Softball Drops Middle Game of Series to Penn State

Saturday, April 22

State College, Pa.

5:00 PM

Rutgers University

11-31, 2-12

Penn State

20-25, 6-10

Rutgers

Penn State

Softball Drops Middle Game of Series to Penn State

Apr 22 | Softball

Box Score

April 22, 2017

Final Stats

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. – The Rutgers softball team fell in the middle game of the series to Penn State, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon at Beard Field.

Juniors Rebecca Hall and Sierra Maddox each added two hits each to lead RU (11-31, 2-12 Big Ten). Senior Shayla Sweeney suffered the loss in the circle.

Tori Dubois paced PSU (20-25, 6-10 Big Ten) with two hits, two RBIs, and two runs. Jessica Cummings earned a complete-game win.

After Rutgers stranded a runner on in the top of the first, Penn State pushed to a 4-0 advantage on four hits in the bottom half of the inning.

Although senior Aubrie Levine registered a 1-2-3 inning in the second, the Nittany Lions went on to add a single run on two hits in the third to extend their lead to 5-0.

As the Scarlet Knight offense was off to a slow start, Levine held the margin with two scoreless innings of work in the fourth and fifth.

In the top of the sixth, freshman Taryn Atlee and Hall each added hits. However, it was not enough to get the offense rolling.

The Nittany Lions then added two runs on three hits in the sixth for the game's final tally.

UP NEXT
Rutgers and Penn State meet for the series finale on Sunday. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. ET.

KNIGHT NOTES
-Rutgers has played 39 of 42 games this season on the road.
-Rebecca Hall added her 15^th multi-hit game of the season and second of the series at Penn State.
-Sierra Maddox added her sixth multi-hit game of the season.

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