Youngstown State University
11-19, 4-5
Cleveland State
18-13, 3-4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland State | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| Youngstown State | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 1 |
Sarah Dowd Homers Twice as Softball Splits Doubleheader Against Cleveland State
4/11/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Youngstown, Ohio -- Sophomore Sarah Dowd went 2-for-4 with a home run and drove in two runs in each game as the Youngstown State softball team split a Horizon League doubleheader against Cleveland State on Saturday afternoon at the YSU Softball Field.
The Penguins dropped the opener 10-7, but rallied to win the nightcap 8-5. With the split, the Penguins improve to 12-19 overall and 5-5 in the Horizon League. Cleveland State moves to 18-14 overall and 3-5 in the league.
The Penguins used a six-run second inning to erase a 3-0 deficit and added runs in the third and fourth innings to hold off the Vikings for the 8-5 win.
Cali Mikovich led off the frame with a walk and moved to third on Kelly Thompson-Cappadocio's double to right field. Alex Gibson, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs, singled to left field to score Mikovich and cut the deficit to 3-1.
Following a pair of groundouts, Maria Lacatena tied the game at 3-3 with a single to center, and Dowd crushed a two-run home run to give the Penguins a 5-3. After Brittney Moffatt singled, Miranda Castiglione, who went 3-for-4, doubled home Moffatt to extent the Penguins' lead to 6-3.
Cleveland State's Cynthia Woodard hit a two-out solo home run in the top of the third to cut the lead to 6-4, but Gibson laced her first career home run over the left-field fence to push the YSU lead back to three, 7-4, after three innings.
Thompson-Cappadocio's base-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth gave the Penguins an 8-4 lead.
CSU's Susan Knight led off the top of the sixth with a solo home run, but YSU freshman Ashley Koziol retired the final six Vikings batters to pick up the complete-game victory, her fifth win of the year.
Koziol allowed just six hits while striking out two and did not allow a walk in the win.
In the opener, Cleveland State's Mackenzie Joeken hit a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to break a 7-7 tie and lift the Vikings to the 10-7 victory.
Trailing, 7-5, in the bottom of the fifth, Lacatena's two-out, two-run single up the middle knotted the game at 7-7.
The Penguins lead 5-1 lead after two innings before the Vikings scored three in the third and one more in the fourth to tie the game.
After Nena Doran led off the game with a home run, Mikovich, who went 3-for-3, singled up the middle to score Dowd and Castiglione scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch to take a 2-1 lead.
In the bottom of the second, Dowd crushed a two-run home run center field and Mikovich's infield single scored Castiglione from second to extend the Penguins lead to 5-1.
Thompson-Cappadocio and Lacatena each had two hits in the opener and Lacatena also drove in two runs.
The Penguins and Vikings close out the series with a single game at 1 p.m. at the YSU Softball Field.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: RADJEN, Alex (7-4)
L: Minney, Caitlyn (4-8)
Batting:
2B: WOODARD, Cynthia 2
HR: DORAN, Nena 1 ; WOODARD, Cynthia 1 ; JOECKEN, Mackenzie 1
RBI: DORAN, Nena 2 ; WOODARD, Cynthia 3 ; JOECKEN, Mackenzie 4
SH: BROSCHK, Alyson 2 ; YOE, Hannah 1
SF: DORAN, Nena 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DORAN, Nena 2 ; KNIGHT, Susan 1 ; WOODARD, Cynthia 1 ; McNEW, Erica 2 ; PHILLIPS, Katelind 1 ; JOECKEN, Mackenzie 1 ; NICHOLAS, Emma 1 ; SILVA, Alisha 1
CS: PHILLIPS, Katelind 1
Batting:
HR: Dowd, Sarah 1
RBI: Dowd, Sarah 2 ; Mikovich, Cali 2 ; Lacatena, Maria 2
SH: Mikovich, Cali 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dowd, Sarah 2 ; Castiglione, Miranda 2 ; Thompson-Cappadocio, Kelly 1 ; Lucas, Hannah 1 ; Lacatena, Maria 1
SB: Castiglione, Miranda 1
