TOWSON, Md.  – The Towson University softball team played the rubber match of a three-game Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) series against Monmouth on Sunday. A pitcher's duel saw this game go well into extra innings before the Tigers broke it open in the 10th to secure a 4-2 win and it's second conference series win.
 
Key Stats:

• Kaci Benton, Addie Ferguson, Isabella Canesi and Addison Miller all had RBI knocks.
• Briyana Wright and Mackenzie Gorczyca each hit doubles that led to runs being scored.
• Olivia Trombley threw the longest game of her career pitching 9.0 innings and allowing only one run with ten hits to earn her 10^th win of the season.
• Mikaela Guy picked up her CAA leading fourth save after pitching the 10^th inning and allowing three hits and one run.
• Alissa Eimont receives the loss after going 9.2 innings allowing six hits and four runs.

How it Happened:

• Leah Mears, Kaci Benton and Addie Ferguson all reached base in the top of the 1^st to load the bases with no outs, but Hawks starter Alissa Eimont retired the next three batters to escape the inning unscathed.
• Olivia Trombley allowed only one hit over her first two innings of work.
• Eimont allowed only one Tiger base-runner between the 2^nd and 6^th innings.
• Trombley and the Tiger defense worked around traffic on the base paths in the 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th innings to keep the game scoreless.
• The game entered the 7^th still deadlocked at 0-0.
• Mackenzie Gorczyca doubled to lead off the 7^th and Isabella Canesi hit an RBI single to finally open the scoring and give Towson a 1-0 lead.
• The hawks responded by loading the bases with one out in the bottom of the inning. A force-out at home got the second out but a wild pitch allowed Monmouth to tie the game. A diving catch in foul territory by Canesi sent the game to extras.
• Both Trombley and Eimont remained in the game to begin the extra innings, and a Hawks single was the only baserunner of the 8^th inning.
• The Tigers went down in order in the 9^th before Trombley worked around two more Monmouth singles to send the game to the 10^th.
• A pinch-hitting Briyana Wright doubled to lead off the 10^th, and with one out Addison Miller singled to give Towson a 2-1 lead. Now with two outs Benton hit an RBI knock to make it 3-1, then the next batter Addie Ferguson singled her home to put Towson up 4-1 entering the bottom of the 10^th.
• Mikaela Guy entered to close the game out, but a single and double put two in scoring position with no outs. The next batter hit a grounder to short that allowed the Tigers to trade one run for two outs. Guy saw the game out from there as Towson earned a 4-2 ten-inning victory to take the series 2-1.

 
 
Up Next:
The Tigers now return home for a midweek clash at Tiger Softball Stadium against Georgetown, first pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.