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Gabrielle Callaway
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9
Winner Illinois ILL 26-13, 9-2 Big Ten
1
Rutgers RUTGERS 23-22, 1-11 Big Ten
Winner
Illinois ILL
26-13, 9-2 Big Ten
9
Final
1
Rutgers RUTGERS
23-22, 1-11 Big Ten
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Illinois ILL 0 1 4 1 0 0 3 9 12 0
Rutgers RUTGERS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2

W: Lauren Wiles (5-2) L: Hitchcock, Ashley (9-15)

Game Recap: Softball |

Callaway Belts Team-Leading Ninth HR In Series Finale Setback to Illinois

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers softball team dropped the series finale with Illinois, 9-1, on a chilly Easter Sunday afternoon at the Rutgers Softball Complex.

The Fighting Illini won their 10th-straight upping their mark to 26-13 overall and 9-2 in the Big Ten. The Scarlet Knights fell to 23-22 and 1-11 in league play.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
  • Graduate student Gabrielle Callaway was 3-for-3 with Rutgers' lone run off her team-leading ninth home run of the year.
  • Sophomore Kyleigh Sand reached base on a walk to extend her on-base streak to 26 games.
  • Junior Ashley Hitchcock was Sunday's starter going 2.2 innings. She allowed four hits and only one earned run in dropping to 9-15 on the year.
THE RUNDOWN
  • Home runs gave Illinois a 5-0 lead after three innings. Kelly Ryono had a solo long ball to lead off the second and Delaney Rummell hit a grand slam in the fourth.
  • The Fighting Illini used a trio of base hits in the fourth as Megan Ward had an RBI single to right to extend the visitor's lead to 6-0.
  • Gabrielle Callaway took a 1-1 count over the well into straight center field to score RU's lone run of the afternoon in the bottom of the inning.
  • Jaden Vickers and the Scarlet Knight defense got out of a jam in the fifth. The bases were loaded with one out when RU turned the 1-2-3 double play to retire the side. Vickers also tossed one of her three strikeouts for the first out of the inning.
  • Illinois added three more runs in the seventh. Danielle Davis collected a two-run triple and pinch-runner Gabi Robles scored on a miscue in trying to keep the Fighting Illini runner on base.
ILLINOIS SERIES KNIGHT NOTES
  • Kyleigh Sand led Rutgers at the plate hitting .625 (5-for-8) on the weekend with three doubles. The shortstop leads RU with 43 runs on the year.
  • Gabrielle Callaway batted .444 (4-for-9) with a double, home run and three RBIs. The left fielder has a team-leading 46 RBIs in 2022.
  • Jaden Vickers led the pitching staff with six strikeouts in her three appearances.
 
UP NEXT

Rutgers has five Big Ten games coming up this week. The Scarlet Knights travel to Maryland on Tuesday for a mid-week doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. and begin a three-game series at home against Penn State on Friday. Admission to all Scarlet Knight softball home games is free.

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