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Box Score 2 KISSIMMEE, Fla.– Eastern University Softball pounded out 17 hits in a 12-4 five-inning win over the Concordia-Moorhead Cobbers (3-1) to pick up their first win of their Florida trip.
Sami Britton struck out six Cobber hitters and drove ina pair of runners with a two-hit day.
The Cobbers scored first, but the Eagles responded with a four-run first to take the lead for good. Eastern (1-3) scored in every inning in support of Briton. After loading the bases on three singles,
Lexi Evelyn drove in the tying run with a walk.
Sabrina Thomas then knocked in another run with a single. Britton doubled to center for a 4-1 lead.
After Britton faced the minimum in the second,
Emily Loomis drove in a run with a double in the bottom of the inning. Becky Howard doubled with one out to start the rally.
The Cobbers scored three runs in the top of the third to close the gap to 5-4, but the Eagles struck back with three in the bottom of the inning.
Leah Lozzi,
Madeline Iswalt, and
Jess Snader all knocked in runs in the frame. Lozzi knocked in two more in the fourth inning for a 10-4 lead.
Howard doubled to open the fifth, and Snader knocked her second run of the day with another single. She advanced to third on a throwing error to the plate. Loomis bunted to drive in Snader.
The six doubles in the game are the most by an Eastern team since the Eagles had eight in an 11-9 loss to Swarthmore in April of 2014. It is the first win for Head Coach Sarah Brichmeier.
The Eagles started the trip with a tough 2-1 loss to Lebanon Valley College on Sunday afternoon. Britton pitched six innings and allowed only two runs. The Eagles had the bases loaded in the top of the seventh, but were unable to tie the game. In the second game of the opening day, the Eagles fell behind early and were unable to gain ground against an aggressive Alvernia University offense. Britton drove in three runs in a 19-6 loss.
In Monday's morning game, the Eagles gave up five runs in the top of the sixth to fall 8-0 to Penn State Hazleton. Loomis and
Taylor Crown picked up Eastern's only two hits in the loss.
Up Next:
The Eagles will play a doubleheader against York College on Wednesday morning before wrapping up the trip with games against Carthage and Concordia on Thursday.
