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Winner Saint Louis SLU 29-23, 20-5 A-10
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Rhode Island URI 22-29-1, 12-13 A-10
Winner
Saint Louis SLU
29-23, 20-5 A-10
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Final
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Rhode Island URI
22-29-1, 12-13 A-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Louis SLU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
Rhode Island URI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0

W: HOCHMAN, Taylor (4-5) L: Lynchard, Liz (10-13) S: WENDLING, Chloe (2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Rams Drop Regular-Season Finale to Saint Louis, 1-0

How It Happened
Rhode Island (22-29-1, 12-12 Atlantic 10) dropped a hard-fought pitcher's duel to Saint Louis, falling 1-0 in the regular-season finale Sunday.

Saint Louis (29-23, 20-5 A-10) got the game's only run in the top of the first. With two outs, Gabbie Kowalik walked and stole second. She came around to score when Abby Mallo singled up the middle.

Rhody had chances to tie the game in the bottom of the frame, but the Billiken defense made two heads-up plays. Hannah Hernandez led off the inning with a single and advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Rachel Zingerman. Elena Gonzalez lined a single up the middle, but Kowalik threw a strike from centerfield to nab Hernandez at the plate. Gonzalez took second on the play. One batter later, Kylie Bulinski reached on an error when her grounder got away from the second baseman. Gonzalez, who was off with contact, tried to come around to score, but Saint Louis shortstop Chloe Rhine got the loose ball and fired home just in time to get Gonzalez at the plate.

Rhody got two runners on in the third and fifth inning, but it was unable to get any runs across against a trio of Saint Louis pitchers. Kaili Hanner and Taylor Hochman (4-5) each threw 3.0 shutout innings before Chloe Wendling came on in the seventh to earn her second save of the series.

URI starter Liz Lynchard (10-13) threw 5.0 strong innings, allowing just one run on four hits. She was relieved by Ashley Hibbert, who provided 2.0 innings of scoreless relief to keep Rhody in the game.
 
Inside the Box Scores
  • After starting the season 2-13, Rhode Island went 20-16-1 over its final 37 games.
  • The Rams finished the regular season 12-13 in Atlantic 10 play and earned the sixth seed in the conference championship.
  • Senior Cassie Swenson had three singles, recording her third three-hit game of the season.
  • Senior Rachel Zingerman walked and had a sacrifice bunt. She has reached safely in 13 straight games.
  • Graduate student Elena Gonzalez, freshman Hannah Hernandez and freshman Kylie Bulinski each had one single.
  • Freshman Becca Zawistowski had six putouts, giving her 268 for the season. That is the 10th most in a season in program history.
What's Next
Rhode Island will compete at the 2023 Atlantic 10 Championship, beginning Wednesday, May 10. The Rams will face Dayton in the opening round at 2:30 p.m.





 
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