Michigan State University
13-24, 3-11
Washington
30-12, 8-5
Softball Stymied by Huskies
4/18/2025 6:26:00 PM | Softball
MSU moves to 13-24 (3-11 B1G) while Washington improves to 30-12 (8-5). The Spartans return to Secchia Stadium on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for game two of the series.
Freshman Carsyn Cassady (3-2) struck out four through three innings of work before being relieved by sophomore Ava Mullen in the fourth frame. It was a career-long performance by Mullen who went 4.0 innings out of the bullpen allowing just three hits, no runs and striking out one.
Junior Hannah Hawley provided the pop once again with a fourth inning homer. Sophomore Hannah Greer singled in the seventh inning and junior Kaelin Cash drew a walk for MSU.
Defensively Hawley and sophomore shortstop Payton Conroy combined to catch three Huskies baserunners on stolen base attempts.
The Huskies tried it again and the Hawley + Conroy combo caught 'em again!#GoGreen | #SpartanUp pic.twitter.com/GwzuNQgKGA
— Michigan State Softball (@MSU_Softball) April 18, 2025
Washington struck first taking an early 2-0 lead in the opening stanza on a pair of two-out RBI base knocks. The Huskies tacked on an additional run in the fourth after consecutive shutout innings by Cassady in the second and third.
Hawley tallied MSU's first hit and only run of the afternoon in the fourth inning with a lead-off home run to right center field. Hawley's homer was her 11th of the season and the 23rd of her career, moving her into a tie for eighth in program history alongside teammate junior Britain Beshears.
Hannah Hawley sends her 11th homer of the season over the fence in right-center to move into 8th in program history with 23 career home runs!#GoGreen | #SpartanUp pic.twitter.com/aGAj48Pm7X
— Michigan State Softball (@MSU_Softball) April 18, 2025
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sophia Ramuno (8-4)
L: Cassady, Carsyn (3-2)
S: Morgan Reimer (4)
Batting:
2B: Alycia Flores 1
RBI: Alycia Flores 1 ; Giselle Alvarez 1 ; Sophi Mazzola 1
SH: Charity Sevaaetasi 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Alexis DeBoer 1 ; Alycia Flores 2
CS: Giselle Alvarez 1 ; Sophi Mazzola 1 ; Jade Bubke 1
HBP: Ava Carroll 1
Batting:
HR: Hawley, Hannah 1
RBI: Hawley, Hannah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hawley, Hannah 1
