Friday, February 21
Fort Myers, Fla.
10 am
Michigan State University
1-8
1
vs
2
UMass- Lowell
3-3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Michigan State
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
UMass Lowell
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
2
5
1
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CAPRIA, Lovina (3-0)
L: Ladd, Sarah (0-6)
Batting:
3B: Quinlan, Katie 1
RBI: Wincher, Camryn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Holt, Erica 1
SB: Snyder, Brooke 1
Batting:
3B: SITEMAN, Sara 1
RBI: CASHMAN, Courtney 2
Base Running:
RUNS: HARDING, Casey 1 ; MUELLER, Tori 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
3B/C
/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
LHP
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
C
/ SoftballSS
/ Softball
Photo by: Eric Espada/Michigan University
Spartans Drop 2-1 Game to Open FGCU Invitational
2/21/2020 11:54:00 AM | Softball
Fort Myers, Fla. -- Michigan State suffered a 2-1 loss to UMass-Lowell on Friday to open the FGCU Spring Break Invitational in Fort Myers, Florida.
The game moved at a fast pace, as both pitchers limited baserunners, surrendering just five base hits each. The Spartans took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on an RBI single by Cam Wincher, but saw the River Hawks put together a one-out rally with a walk and a pair of base knocks that loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth. A single by leadoff hitter Courtney Cashman scored two to give UML a 2-1 lead.
Sarah Ladd recorded her third straight complete game, tossing 6.0 innings and striking out a career-best seven, scattering five base hits, three of which came in that fifth-run rally. Lovina Capria was equally impressive for the River Hawks, going the full seven innings and striking out five, allowing five hits.
Joanna Bartz had two base hits for MSU (1-8), and was robbed of a third by an impressive diving catch by Tori Mueller in left field. Katie Quinlan had a triple, and Wincher had the RBI single for the Spartans. UML scattered its five base hits among five players, with Cashman getting the RBI single in the fifth.
The Spartans complete the Friday doubleheader with a game against Harvard at 12:15 pm.
TOP PERFORMERS
The game moved at a fast pace, as both pitchers limited baserunners, surrendering just five base hits each. The Spartans took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on an RBI single by Cam Wincher, but saw the River Hawks put together a one-out rally with a walk and a pair of base knocks that loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth. A single by leadoff hitter Courtney Cashman scored two to give UML a 2-1 lead.
Sarah Ladd recorded her third straight complete game, tossing 6.0 innings and striking out a career-best seven, scattering five base hits, three of which came in that fifth-run rally. Lovina Capria was equally impressive for the River Hawks, going the full seven innings and striking out five, allowing five hits.
Joanna Bartz had two base hits for MSU (1-8), and was robbed of a third by an impressive diving catch by Tori Mueller in left field. Katie Quinlan had a triple, and Wincher had the RBI single for the Spartans. UML scattered its five base hits among five players, with Cashman getting the RBI single in the fifth.
The Spartans complete the Friday doubleheader with a game against Harvard at 12:15 pm.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Sarah Ladd scattered five base hits, striking out a season-best seven and recording her third straight complete game
- .Joanna Bartz had a pair of base hits
- Erica Holt and Joanna Bartz led off the top of the second inning with back-to-back base hits, and one out later Camryn Wincher singled up the middle to bring home Holt for a 1-0 Spartan lead.
- Katie Quinlan led off the third with a triple, but was stranded.
- In the fourth, Joanna Bartz led off the inning and was robbed of a base hit by a diving catch in left field. Shae Schreckengost reached on an error, but the River Hawks got out of the inning without any damage.
- Lowell threatened in the bottom of the fifth, as Casey Harding earned a one-out walk and Tori Mueller and Olivia Labbe reached on consecutive singles to load the bases. Leadoff hitter Courtney Cashman delivered a single in the 5-6 hole that scored two to give UML a 2-1 lead. Sarah Ladd recorded a strikeout and got a popup to end the inning and strand two.
- The Spartans fell by a one-run margin for the third time in four games.
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