TOWSON, Md.  – The Towson University softball team faced Stony Brook in the second of a three-game Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) series on Saturday. The Tigers fell 6-3 to the Seawolves to lose its first CAA series of the season.
 
Key Stats:

• Kaci Benton hit her seventh homerun of the year to tie Addie Ferguson for the team lead.
• Alyssa Myint hit her third homerun of the year.
• Six Tigers had a hit in the game.
• Amanda Medina received the loss after starting and pitching 4.0 innings allowing five hits and five earned runs with three strikeouts.
• Mikaela Guy pitched 2.0 scoreless innings out of the bullpen allowing two hits with three strikeouts.
• Jayci Finch earned the win after starting and pitching 5.0 innings allowing four hits and three runs with six strikeouts.

How it Happened:

•  Kaci Benton walked with one out in the top of the 1^st, and with two outs Grace Franczyk doubled but Benton was thrown out at home.
• A leadoff double and Towson error put two Seawolves runners in scoring position with no outs in the 2^nd. Both would come around to score making it 2-0 Stony Brook.
• After a scoreless 3^rd, Mackenzie Gorczyca walked with one out in the top of the 4^th and Alysa Myint homered to tie the game 2-2.
• Stony Brook retook with lead with a two out single in the bottom of the inning.
• Kaci Benton hit a homerun with one out in the 5^th to once again tie the game.
• The Seawolves once again responded in the bottom of the inning by loading the bases with no outs. All three runners would score in the inning making it 6-3 Stony Brook.
• The Tigers put two on base with two outs in the 6^th but couldn't close the gap, Stony Brook closed the game out from there to defeat Towson 6-3.

 
Up Next:
Game three of the series between Towson and Stony Brook will take place tomorrow Sunday, March 29^th with a 1 p.m. start time.