TOWSON, Md – The Towson University softball team played the first of a three-game series against Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) rivals Monmouth. A late rally fell short for Towson as the Tigers fell to the Hawks 4-2.
Records:
Towson – 19-24, 7-12 CAA
Monmouth – 10-33, 6-13 CAA
Key Stats:
- Izzy Bonacci earns the win after pitching all 7.0 innings allowing eight hits and two runs with one walk and five strikeouts.
- Amanda Medina receives the loss after allowing three hits and one run with three walks and five strikeouts over 5.0 innings.
How it happened:
- Towson recorded back-to-back hits to start the bottom of the 1st and Monmouth had consecutive singles in the top of the second, but the game ran scoreless through the first two innings.
- The pitcher's duel continued as Amanda Medina saw the minimum in the 3rd and 4th innings and a Madyson Peters two-out single in the bottom of the 4th was Monmouth starter Izzy Bonacci's only blemish over the same stretch.
- A single, walk, and throwing error loaded the bases for the Hawks with one out in the top of the 5th. But Medina struck out the next batter and ended the inning with a groundout to keep the game 0-0.
- In the top of the 6th, a leadoff walk and a single put two on with one out. Monmouth moved the runners over with a sacrifice bunt for Lexi Castaneda who hit a two-out two-run single to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead.
- Cara Bohner led off the home half of the 6th with a double and with one out Grace Franczyk hit an RBI single to cut the deficit in half.
- The Hawks hit another leadoff single in the top of the 7th and a sacrifice bunt and groundout moved the runner to third with two outs. Then Clare Picone and Bonacci hit back-to-back doubles to each score a run and make it 4-1 Monmouth entering the bottom of the 7th.
- Mackenzie Gorczyca hit a pinch-hit single to lead off the bottom of the 7th, Elizabeth Yoskowitz singled as well, and Briyana Wright walked to load the bases. Cara Bohner hit an RBI sacrifice fly, but Bonacci struck out the next batter to seal a 4-2 Monmouth win.
On Deck:
The Tigers and Hawks play game two of this weekend series tomorrow Saturday, April 19. The game is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.