TAMPA, Fla. – The Rutgers softball team is leaving the sunshine state after getting a 5-1 win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi to close out the USF Tournament on Sunday morning. 

The Scarlet Knights improved to 8-11 overall and finished the USF Tournament with a 2-3 record.
 

STANDOUT STATS

• Sophomore outfielder Taylor Lane scored two runs, while classmate Aleah Marra and graduate student Kiana Workman both registered two RBI each.
• Freshman Jaden Vickers got the start with sophomore Corah Price recording the win pitching 3.2 innings with no hits allowed and three strikeouts. Freshman Ashley Hitchcock pitched the final top inning striking out two Islanders.

THE RUNDOWN

• The Scarlet Knights poured in four runs in the bottom of the second to take control of the game. A Payton Lincavage sac bunt put teammates Katie Wingert and Anyssa Iliopoulos into scoring position. Kiana Workman followed with a double inside the left field foul line to give RU a 2-0 lead
• The inning continued with Taylor Lane reaching on as her bunt to short was overthrown at first. She then scored off a hard hit to short from Aleah Marra.
• The Islanders scored in the top of the third with a Samantha Burke RBI single thru the left side.
• Rutgers added to its lead with another run in the bottom of the fourth. Lane walked, stole a pair of bases to reach third and scored her second run of the afternoon on a sacrifice fly to center from Marra.  

KNIGHT NOTES

• Payton Lincavage finished the USF Tournament leading RU at plate hitting .429 (6-for-14) with two doubles, one home run and two RBI.
• Gabrielle Callaway has reached base safely in the last 15 consecutive contests and finished Sunday 1-for-3. She also had two RBI during the weekend tournament.
• Aleah Marra collected a pair of runs batted in for the third time this season, while it was Kiana Workman's first multiple RBI outing as a Scarlet Knight.
• Taylor Lane's two runs scored were a career-high after previous scoring one run in contests with ETSU, Kansas and Syracuse twice.
• Inside the circle, Ashley Hitchcock led the staff with 14 strikeouts in four appearances and 12.2 innings of work. 

UP NEXT

The Rutgers softball teams travels to West Virginia for the Thundering Herd Round Robin featuring host Marshall and Bucknell next weekend.

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