PISCATAWAY, N.J. (March 30, 2019) – Rutgers softball (16-17, 0-6) dropped Saturday's doubleheader to No. 23 Michigan (23-10, 6-0) by scores of 7-0 and 7-4 as the Wolverines earned a Big Ten series sweep at the RU Softball Complex.
QUICK PITCH
- Following a 7-0 shutout at the hands of Michigan pitcher Meghan Beaubien in Game 1, the Rutgers bats broke out in the third inning of Game 2 as freshman catcher Katie Wingert launched her ninth home run of the season, a three-run job to cut a Michigan lead to 5-3. But Michigan answered with some more offense of its own to extend, and eventually, hold the lead.
STANDOUT STATS
- Junior first baseman Nicole Bowman had a pair of hits in each game against Michigan pitching. She went 2-for-3 in the opener, then went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple in the second game of the twinbill.
- Hughes had a hit in each contest, including a single down the left field line ahead of Wingert in the third inning of Game 2. She would come around to score her team-leading 33rd run of the season on Wingert's long ball.
- Wingert's three RBIs on one swing drove her season total to 29, which ties Anyssa Iliopoulos for the team lead.
KNIGHT NOTES
- Hughes, who hit in every game of the Michigan series, ran her overall hitting streak to six straight games while also reaching base safely in seven straight.
UP NEXT
Rutgers heads back out on the rugged road of the Big Ten for a three-game series at Ohio State from April 5-7 in Columbus.
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