Friday, February 21
Fort Myers, Fla.
10 am
Michigan State University
1-8
1
vs
2
UMass- Lowell
3-3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Michigan State
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
UMass Lowell
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
2
5
1
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CAPRIA, Lovina (3-0)
L: Ladd, Sarah (0-6)
Batting:
3B: Quinlan, Katie 1
RBI: Wincher, Camryn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Holt, Erica 1
SB: Snyder, Brooke 1
Batting:
3B: SITEMAN, Sara 1
RBI: CASHMAN, Courtney 2
Base Running:
RUNS: HARDING, Casey 1 ; MUELLER, Tori 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
3B/C
/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
LHP
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
C
/ SoftballSS
/ Softball
Photo by: Eric Espada/Michigan University
Spartans Drop 2-1 Game to Open FGCU Invitational
2/21/2020 11:54:00 AM | Softball
Fort Myers, Fla. -- Michigan State suffered a 2-1 loss to UMass-Lowell on Friday to open the FGCU Spring Break Invitational in Fort Myers, Florida.Â
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The game moved at a fast pace, as both pitchers limited baserunners, surrendering just five base hits each. The Spartans took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on an RBI single by Cam Wincher, but saw the River Hawks put together a one-out rally with a walk and a pair of base knocks that loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth. A single by leadoff hitter Courtney Cashman scored two to give UML a 2-1 lead.
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Sarah Ladd recorded her third straight complete game, tossing 6.0 innings and striking out a career-best seven, scattering five base hits, three of which came in that fifth-run rally. Lovina Capria was equally impressive for the River Hawks, going the full seven innings and striking out five, allowing five hits.
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Joanna Bartz had two base hits for MSU (1-8), and was robbed of a third by an impressive diving catch by Tori Mueller in left field. Katie Quinlan had a triple, and Wincher had the RBI single for the Spartans. UML scattered its five base hits among five players, with Cashman getting the RBI single in the fifth.Â
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The Spartans complete the Friday doubleheader with a game against Harvard at 12:15 pm.
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TOP PERFORMERS
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The game moved at a fast pace, as both pitchers limited baserunners, surrendering just five base hits each. The Spartans took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on an RBI single by Cam Wincher, but saw the River Hawks put together a one-out rally with a walk and a pair of base knocks that loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth. A single by leadoff hitter Courtney Cashman scored two to give UML a 2-1 lead.
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Sarah Ladd recorded her third straight complete game, tossing 6.0 innings and striking out a career-best seven, scattering five base hits, three of which came in that fifth-run rally. Lovina Capria was equally impressive for the River Hawks, going the full seven innings and striking out five, allowing five hits.
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Joanna Bartz had two base hits for MSU (1-8), and was robbed of a third by an impressive diving catch by Tori Mueller in left field. Katie Quinlan had a triple, and Wincher had the RBI single for the Spartans. UML scattered its five base hits among five players, with Cashman getting the RBI single in the fifth.Â
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The Spartans complete the Friday doubleheader with a game against Harvard at 12:15 pm.
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TOP PERFORMERS
- Sarah Ladd scattered five base hits, striking out a season-best seven and recording her third straight complete game
- .Joanna Bartz had a pair of base hits
- Erica Holt and Joanna Bartz led off the top of the second inning with back-to-back base hits, and one out later Camryn Wincher singled up the middle to bring home Holt for a 1-0 Spartan lead.Â
- Katie Quinlan led off the third with a triple, but was stranded. Â
- In the fourth, Joanna Bartz led off the inning and was robbed of a base hit by a diving catch in left field. Shae Schreckengost reached on an error, but the River Hawks got out of the inning without any damage.Â
- Lowell threatened in the bottom of the fifth, as Casey Harding earned a one-out walk and Tori Mueller and Olivia Labbe reached on consecutive singles to load the bases. Leadoff hitter Courtney Cashman delivered a single in the 5-6 hole that scored two to give UML a 2-1 lead. Sarah Ladd recorded a strikeout and got a popup to end the inning and strand two.
- The Spartans fell by a one-run margin for the third time in four games.
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