HARRISONBURG, Va. (March 16, 2019) – Rutgers softball (14-11) scored an early run, but Binghamton (5-6) took a lead and hung on for a 2-1 victory on Saturday as the Scarlet Knights split Day 2 of the JMU Invitational at Veterans Memorial Park.
 
QUICK PITCH

• Senior shortstop Jess Hughes led off the game with a double and ended up scoring an unearned run on a passed ball. That's all the offense would muster against Rayn Gibson, who retired a stretch of 13-of-14 Scarlet Knights during the middle innings as her offense scored a pair of runs with the help of some Rutgers defensive miscues.

STANDOUT STATS

• Hughes had the double, while Nicolette Anico, Nicole Bowman and Adriana Burcar added hits for RU.
• Senior starting pitcher Whitney Jones put together a quality complete start, allowing one earned run on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

THE RUNDOWN

• Binghamton tied it in the second on an unearned run after a passed ball allowed a runner to advance to third, where she scored on an ensuing sac fly.
• The Bearcats took the 2-1 lead on a triple by Lauren Martinez, who went all the way home as the relay throw was errant.

KNIGHT NOTES

• Rutgers scored in the first inning for the 13^th time this season, going 9-4 in those games. RU falls to 12-5 when scoring the game's first run.
• Binghamton won this first ever meeting between the two sides.
• Bowman extended a hitting streak to four straight games.

UP NEXT
The JMU Invitational finale is on Sunday, March 17 against St. Joseph's at 2 p.m.
 
 
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