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Softball Concludes Wisconsin Series With A Loss
Apr 18 | Softball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – It was Rutgers softball who got onto the scoreboard first on Sunday morning at the Rutgers Softball Complex to take a 2-0 lead after two innings of play. However, the Wisconsin Badgers stormed back to exit "The Banks" with a 10-2 victory.
Wisconsin 10, Rutgers 2
| STANDOUT STATS |
- Freshman Kayla Bock and sophomore Payton Lincavage with both 1-for-2 with a run scored.
- Lincavage knocked in both Scarlet Knight runs in the second for Rutgers' first lead of the series with her second home run of the year.
| THE RUNDOWN |
- The bottom of the second opened with Bock landing a double into centerfield and Lincavage following by sending a 2-2 pitch over the fence in left for the 2-0 advantage.
- Wisconsin responded with six runs on six hits on their next at bat. The Badgers saw an RBI single by Abby Herbst, a two-run double from Lauren Foster and a three-run home run from the bat of Christaana Angeloupos.
- The visitors put up an additional three runs in the fourth on a two-run shot from Megan Donahue and Foster recording her third RBI of the game on a base hit.
- The Badger's Skylar Sirdashney scored the game's final run off a Scarlet Knight miscue in the outfield in the sixth.
| KNIGHT NOTES |
- Bock registered her team-leading sixth double of the season.
- Lincavage's home run was the third of her career.
- Freshman Leilani Chavez finished the Wisconsin series 3-for-7 to hit .429 over the four games with two doubles, a triple and an RBI.
- Graduate student Gabrielle Callaway batted .400 over the weekend with a double and extended her current hit streak to seven.
| HIGHLIGHTS |
| UP NEXT |
Rutgers softball is back on the road to meet Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio for a four-game series beginning Friday, April 23.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ava Justman (2-1)
L: Berouty, Izzy (2-9)
Batting:
2B: Lauren Foster 1
HR: Megan Donahue 1 ; Christaana Angelopul 1
RBI: Megan Donahue 2 ; Abby Herbst 2 ; Lauren Foster 3 ; Christaana Angelopul 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Peyton Bannon 1 ; Fiona Girardot 1 ; Skylar Sirdashney 2 ; Megan Donahue 2 ; Abby Herbst 1 ; Alyssa McClelland 1 ; Lauren Foster 1 ; Christaana Angelopul 1
SB: Peyton Bannon 1 ; Alyssa McClelland 1
Batting:
2B: Bock, Kayla 1
HR: Lincavage, Payton 1
RBI: Lincavage, Payton 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Bock, Kayla 1 ; Lincavage, Payton 1
HBP: Hoklotubbe, Hailey 1 ; Bock, Kayla 1
