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Ashley Hitchcock
(Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics)
2
Winner Rutgers RUTGERS 7-3
0
Colgate COLGATE 6-4
Winner
Rutgers RUTGERS
7-3
2
Final
0
Colgate COLGATE
6-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rutgers RUTGERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
Colgate COLGATE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

W: Hitchcock, Ashley (3-3) L: Edwards, Mia (3-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Out To Best Start Since 1996 Following One-Hit, Shutout Victory Over Colgate

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Junior Ashley Hitchcock pitched a one-hit, complete-game shutout in leading Rutgers to its best start since 1996 on Saturday at the Pirate Clash hosted by ECU. The Scarlet Knights downed Colgate 2-0 to go 5-0 on the weekend and improve to 7-3 overall.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
  • Ashley Hitchcock went the distance allowing just one hit and striking out seven to improve to 3-3 inside the circle. Six of the seven Red Raiders were sent down looking.\
  • Gabrielle Callaway notched her second home run of the year and Kyleigh Sand added her eighth run of the weekend.
THE RUNDOWN
  • Three batters into the contest Gabrielle Callaway launched the ball deep into right for the early 1-0 lead.
  • Colgate got its only hit the morning in the third, a single to first by Jillian Herbst.
  • Kyleigh Sand put RU up 2-0 in the second. After walking to first, the sophomore stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on an error.
KNIGHT NOTES
  • Rutgers softball is off to its best start since 1996 when RU opened the year 10-3.
  • Ashley Hitchcock held down a 1.67 ERA in a 3-0 weekend. The junior right-hander pitched three complete games with a save over her four outings.  She allowed five earned runs and sent down 26 on strikes.
  • Jaden Vickers, meanwhile, was 2-0 with a 1.75 ERA and 10 strikeouts. The junior left-hander tossed 12.0 innings allowing only three earned runs.
  • The Scarlet Knights hit .315 over the five-game Pirate Clash with 40 hits, five doubles and three home runs.
  • At the plate, Rutgers was led by Maddie Lawson who hit .500 (8-for-16) with six RBIs, a double and her first career home run. She also added two runs.
  • Payton Lincavage went .438 (7-for-16) and amassed seven runs scored, four RBIs and three stolen bases.
  • Kyleigh Sand was responsible for eight of RU's 29 runs on the weekend and logged five stolen bases.
UP NEXT

Rutgers softball returns to action next weekend at The Spring Games in Leesburg, Florida. The Scarlet Knights will take on Princeton, Siena, FGCU, North Florida and Cornell on Feb. 25-27.


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