TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University softball team defeated the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (UMES) by a score of 7-5 at Tiger Softball Stadium on Tuesday.
 
Records:
Towson – 6-10
UMES – 1-10
 
Key Stats:

• Jenna Giattino hit 3-4 with 2 RBIs.
• Cara Bohner is 2-3 with 2 RBIs and a walk.
• Kaci Benton hit 2-3 with a walk and scored all three times she reached base.
• Alyssa Myint hit an RBI triple, and Elizabeth Yoskowitz recorded a hit, an RBI and a walk.
• Olivia Trombley earned the win pitching 4.0 innings of 2-run ball allowing 5 hits and 0 walks while striking out 3.
• Amanda Medina earned the save pitching a hitless 6^th and 7^th innings and only faced 7 batters over the 2.0 innings.
• For UMES: Clarke Calvin hit 3-4 with a pair of RBIs, Ella Falcetti had 2 hits and an RBI, Jaycee Holt recorded a pair of hits, and Makalah Clark and McKenzie Abiley each had a hit and an RBI. Kassidy Oneail receives the loss after pitching 5.0 innings and allowing 8 hits and 6 runs.

 
How it Happened:

• Jaycee Holt led the game off with a single and stole second. Two batters later Clarke Calvin knocked her home with an RBI single. Calvin scored two batters later on a Ella Falcetti single to make it 2-0 Hawks. Back-to-back walks allowed a third run to score, and it was 3-0 UMES after the first half-inning.
• Olivia Trombley entered the game to pitch in the top of the second and recorded a pair of strikeouts over a scoreless 2^nd and 3^rd innings.
• After only mustering one hit through the first two innings against Hawk pitcher Kassidy Oneail, the Tiger bats woke up in the bottom of the 3^rd. Kaci Benton hit a single to lead off the inning after a walk and a fielder's choice runners were on the corners for Elizabeth Yoskowitz who put Towson on the board with a single up the middle. One batter later the game was tied as Cara Bohner hit a 2-run single to right field to make it 3-3. Kristin Toland capped off the inning with a RBI triple to put the Tigers up 4-3.
• UMES responded the next inning, a bunt single and a fielder's choice saw a runner on second with 2 outs. Back-to-back singles from Makalah Clarke and Calvin each scored a run to return the lead to the Hawks.
• Towson returned the favor in the bottom of the inning also getting a runner on second with 2 outs. For the Tigers it was an Alyssa Myint RBI triple and Giattino run scoring single that plated 2 runs and made it 6-5 Towson.
• Trombley worked a 1-2-3 5^th inning behind a 6-3 double play from Myint.
• Amanda Medina entered the game for Trombley in the after the 5^th inning and threw a hitless 6^th.
• Kaci Benton singled to lead off the bottom of the 6^th, Anaya Troy bunted her to second and Jenna Giattino hit an RBI single to double the Tiger's lead.
• Medina threw her second consecutive hitless inning to earn the save and lock down a 7-5 victory for the Tigers.

 
On Deck:
Towson stays at home to begin Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) play. The Tigers host Stony Brook for a three-game set with the first matchup on Friday beginning at 2:00 p.m.