GREENVILLE, S.C. – Towson softball opened the 2023 season with a 3-2 loss against the Bearcats on Friday afternoon. Madyson Peters led the Tigers with a pair of hits while driving in one run in the loss.

Towson (0-1) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first, but Binghamton (3-4) put up a three-run third inning to defeat the Tigers.

Key Stats:

• The Tigers recorded six hit with Peters hitting two singles with an RBI.
• Briana Ramirez, Mackenzie Lake, Emma Armstrong and Alyssa Myint also had a hit for the Tigers with Lake driving in one run.
• Erin Brown had her first start as a Tiger, pitching a complete game and giving up five hits with three strikeouts.

How It Happened:

• The Tigers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Briana Ramirez led off the game with a single to left and would advance on a passed ball.
• Mackenzie Lake would drive home Ramirez on a single to center and an error to make it 1-0 Tigers. Just four pitches later, Lake would score on a Madyson Peters single to center.
• Towson starter Erin Brown kept the Bearcats silent through the first and second innings, but Binghamton broke through in the third, capitalizing on a Tiger error to take a 3-2 lead.
• The Tigers would threaten in the fifth inning with Alyssa Myint getting to third on a stolen base and throwing error but was stranded. Towson would get a pair on base in the next inning but could not bring the runners home as the Tigers fell 3-2.

Inside The Numbers:

• Five different Tigers made their Towson debut including Brown who pitched a complete game, and Myint who had a hit.
• This was the first all-time meeting between the Bearcats and the Tigers. Towson will also play for the first time against Bellarmine tomorrow.

Next Game:
Towson will continue the Furman Invitational with a pair of games on Saturday against Bellarmine at 2 p.m. and host Furman at 7 p.m. The game against the Paladins will air on ESPN+.