TOWSON, Md.  – The Towson University softball team faced Stony Brook in the third of a three-game Coastal Athletic Association series on Sunday. A six-run 5^th inning from the Seawolves sealed an 8-3 defeat as Towson was swept by Stony Brook to fall to 4-5 in CAA play.
 
Key Stats:

•  Mackenzie Groczyca had a hit and two RBIs.
• Briyana Wright, Addie Ferguson, Grace Franczyk and Alyssa Myint had multi-hit games.
• Oliva Trombley receives the loss after starting and throwing 4.0 innings allowing eight hits and four earned runs.
• Lessa Pieters pitched 1.1 scoreless innings of relief allowing two hits.
• Crimson Rice earns the win after pitching 5.0 innings and allowing nine hits and one earned run with four strikeouts.

How it Happened:

• Briyana Wright led off the game with a single and with two outs Mackensie Gorczyca hit another single to give Towson an early 1-0 lead.
• Olivia Trombley kept Stony Brook at zero through the first two innings.
• Addie Ferguson hit a lead of double to start of the top of the 3^rd. A Grace Franczyk single moved Ferguson to third for Gorczyca who picked up her second RBI with a sacrifice fly to double Towson's lead.
• Stony Brook tied the game with a two-run homerun in the 3^rd.
• After a scoreless 4^th, two walks and an error loaded the bases for the Tigers. Kaci Benton brought home one with a single, but the Seawolves kept the score at 3-2 entering the bottom of the 5^th.
• Stony Brook responded with a six-run 5^th inning to take the lead and blow the game open as Towson went down 8-3 entering the 6^th.
• The Tigers only managed one baserunner in each of the final two innings as the Seawolves closed out an 8-3 win and series sweep.

 
Up Next:
Towson's scheduled midweek game Tuesday against UMBC has been canceled. The Tigers instead return home Wednesday to host a midweek matchup against Coppin State.