TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University softball team split a home doubleheader against George Washington on Wednesday at the Tiger Softball Stadium.
The Tigers got two home runs from
Nicole Stockinger and a complete game pitching gem from
Julia Smith-Harrington to beat the Colonials, 6-1, in the opener. The Colonials scored eight runs over the final two innings to claim a 10-3 victory in the nightcap.
Records
George Washington 19-4
Towson 9-7
How It Happened Game One
- Stockinger got Towson off to a fast start with a first-inning grand slam.
- She added a solo homer in the third inning to help Towson extend its lead to 5-0.
- Riley Thies had three hits, including a double.
- For Thies, it was the first time in her collegiate career that she had three hits in a single game.
- Kendall Arcia added a RBI single in the fourth inning to give the Tigers a 6-0 advantage.
- That was all the support Smith-Harrington needed, who lowered her season earned run average to 0.44.
- Smith-Harrington pitched out of a bases loaded no-out jam in the third inning.
- Nicole Kidwiler made a nice catch in leftfield to end the top of the third inning.
- George Washington's Alessandra Ponce hit a one-out home run in the seventh inning.
- Hannah Eslick led the Colonials with two hits.
How It Happened Game Two
- Smith-Harrington led the Tigers with her first career three-hit game.
- She drove in Towson's first and third runs.
- Smith-Harrington's fifth-inning double gave Towson its final lead of the game, 3-2.
- Smith-Harrington is hitting .424 for the Tigers this season.
- Kidwiler, Stockinger and Thies scored runs for Towson.
- Madison Wilson and Stockinger also had doubles for the Tigers.
- Sara Johnson, who struck out seven batters, had a sacrifice fly RBI in the fourth inning that gave Towson a 2-1 edge.
- George Washington's Jenna Cone hit a pair of home runs, including a three-run blast in the seventh inning.
Inside the Numbers
- Smith-Harrington has struck out at least five batters in every start this season.
- Smith-Harrington is 5-0 as a starter with two shutouts and five complete games.
- Smith-Harrington has reached base in 10 consecutive games.
- This was Smith-Harrington's fourth multi-hit game of the season.
- Stockinger is the fifth player in program history with at least 30 career home runs.
- With 117 career RBIs, Stockinger is sixth all-time in program history.
- This was Stockinger's third grand slam since the start of the 2018 season.
- This was the third time in Stockinger's career she finished with at least five RBIs in a single game.
- Thies and Jaclyn Mounie recorded their first doubles of the 2019 season.
- This was the fourth time this season that Johnson struck out at least six hitters in a game.
Up Next
Towson competes in the Michelle Smith Pediatric Cancer Spring Invitational hosted by the University of South Florida this weekend. The Tigers will play Providence at 2:15 p.m. and North Dakota State at 4:45 p.m. on Friday. Towson battles Wichita State (2 p.m.) and LIU-Brooklyn (4:15 p.m.) on Saturday and Princeton (10 a.m.) on Sunday.
