Thursday, March 14
San Diego, Calif.
9:00 PM
Rutgers University
16-11
2
at
3
San Diego
8-21
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
R
H
E
Rutgers
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
4
3
San Diego
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
4
0
Photo by: Joe Buvid
Softball Drops San Diego Series Opener
Mar 15 | Softball
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Rutgers softball opened its three-game series at San Diego on Thursday night with an extra-innings setback.
While the Scarlet Knights knotted the score up at in the top of the sixth, host San Diego scored the game-winning run in the bottom the eighth for a 3-2 victory.
The loss dropped RU to 16-11 overall.
While the Scarlet Knights knotted the score up at in the top of the sixth, host San Diego scored the game-winning run in the bottom the eighth for a 3-2 victory.
The loss dropped RU to 16-11 overall.
San Diego 3, Rutgers 2 (8 inn)
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING |
- Payton Lincavage scored both Scarlet Knight runs and collected a triple to move into a tie for sixth on the all-time list.
- Kayla Bock was 2-for-4 with an RBI double that scored Lincavage to tie the game at 2-2 in the sixth.
- Morgan Smith hurled a complete game but fell to 5-4 inside the circle. She struck out four along the way.
| THE RUNDOWN |
- In the top of the second, Rutgers loaded the bases and with two outs Kobie Hura entered the game to walk and score Payton Lincavage for the 1-0 lead.
- San Diego tied the ballgame up in the bottom of the inning. A pair of errors put Toreros into scoring position and wild pitch gave Amanda Limon the opportunity to score.
- The hosts went up by a run in the fifth. The Toreros had runners on first and second when Jennings hit a single to left to score pinch runner Lauren Asia.
- The Scarlet Knights, however, knotted the ball game back up in their next at-bat. Lincavage tripled off the wall in right and Kayla Bock blasted the ball to center for the RBI double.
- While RU was able to pickoff the Toreros extra-inning runner on second to start off the bottom of the eighth, San Diego's Tele Jenning was able to reach on an infield error. She scored the game-winning run after three wild pitches.
| UP NEXT |
- The Rutgers-San Diego softball series continues on Friday, March 15 with first pitch set for 7 p.m. (ET).
- RU -
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rose, Courtney (5-5)
L: Smith, Morgan (5-4)
Batting:
2B: Bock, Kayla 1
3B: Lincavage, Payton 1
RBI: Bock, Kayla 1 ; Hura, Kobie 1
SH: Smith, Morgan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lincavage, Payton 2
HBP: Wingert, Katie 1
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Taylor 1
RBI: Jennings, Tele 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jennings, Tele 1 ; Johnson, Taylor 1 ; Asia, Lauren 1
HBP: Giaime, Emma 1
PO: Powell, Dalia 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
3
R
2
H
1
RBI
0
dp/c
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
OF
/ Softball
UTIL
/ SoftballIF
/ Softball
P/OF
/ SoftballRutgers Athletics Launches the Athletic Excellence Fund
Monday, October 06
2025 Rutgers Softball Big Ten Highlights
Friday, August 08
R Fund, Knights of the Raritan are YouKnighted | Million Dollar Match
Friday, February 28
Rutgers x Nike Apparel Partnership
Thursday, December 19
