• Miko's double in the gap scored Wilson from first base with the first postseason run in program history.
• Stracher's RBI single to center scored Miko and gave Towson a 2-0 lead.
• Baltazar followed with a RBI single that scored Stockinger.
• That was all the support Dejter needed.
• Dejter had one stressful inning and that was the fifth when the Governors had their first two runners reach with no outs.
• Austin Peay still had runners on second and third with one out in the fifth. Dejter struck out the final two hitters to end the threat.
• Cassidy Meyer added a double in the sixth inning.
• Danielle Liermann and Morgan Rackel had infield hits for Austin Peay.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Miko leads the nation with 73 RBIs.
• This was Miko's 23rd multi-hit game.
• This was Stockinger's 17th multi-hit game.
• Towson had nine two-out hits.
• This was the Tigers eighth shutout this season.
• Towson improved to 36-7 when scoring first.
• The Tigers are 3-0 when playing on Thursday.
• For Meyer, it was her fourth double of the season.
• This was the 27th time this season that Towson finished a game with double-digit hits.
• Daria Edwards has played in 133 consecutive games.