Youngstown State University
16-22, 6-7
UIC
18-16, 9-4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngstown State | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 0 |
| UIC | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Penguins' 14-Hit Barrage Leads to Doubleheader Split at UIC
4/18/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Chicago, Illinois -- Alexandria Gibson went 2-for-3 with a home run and five runs batted in and the Youngstown State softball team used a 14-hit barrage en route to a 17-4 victory in game one of a doubleheader against UIC. The Penguins dropped game two, 4-0.
Freshman Cali Mikovich went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in while Brittney Moffatt, Kelly Thompson-Cappadocio and Katie Smallcomb each recorded two hits. Thompson-Cappadocio drove in two runs while Miranda Castiglione drove in three runs and Sarah Dowd scored four times.
The Penguins improve to 16-23 overall and 6-8 in the Horizon League while the Flames move to 19-16 overall and 10-4 in the league.
Gibson belted her second home run of the year, a three-run shot, in the second inning to give the Penguins 6-0 lead.
In the six-run third, Thompson-Cappadocio, Gibson and Haslett had run-scoring singles, Mikovich recorded a sacrifice fly, Lacatena posted an RBI-double and Castliglione drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk.
In the fifth, Alexis Roach and Smallcomb each had bases-loaded walks, Thompson-Cappadocio hit a run-scoring single up the middle, Gibson was credited with a sacrifice fly.
Sophomore Caitlyn Minney picked up her fifth win of the year tossing a complete game with two strikeouts.
The Penguins visit Saint Francis (Pa.), Monday, April 20, at 3 p.m.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Minney, Caitlyn (5-8)
L: BOYLE, B (6-6)
Batting:
2B: Lacatena, Maria 1
HR: Gibson, Alexandria 1
RBI: Thompson-Cappadocio, Kelly 2 ; Castiglione, Miranda 3 ; Gibson, Alexandria 5 ; Mikovich, Cali 2 ; Lacatena, Maria 1 ; Haslett, Kayla 1 ; Roach, Alexis 1 ; Smallcomb, Katie 1
SH: Thompson-Cappadocio, Kelly 1
SF: Gibson, Alexandria 1 ; Mikovich, Cali 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dowd, Sarah 4 ; Moffatt, Brittney 1 ; Thompson-Cappadocio, Kelly 1 ; Castiglione, Miranda 2 ; Gibson, Alexandria 2 ; Mikovich, Cali 1 ; Lacatena, Maria 1 ; Lucas, Hannah 1 ; Roach, Alexis 1 ; Smallcomb, Katie 3
SB: Dowd, Sarah 1 ; Castiglione, Miranda 1 ; Mikovich, Cali 1
CS: Mikovich, Cali 1
HBP: Lacatena, Maria 1
Batting:
RBI: MENER, A 1 ; SWAN, L 2 ; HAMPTON, E 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MACK-MILLER 1 ; NAGLE, K 1 ; PETERSON, P 2
