CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Towson University softball team earned another split on the second day of the Michelle Smith Pediatric Cancer Spring Invitational hosted by the University of South Florida.
 
After dropping a 5-4 decision to Wichita State in the opening game of the day, the Tigers roared back to beat Long Island 8-3. Towson raised its season record to 11-9 overall.
 
How It Happened Wichita State

• There were two ties and four lead changes.
• Chloe Poulich led Towson with two hits.
• Poulich scored the first run of the game in the second inning after her leadoff double.
• Jess DeBreo's RBI single scored Poulich, who had a run-scoring hit in the fifth that gave Towson a 2-1 lead.
• Nicole Kidwiler had a two-out RBI triple in the sixth inning that scored Riley Thies.
• Kidwiler scored on the play following an error to give the Tigers a 4-2 advantage.
• Madison Perrigan's three run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning was the difference.

 
How It Happened Long Island University

• Towson scored five runs in the fourth inning.
• Julia Smith-Harrington and Nicole Stockinger had two hits each to lead the Tiger offense.
• Stockinger and Riley Thies also drove in a pair of runs.
• Both of Stockinger's hits – a first inning double and a third-inning single -- produced runs.
• Towson's top four hitters combined for six of its eight hits.
• Kendall Arcia had a RBI double in the fourth inning.
• Sara Johnson was the winning pitcher.
• It was Johnson's fifth complete game of the season.

 
Up Next

• Towson finishes the weekend with a game against Princeton on Sunday at 10 a.m.