Rutgers University
20-33
Monmouth
11-39
Softball Victorious Over Monmouth In Home Finale
Apr 29 | Softball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers softball won its third-straight contest and closed out the home portion of its 2025 schedule on a high note, downing with a 5-2 in-state victory over Monmouth.
Graduate student LA Matthews added her eighth home run of the season and a trio of RBIs while freshman Dezaria Johnson got the complete game victory in the circle.
Rutgers 5, Monmouth 2
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING |
- Graduate student LA Matthews went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBIs, her seventh home run of the season and a double. She upped her RBI total to 39 on the season and needs four more to crack RU's season top 10 list.
- Redshirt sophomore Bailey Briggs collected a pair of RBIs on a double and sac fly.
- Senior Jillian Anderson plated twice with redshirt freshman Hailey Stripling also adding a run
- Freshman Dezaria Johnson posted her second complete game of the year, improving to 2-2 in the circle. She gave up one earned run on six hits while striking out five.
| THE RUNDOWN |
- Rutgers never trailed as the Scarlet Knights pushed across three runs in their first at-bat of the afternoon. Bailey Briggs secured an RBI double to left and LA Matthews went over the wall in dead center for the 3-0 advantage.
- The Hawks closed the gap to a run with a pair of runs in the fifth. With two aboard, an error on Picone's bunt allowed Monmouth to get onto the scoreboard while Bonacci followed with an RBI single.
- RU, however, came back with two runs of its own in the bottom half. Back-to-back bunts from Jillian Anderson and Hailey Stripling put two on as Briggs and Matthews brought both home. Briggs notched a sac fly and Matthews followed with a double to center.
B1 | All that was needed was one pitch for HR lucky No. 7 for LA#GoRU ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/BmCFfI8209
— Rutgers Softball (@RUSoftball) April 29, 2025
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Johnson, Dezaria (2-2)
L: Lewis, Olivia (2-16)
Batting:
2B: Stern, Gianna 1
RBI: Bonacci, Izzy 1
SH: Picone, Clare 1 ; Stern, Gianna 1 ; Miller, Samantha 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Olivia 1 ; Slape, Isabella 1
SB: Bonacci, Izzy 1
HBP: McLain, Kylee 1
Batting:
2B: Briggs, Bailey 1 ; Matthews, LA 1
HR: Matthews, LA 1
RBI: Briggs, Bailey 2 ; Matthews, LA 3
SH: Stripling, Hailey 1
SF: Briggs, Bailey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Anderson, Jillian 2 ; Stripling, Hailey 1 ; Briggs, Bailey 1 ; Matthews, LA 1
