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Photo by: Rob Goldberg
Connecticut Wins Series Opener Over East Carolina, 10-3
April 26, 2019 | Softball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Connecticut hit three home runs and cruised to a 10-3 win over East Carolina to open an American Athletic Conference series Friday night at the ECU Softball Stadium.
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The Huskies improve to 17-27 overall and 5-11 in AAC play while the Pirates drop to 21-27 and 3-13.
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Olivia Sappington and Kiwi McDaniel notched three hits each while McDaniel scored two runs, drove in three and drew two walks. Tate McClellan was 1-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI.
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Marybeth Olson (11-12) went the distance, posting seven strikeouts and allowing three runs on four hits. Erin Poepping (14-17) took the loss, surrendering three runs (two earned) on eight hits with no walks and three strikeouts in 2.1 innings.
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Connecticut struck first in the top of the second with a two-run home run off the bat of Maura Glatczak. Chloe Kerns added to the visitors' lead in the top of the third with a RBI single before a run-scoring groundout made it 4-0 heading to the bottom of the fourth.
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ECU broke through in the home half of the fourth when Ashleigh Inae led off with a single through the right side and scored on a Rachel McCollum double. McClellan followed with a two-run home run that sliced the Huskies' advantage to 4-3.
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The momentum was short lived, however, as a two-run home run by Reese Guevarra extended the Connecticut cushion to 6-3. The Huskies plated four in the top of the seventh off a wild pitch and three-run home run to close the scoring.
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The teams will continue the series Saturday at 2 p.m.
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The Huskies improve to 17-27 overall and 5-11 in AAC play while the Pirates drop to 21-27 and 3-13.
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Olivia Sappington and Kiwi McDaniel notched three hits each while McDaniel scored two runs, drove in three and drew two walks. Tate McClellan was 1-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI.
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Marybeth Olson (11-12) went the distance, posting seven strikeouts and allowing three runs on four hits. Erin Poepping (14-17) took the loss, surrendering three runs (two earned) on eight hits with no walks and three strikeouts in 2.1 innings.
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Connecticut struck first in the top of the second with a two-run home run off the bat of Maura Glatczak. Chloe Kerns added to the visitors' lead in the top of the third with a RBI single before a run-scoring groundout made it 4-0 heading to the bottom of the fourth.
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ECU broke through in the home half of the fourth when Ashleigh Inae led off with a single through the right side and scored on a Rachel McCollum double. McClellan followed with a two-run home run that sliced the Huskies' advantage to 4-3.
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The momentum was short lived, however, as a two-run home run by Reese Guevarra extended the Connecticut cushion to 6-3. The Huskies plated four in the top of the seventh off a wild pitch and three-run home run to close the scoring.
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The teams will continue the series Saturday at 2 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: OLSON, Marybeth (11-12)
L: Poepping, Erin (14-17)
Batting:
2B: SAPPINGTON, Olivia 1
HR: GUEVARRA, Reese 1 ; MCDANIEL, Kiwi 1 ; GLATCZAK, Maura 1
RBI: GUEVARRA, Reese 2 ; MCDANIEL, Kiwi 3 ; LEMUS, Alexis 1 ; GLATCZAK, Maura 2 ; KERNS, Chloe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GUEVARRA, Reese 2 ; MARCELINO, Briana 1 ; SAPPINGTON, Olivia 1 ; JAMES, Aziah 1 ; MCDANIEL, Kiwi 2 ; LEMUS, Alexis 1 ; GLATCZAK, Maura 1 ; ESTY, Ashley 1
HBP: CUTLER, CARLI 1
Batting:
2B: McCollum, Rachel 1
HR: McClellan, Tate 1
RBI: McCollum, Rachel 1 ; McClellan, Tate 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Inae, Ashleigh 1 ; Griggs, Sydney 1 ; McClellan, Tate 1
SB: Narron, Olivia 1
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