Penn State Comes Back To Take Series From Softball

Apr 10 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game One - Box Score Game Two - Box Score

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Penn State took the series from Rutgers softball on Saturday with the Lady Lions prevailing 4-2 in game one and coming from behind to take game two 4-3.

Penn State 4, Rutgers 2

STANDOUT STATS

Fifth-year senior Hailey Hoklotubbe went 2-for-3 with a run scored, while sophomore Payton Lincavage and graduate student Gabrielle Callaway each logged a hit and RBI.
Rookie Kayla Bock went 1-for-3 with a double.
Sophomore Ashley Hitchcock was the Scarlet Knight starter tossing 4.0 inning with three strikeouts. Graduate student Izzy Berouty pitched the final two innings striking out a pair of Lady Lions and allowing only one hit.

THE RUNDOWN

The Lady Lions took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second as Ally Kurland sent the ball over the fence in left-center.
The Scarlet Knights, however, cut their deficit in half on their trip to the plate. Taylor Lane reached first off a bad throw and rounded the bases thanks to Lincavage going down the left-field line for a double.
Penn State threatened to add to the lead in the bottom of the third, but Rutgers kept the run off the scoreboard catching Livingston trying to take home.
Kurland's second home run came with two outs in the fourth down the right-field line to give PSU a 3-1 advantage.
Just like the last time, Rutgers answered with a run of their own at their following at bat. Hoklotubbe led off reaching first on a bunt and came home off a Callaway single to center. Anyssa Iliopoulos collected a base hit with the next at bat but the Lady Lions caught Callaway at the plate trying to score the tying run.
The Lady Lions added an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth capitalizing off a bases-loaded situation. A miscue at second with two outs allowed Penn State to add an unearned run.

Penn State 4, Rutgers 3

STANDOUT STATS

Graduate student Izzy Berouty threw 5.1 innings not allowing a PSU hit until the fourth inning. Altogether she allowed three hits and one run.
Sophomore Payton Lincavage went 2-for-3 in game two with a run scored.
Freshman Megan Herka and fifth-year senior Hailey Hoklotubbe were both was 1-for-3 in the nightcap. Herka collected an RBI, while Hoklotubbe registered a run.
Freshman Lauren Punk also scored her first collegiate run.

THE RUNDOWN

Rutgers went ahead 2-0 in the top of the third. Hoklotubbe led off with a single to right and advanced to second off a sac bunt from Kiana Workman. The fifth-year Scarlet Knight then beat a pair of tags stealing second and then home to put RU up 1-0. Callaway added the inning's other run with a double to center.
Herka drove in Payton from first with a double to right-center in the fourth to extend the Scarlet Knights' lead to 3-0.
The Lady Lions got onto the scoreboard in the fifth off a Lilia Crouthamel RBI single to left.
PSU did damage in the bottom of the sixth scoring three runs on three hits. The Lady Lions loaded the bases for Michelle Leone to add a run off a single to center. A Crouthamel double off the left field wall put PSU ahead.

KNIGHT NOTES

Lincavage hit .385 during the Penn State series, leading Rutgers with five hits on the weekend. She collected a double and two runs scored.
Hoklotubbe batted .333 with a trio of hits and two runs scored. She also added a pair of stolen bases.

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